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Modelling Study on Sustainable Resources Management System Using Material Flow Analysis(MFA) in Korea  

Kim, Yu-Jeong (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM))
Kim, Seong-Yong (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM))
Heo, Eun-Nyeong (Seoul National University)
Publication Information
Economic and Environmental Geology / v.41, no.2, 2008 , pp. 253-265 More about this Journal
Abstract
Sustainable resource management(SRM) is regarded as the core strategy to achieve Dematerialisation and Decoupling of economic growth from the use of natural resources and environmental degradation. This paper presents status SRM policy and research in worldwide, and analyzes decoupling of economic activity from energy consumption of domestic manufacturing, using decoupling factor. Also This paper suggests methodologies and strategies of SRM in Korea. SRM is established through various analysis and survey as following; forecasting of resource demand, material flow analysis and value chain analysis, resource market structure analysis. Through these analysis, we can obtain hot-spot and solution of environmental burden, recycling market management, recycling technology and best-optimal supply rate of primary and secondary resource. In Korea, resource management system must be linked with national and regional material flow analysis, and it is necessary to make SRM-law of national dimension for effective run of sustainable resource management system.
Keywords
Material flow analysis; Decoupling; Dematerialization Decoupling factor; Sustainable Resource Management;
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