Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Scope and boundary
1.2 Concept and history of material flow analysis
1.2.1 Concept and classification of MFA
1.2.2 History and development of MFA
1.3 Biogeochemical cycle
1.3.1 Resource stock
1.3.2 Cycling of elements
1.4 Industrial ecology and anthropogenic metabolism
1.4.1 Industrial ecology
1.4.2 Anthropogenic metabolism
1.5 Motivation and objective for material flow analysis
1.5.1 Motivation
1.5.2 Objective
1.6 Further reading
1.7 Exercises
Chapter 2 Methodology of Material Flow Analysis
2.1 Basic term and theory of fundamental science
2.1.1 Basic term and definition
2.1.2 The law of conservation of mass
2.1.3 The law of anthropogenic circularity
2.2 Procedure of material flow analysis
2.2.1 The objectives and system determination
2.2.2 The framework and data inventory
2.2.3 Estimating the unknown data
2.2.4 MFA diagram and its interpretation
2.3 Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis
2.3.1 Data error and distribution
2.3.2 The identified approaches for uncertainty analysis
2.3.3 Mathematic methods for uncertainty analysis
2.3.4 Sensitivity analysis
2.4 Main software of material flow analysis
2.4.1 STAN
2.4.2 e! Sankey
2.4.3 A weh-based approach
2.5 Further reading
2.6 Exercises
Chapter 3 Applications and Case Studies
3.1 Resource management
3.1.1 Material flow analysis for metals
3.1.2 Material flow analysis for plastics
3.2 Environmental management for pollution controlling
3.2.1 Anthropogenic phosphorus runoff
3.2.2 MFA of phosphorus in China
3.2.3 Implications
3.3 Industrial manufacturing and production
3.3.1 Qualitative material flow during manufacturing
3.3.2 MFA framework phases
3.3.3 Case study
3.4 MFA for green consumption