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...

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Hauptverfasser: Faber, Malte (VerfasserIn) , Niemes, Horst (VerfasserIn) , Stephan, Gunter (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Buch/Monographie
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Berlin Heidelberg Springer 1995
DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-57832-8
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Resolving-System, lizenzpflichtig: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57832-8
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Verfasserangaben:M. Faber; H. Niemes; G. Stephan. With the cooperation of L. Freytag
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.