Paul H. Brunner
Encyclopedia
Paul H. Brunner is the father of the material flow analysis
methodology and an expert in urban metabolism. He currently is professor and head of the waste and resources management group at the Institute for Water Quality and Wastes Management, Vienna University of Technology
in Austria
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Material flow analysis
Material flow analysis is an analytical method of quantifying flows and stocks of materials or substances in a well-defined system. MFA is an important tool to assess the physical consequences of human activities and needs in the field of Industrial Ecology, where it is used on different spatial...
methodology and an expert in urban metabolism. He currently is professor and head of the waste and resources management group at the Institute for Water Quality and Wastes Management, Vienna University of Technology
Vienna University of Technology
Vienna University of Technology is one of the major universities in Vienna, the capital of Austria. Founded in 1815 as the "Imperial-Royal Polytechnic Institute" , it currently has about 26,200 students , 8 faculties and about 4,000 staff members...
in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
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Books
- 1991. Metabolism of the Anthroposphere, with Peter Baccini.
- 2003. Practical Handbook of Material Flow Analysis, with Helmut Rechberger.
- 2006. Integrated Resource and Waste Management (Advanced Methods in Resource & Waste Management).
Articles
- 2001. Materials Flow Analysis: Vision and Reality, in Journal of Industrial Ecology.
- 2002. Beyond Materials Flow Analysis, in Journal of Industrial Ecology.
- 2003. Material Flows with Stephen Moore, in Journal of Industrial Ecology.
- 2004. Materials Flow Analysis and the Ultimate Sink, in Journal of Industrial Ecology.
- 2007. Reshaping Urban Metabolism, in Journal of Industrial Ecology.
- 2009. Substance Flow Analysis, in Journal of Industrial Ecology with Hwong-Wen Ma.
- 2009. Scenarios of Waste Management for a Waste Emergency Area, in Journal of Industrial Ecology with Maria Laura Mastellone and Umberto Arena.
- 2010. Substance Flow Analysis as a Decision Support Tool for Phosphorus Management, in Journal of Industrial Ecology.
- 2011. Urban Mining A Contribution to Reindustrializing the City, in Journal of Industrial Ecology.