Material Stock Demographics: Cars in Great Britain.

摘要: Recent literature on material flow analysis has been focused quantitative characterization of past flows. Fewer analyses exist and prospective quantification stocks materials in-use. Some these explore the composition products’ stocks, but a focus its relation with service delivery is often neglected. We propose use methods human demography to characterize defined herein as stock demographics, exploring insights that this approach could provide for sustainable management materials. exemplify an application demographics by characterizing iron, steel, aluminum cars in Great Britain, 2002–2012. The results show period become heavier, it traveling less, idle more time. visualization stocks’ dynamics demonstrates pace product replacement function ...