Entropy, environment and resources: an essay in physico-economics
This book analyzes environmental protection and resource use in a comprehensive framework where not only economic but also natural scientific aspects are taken into consideration. The special features of the book are (i) that the authors utilize a natural scientific variable, entropy, to characteriz...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book/Monograph |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Berlin Heidelberg
Springer
1995
|
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-642-57832-8 |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Resolving-System, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57832-8 Resolving-System, lizenzpflichtig: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57832-8 
|
| Author Notes: | M. Faber; H. Niemes; G. Stephan. With the cooperation of L. Freytag |
Table of Contents:
- Contents: Environmental Protection: An Introduction to Dynamic Models of the Environment
- A Disaggregated Environment-Capital Model
- Entropy and the Use of the Environment: The Notion of Entropy
- Using the Entropy Approach to Characterize the Environment as a Supplier of Resources
- The Use of Scarce Resources with Decreasing Resource Concentration: The Integration of the Resource Problem into a Disaggregated Capital Model
- Replacement of Techniques over Time
- Environmental Protection and Resources: Interdependencies Between Environmental Protection and Resource Use Exemplified for Recycling and Deposition.