Concrete transformation of buildings in China and implications for the steel cycle

• Published in: Resources, conservation and recycling Vol. 103; pp. 205 - 215
• Main Authors: Wang, Tao, Tian, Xin, Hashimoto, Seiji, Tanikawa, Hiroki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.10.2015
• Subjects: Buildings; China; Concrete construction; Concrete industry; Dynamic stock and flow analysis; High strength steels; Monte Carlo simulation; Raw materials; Recycling; Steel cycle; Steel Intensity in buildings; Structural steels; China, People's Rep; Steel cycle; Steel Intensity in buildings; Buildings; Dynamic stock and flow analysis; Monte Carlo simulation

•The steel use in China's buildings is analyzed by an enhanced stock and flow model.•The uncertainties are examined by Monte Carlo simulation and sampling analysis.•By 2050 some 70% of buildings in urban China may be reinforced concrete structures.•Rise of concrete buildings in China raises cha...