Streamlining the regionalization of economy-wide material flow accounts (EW-MFA): The case of swiss cantons
Current levels of resource use and pollution emissions are responsible for the trespassing of most planetary boundaries. As such, operational and contextual analysis is needed to provide mitigation strategies and policies. This article aims to streamline Economy-Wide Material Flow Accounts (EW-MFA)...
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| description | Current levels of resource use and pollution emissions are responsible for the trespassing of most planetary boundaries. As such, operational and contextual analysis is needed to provide mitigation strategies and policies. This article aims to streamline Economy-Wide Material Flow Accounts (EW-MFA) at a Swiss cantonal scale, which corresponds to NUTS 3 region according to the European Statistical System. The method was developed originally to be applied at a national level. However, it can be considered as a “black-box” approach, which measures flows rather than enabling the understanding of the internal mechanisms that mobilise them. In order to overcome this challenge, the accounting was regionalized to smaller spatial units. This research developed an EW-MFA database for all 26 Swiss cantons for a time series from 2016 to 2019, including Domestic Extraction, Import, Export, and Domestic Processed Output parts. Results enable an in-depth look into Swiss material flows helping cantons to monitor their environmental pressures and develop more ambitious policies to keep their climate objectives. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c07f56a4457e4ca5b4421e429b23a8ff2023-09-16T05:31:50ZengElsevierCleaner and Responsible Consumption2666-78432023-09-0110100127Streamlining the regionalization of economy-wide material flow accounts (EW-MFA): The case of swiss cantonsNicole S. Wiedmann0Aristide Athanassiadis1Claudia R. Binder2Laboratory for Human Environment Relations in Urban Systems (HERUS), Institute of Environmental Engineering (IIE), School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015, Lausanne, SwitzerlandCorresponding author. EPFL ENAC IIE HERUS, Bâtiment GR, Station 2, CH – 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland.; Laboratory for Human Environment Relations in Urban Systems (HERUS), Institute of Environmental Engineering (IIE), School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015, Lausanne, SwitzerlandLaboratory for Human Environment Relations in Urban Systems (HERUS), Institute of Environmental Engineering (IIE), School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015, Lausanne, SwitzerlandCurrent levels of resource use and pollution emissions are responsible for the trespassing of most planetary boundaries. As such, operational and contextual analysis is needed to provide mitigation strategies and policies. This article aims to streamline Economy-Wide Material Flow Accounts (EW-MFA) at a Swiss cantonal scale, which corresponds to NUTS 3 region according to the European Statistical System. The method was developed originally to be applied at a national level. However, it can be considered as a “black-box” approach, which measures flows rather than enabling the understanding of the internal mechanisms that mobilise them. In order to overcome this challenge, the accounting was regionalized to smaller spatial units. This research developed an EW-MFA database for all 26 Swiss cantons for a time series from 2016 to 2019, including Domestic Extraction, Import, Export, and Domestic Processed Output parts. Results enable an in-depth look into Swiss material flows helping cantons to monitor their environmental pressures and develop more ambitious policies to keep their climate objectives.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666784323000281Industrial ecology”“Economy-wide material flow accounts (EW-MFA)”“Swiss cantons”“Regionalization”“NUTS 3” |
| spellingShingle | Nicole S. Wiedmann Aristide Athanassiadis Claudia R. Binder Streamlining the regionalization of economy-wide material flow accounts (EW-MFA): The case of swiss cantons Cleaner and Responsible Consumption Industrial ecology” “Economy-wide material flow accounts (EW-MFA)” “Swiss cantons” “Regionalization” “NUTS 3” |
| title | Streamlining the regionalization of economy-wide material flow accounts (EW-MFA): The case of swiss cantons |
| title_full | Streamlining the regionalization of economy-wide material flow accounts (EW-MFA): The case of swiss cantons |
| title_fullStr | Streamlining the regionalization of economy-wide material flow accounts (EW-MFA): The case of swiss cantons |
| title_full_unstemmed | Streamlining the regionalization of economy-wide material flow accounts (EW-MFA): The case of swiss cantons |
| title_short | Streamlining the regionalization of economy-wide material flow accounts (EW-MFA): The case of swiss cantons |
| title_sort | streamlining the regionalization of economy wide material flow accounts ew mfa the case of swiss cantons |
| topic | Industrial ecology” “Economy-wide material flow accounts (EW-MFA)” “Swiss cantons” “Regionalization” “NUTS 3” |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666784323000281 |
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