Next-generation Material Stock that Realize the Full Potential of Resources

Hiroki Tanikawa

Nagoya

Since 1998, the Tanikawa Laboratory in Nagoya University is estimating and evaluating the weight of human activity, and particularly attempting to elucidate how much material has been used in industrial processes. The physical weight of industrial life is reflected in buildings, roads, cars, furniture and other durable materials which provide crucial services to our society. This is the material stock of Society, which requires constant inflows of material from the Environment, and produces outflow wastes as well. Reducing the accumulated weight and improving the efficiency of the stock we already have are vital to achieving a more sustainable society.

Abstract

This research focuses on material stocks, in particular infrastructure and buildings which together form half of Japan’s material stock. The objective is to provide a chronological and geographical overview of wealth and... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Hiroki Tanikawa (Nagoya)
  2. Yuichi Moriguchi (The University of)
  3. Seiji Hashimoto (r)
  4. Ichiro Daigo (The University of Tokyo)
  5. Jun Nakatani (The Univer)
  6. Shinsuke Murakami (The University of Tokyo)
  7. Kenichi NAKAJIMA (National Institute for Environmental Studies)
  8. Keisuke Nansai (National Institute for Environmental Studies)
  9. Keijiro Okuoka (Nagoya)
  10. Tomer Fishman (Yale University,)
  11. Shigesada Takagi (Mizuho Information & Research Institute)

Topic Areas

• Socio-economic metabolism and material flow analysis , • Infrastructure systems, the built environment, and smart and connected infrastructure

Session

WS-3 » Special Session: “Next-generation Material Stock that Realize the Full Potential of Resources" (09:45 - Wednesday, 28th June, Room F)

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