The website materialflows.net was first published in 2006, in the context of a project funded by the Austrian Ministry of Climate and Environmental Protection. It aims at providing analyses and visualisations of worldwide data on resource extraction, in order to achieve a wider application of the material flow analysis (MFA) approach. In the course of various follow-up projects the website is continuously updated and improved.
Visualisations and analyses are based upon the Global Material Flows Database of the UN International Resource Panel. The database is compiled and maintained by CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) and WU Vienna. For bulk data downloads refer to the database portal of the IRP.
Please note that the data for the years 2022-2024 are estimated based upon economic proxies.
Imprint
Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna) – Institute for Ecological Economics
Legal form: gem. Aufgabendefinition in §3 Universitätsgesetz 2002
Street: Welthandelsplatz 1
City: 1020 Wien/Vienna
Country: Österreich/Austria
Contact & Credits
Content
Stephan Lutter, Stefan Giljum and Julia Kreimel
Data management and visualisation
Jakob Gutschlhofer
Webdesign
Daniel Schmelz
Contact
Stephan Lutter
E-Mail: info(at)materialflows.net
Internet: www.wu.ac.at/en/ecolecon/research/global-resource-use/