Abstract
With the urban development, the large-scale implication for the natural environment is caused through transferring huge amounts of natural resources and energy from various regions to urban area. In order to evaluate such environment Impact, quantification material transfer related to the urban development by using Material Flow Analysis (MFA) is necessary. Therefore, this paper proposes a method of estimating TMR about urban development, which includes estimation of Direct Material Input (DMI) as well as Hidden Material Flow (HMF). Compared with the other method, the proposed method is bottom-up method and can be applied in the micro scale with the help of GIS. In addition, this method is applied to actual case of residence construction. As the result of case study in Kitakyushu City, it shows TMP for residence construction in low hilly area is about 1, 645 Ton/person in which HMF is about 1, 591 Ton/person and DMI about 59 Ton/person.
