Sustainable Industrial Systems for Urban Regions
Funded by NSF MUSES Collaborative Research Program 'MATERIALS USE: SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND SOCIETY' , award 12966F5, 2006-2011
Our objective is to encourage new manufacturing activity through recycling materials and remanufacturing products in urban areas. We hypothesize this is a promising economic development strategy that simultaneously advances urban and industrial sustainability. . .
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Key Research Target
Material Source and Flow
Developing the framework for generating product inventory estimates (PIEs) of a select set of products . . .
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Industrial Process of Recycling
Investigating how new technological advances in product and process technology will affect material inventories . . .
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Assessing Socio-Economic Impact
Developing input-output models and social accounting matrices for socio-economic impact of the new recycling . . .
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