Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Scrap Metal Maps. |
| Source: |
Science (pre-March 2025). 11/6/2009, Vol. 326 Issue 5954, p777-777. 1/8p. |
| Subjects: |
Metal wastes, Metal recycling, Information retrieval, Research methodology, Gross domestic product, Product usage segmentation |
| Abstract: |
The article discusses the way in which an environmental scientist uses global wealth data and satellite images of Earth’s nighttime lights to improve the task of tracking waste metal in an effort to improve recycling rates. Topics include brief details of the type of data collected, such as the relationship between metal usage and gross domestic product (GDP), and the success of the method. |
| Database: |
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
