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| Author: | Barles, S. |
| Title: | Urban metabolism of Paris and its region |
| Journal: | Journal of industrial ecology
2009 : DEC, VOL 13:6 p. 898-913 |
| Index terms: | materials handling materials france recycling waste materials waste consumption |
| Freeterms: | MFA LEPO recycling |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper presents the results of a research project which aimed at examining the feasibility of material flow analysis (MFA) on a regional and urban scale in France. Using the Eurostat method, the study was conducted for the year 2003 and for three regional levels: Paris, Paris and its suburbs, and the entire region. As the region extracts, produces, and transforms less material than the country as a whole, its direct material input (DMI) is lower than the national DMI. In all areas, LEPO (local and exported flows to nature) exceeds 50% of DMI; in contrast, recycling is very low. |
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