本教材将从多学科交叉角度出发，反映世界科学前沿和新技术、新产业发展成就，在生态安全、资源安全、产业安全背景下，考虑我国双循环发展格局以及碳达峰、碳中和的战略目标；第二，本教材将从理论角度，对物质流分析框架进行深入揭示，从数学角度，阐述数据收集、误差分析、误差传递、不确定分析、敏感性分析等处理方法，科学准确引领物质流分析方法的应用；第三，本教材将配备丰富的新型案例，包括工业与信息化领域相关产业、金属、区域等各个维度。
本教材适用于高年级本科生、研究生，以及从事科研工作者使用。

Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Scope and boundary
1.2 Concept and history of material flow analysis
1.2.1 Concept and classification of MFA
1.2.2 History and development of MFA
1.3 Biogeochemical cycle
1.3.1 Resource stock
1.3.2 Cycling of elements
1.4 Industrial ecology and anthropogenic metabolism
1.4.1 Industrial ecology
1.4.2 Anthropogenic metabolism
1.5 Motivation and objective for material flow analysis
1.5.1 Motivation
1.5.2 Objective
1.6 Further reading
1.7 Exercises
Chapter 2 Methodology of Material Flow Analysis
2.1 Basic term and theory of fundamental science
2.1.1 Basic term and definition
2.1.2 The law of conservation of mass
2.1.3 The law of anthropogenic circularity
2.2 Procedure of material flow analysis
2.2.1 The objectives and system determination
2.2.2 The framework and data inventory
2.2.3 Estimating the unknown data
2.2.4 MFA diagram and its interpretation
2.3 Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis
2.3.1 Data error and distribution
2.3.2 The identified approaches for uncertainty analysis
2.3.3 Mathematic methods for uncertainty analysis
2.3.4 Sensitivity analysis
2.4 Main software of material flow analysis
2.4.1 STAN
2.4.2 e! Sankey
2.4.3 A weh-based approach
2.5 Further reading
2.6 Exercises
Chapter 3 Applications and Case Studies
3.1 Resource management
3.1.1 Material flow analysis for metals
3.1.2 Material flow analysis for plastics
3.2 Environmental management for pollution controlling
3.2.1 Anthropogenic phosphorus runoff
3.2.2 MFA of phosphorus in China
3.2.3 Implications
3.3 Industrial manufacturing and production
3.3.1 Qualitative material flow during manufacturing
3.3.2 MFA framework phases
3.3.3 Case study
3.4 MFA for green consumption
3.4.1 MFA for consumption process
3.4.2 Estimating method
3.4.3 Stock and waste generation
3.4.4 Validation
3.5 Waste management
3.5.1 Material flow analysis of mechanical separation treatments
3.5.2 Material flow analysis of incineration treatment
3.5.3 Material flow of China's whole process management of oily sludge
3.5.4 Implications for oily sludge management
3.6 Regional metabolism and management
3.6.1 Concept of regional metabolism
3.6.2 Economy-wide MFA for regional metabolism
3.6.3 Case studies: Regional Metabolism in Beijing
3.7 Further reading
3.8 Exercises
Chapter 4 Emerging Methods from Material Flow Analysis
4.1 Life cycle management
4.1.1 Concept from life cycle thinking
4.1.2 MFA as fundamental tool for life cycle management
4.1.3 Implementation of life cycle management
4.2 Life cycle cost
4.2.1 Concept and framework of life cycle cost in an environmental context
4.2.2 The calculation of life cycle cost
4.2.3 Case study: Life cycle cost analysis for recycling high-tech minerals from waste mobile phones in China
4.3 Cost-benefit analysis
4.3.1 Concept
4.3.2 Applying cost-benefit analysis with material flow analysis
4.3.3 Case study: costs-benefits of virgin and urban mining
4.4 Ecological efficiency
4.4.1 Concept of eco-efficiency
4.4.2 Measuring ecological efficiency with material flow analysis
4.4.3 Case study: eco-efficiency analysis of BASF
4.5 Statistical entropy analysis
4.5.1 Concept of statistical entropy
4.5.2 Measuring the recyclability of product waste
4.5.3 Statistical entropy analysis along material flow
4.6 Further reading
4.7 Exercises
Chapter 5 The Way Forward
5.1 Evolution of material flow analysis
5.1.1 Materials
5.1.2 Boundary
5.1.3 Environmental effect
5.1.4 Policy analysis
5.2 Emerging technologies and methods in related field
5.2.1 System analysis