material flow analysis

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-003951",
  "term": "material flow analysis",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A systematic evaluation of how materials and energy flow through a defined system.",
  "abbreviation": "MFA",
  "synonyms": [
    "industrial metabolism",
    "material flow accounting",
    "materials flow analysis",
    "substance flow analysis",
    "urban metabolism"
  ],
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "industrial ecology",
    "energy flow",
    "life cycle thinking",
    "energy",
    "systems analysis",
    "materials",
    "flow"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "análisis del flujo de materiales"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/material-flow-analysis/"
}