UREE

Provincial Material Stocks and Flows Database

This dataset describes material inputs, stocks accumulation, and end-of-life outflows in terms of 13 materials, including steel, aluminium, copper, rubber, plastic, glass, lime, asphalt, sand, gravel, brick, cement, and wood.

Research

Multidimensional analyses reveal unequal resource, economic, and environmental gains and losses among the global aluminum Trade leaders

Wanjun Wang; Wei-Qiang Chen*; Zhou-Wei Diao; Luca Ciacci; Leila Pourzahedi; Matthew J. Eckelman; Yi Yang; and Lei Shi*. Environmental Science & Technology , 2021 55 (10), 7102-7112.

Datasets

Urban Environmental Events and Tone Dataset

Urban Environmental Events and Tone data is collected from GDELT. This dataset describes the environmental events of every countries and identifies the people, locations, organizations, themes, sources, emotions, counts, quotes

Research

Spatial distribution of copper in-use stocks and flows in China: 1978–2016

Hao, M.; Wang, P; Song L.-L.; Dai, M.; Ren, Y; and Chen, W.-Q. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020, 261: 121260.

Research

Mapping provincial steel stocks and flows in China: 1978–2050

Song Lulu, Wang Peng*, Hao Min, Dai Min, Xiang Keying, Li Nan, and Chen Weiqiang*. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020, 262: 121393.

Research

Regional disparities in decoupling economic growth and steel stocks: Forty years of provincial evidence in China

Lulu Song , Peng Wang , Keying Xiang , Wei-Qiang Chen *. Journal of Environmental Management, 2020, 271: 111035.

Research

Material dependence of cities and implications for regional sustainability

Yupeng Liu, Jiajia Li, Linlin Duan, Min Dai, Wei-qiang Chen*. Regional Sustainability, 2020, 1(1): 31-36.

Research

Scenario analysis of energy consumption and carbon emissions in Chinese aluminum life cycle and emissions reduction measures

Haojie Lu, Wanjun Wang, Min Dai, Wei-qiang* Chen, Lei Shi. China Environmental Science, 2021,41(1):451~462.

Research

High spatial resolution mapping of steel resources accumulated above ground in mainland China: Past trends and future prospects

Lulu Song, Shaoqing Dai, Zhi Cao, Yupeng Liu, Wei-Qiang Chen*. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021, 297: 126482.

Provincial Material Stocks and Flows Database

Multidimensional analyses reveal unequal resource, economic, and environmental gains and losses among the global aluminum Trade leaders

Urban Environmental Events and Tone Dataset

Spatial distribution of copper in-use stocks and flows in China: 1978–2016

Online Lecture Series: Urban Science and Sustainability

Provincial Material Stocks and Flows Database

Multidimensional analyses reveal unequal resource, economic, and environmental gains and losses among the global aluminum Trade leaders

Urban Environmental Events and Tone Dataset

Spatial distribution of copper in-use stocks and flows in China: 1978–2016

Mapping provincial steel stocks and flows in China: 1978–2050

Regional disparities in decoupling economic growth and steel stocks: Forty years of provincial evidence in China

Material dependence of cities and implications for regional sustainability

Scenario analysis of energy consumption and carbon emissions in Chinese aluminum life cycle and emissions reduction measures

High spatial resolution mapping of steel resources accumulated above ground in mainland China: Past trends and future prospects