Entropy, Environment and Resources An Essay in Physico-Economics
Description
Long run aspects of environmental protection and of the use of resources areanalyzed within a planning model. To this end fundamental concepts of thermodynamics are explained in a simple manner. The relationships between entropy, energy necessary for the extraction of a resource and the concentration of the resource is employed to establish a connection between the economic systems and the environment.
Keywords
Technology & EngineeringEnvironmentalBusiness & EconomicsEconomicsScienceSystem TheoryEarth SciencesGeologyNatureNatural ResourcesReferenceEnvironmental EconomicsSocial ScienceResearchLife SciencesEcology
1987Book
Author(s)Malte Faber, Horst Niemes, Gunter Stephan
PublisherSpringer Berlin Heidelberg
ISBN9783540182481
LanguageEnglish
