A framework of indicators for associating material stocks and flows to service provisioning: Application for Japan 1990-2015

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

卷:285

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Tanikawa, Hiroki¹  Fishman, Tomer²  Hashimoto, Seiji³  Daigo, Ichiro⁴  Oguchi, Masahiro⁵  Miatto, Alessio⁶  Takagi, Shigesada⁷  Yamashita, Naho¹  Schandl, Heinz^1,8 

[1] Nagoya Univ, Grad Sch Environm Studies, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

[2] Interdisciplinary Ctr IDC Herzliya, Herzliyya, Israel

[3] Ritsumeikan Univ, Kyoto, Japan

[4] Univ Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

[5] Natl Inst Environm Studies NIES, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

[6] Yale Univ, New Haven, CT 06520 USA

[7] Mizuho Informat & Res Inst Inc, Tokyo, Japan

[8] CSIRO, Canberra, ACT, Australia

关键词: Means and ends framework;    Sustainable development;    Sound material-cycle society;    Resource productivity;    Material efficiency;    Decomposition analysis;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125450

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

National accounts for material stocks and flows are reported regularly by an increasing number of countries to promote a sustainable use of our natural resources. In this research we build upon the work of Herman Daly and Donella Meadows and propose a framework that links material stocks and flows to a conceptual hierarchy of ends and means which are societal benefit and natural capital. We introduce a set of six indicators that link together to quantitatively relate material consumption and societal benefits: material productivity, primary material use rate, stock retention time, stock productivity, service productivity, and service utilization. We apply this analytical framework to accounts of the material stocks and flows of Japan for the period 1990 to 2015. We find that Japan's material flow productivity doubled from 1.6 US$/kg to 3.2 US$/kg. This improvement can be primarily attributed to improvements in stock retention rates and circular material use, but has been offset by decreasing productivity of Japan's material stocks from 0.2 US$/kg to 0.14 US$/kg. We discuss the future potential of our indicator framework to include additional indicators for specific sectors and argue for the need for proper measurements of societal services and human wellbeing to enhance the policy implications of the indicator framework. (C) 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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