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Entropy, environment and resources: an essay in physico-economics

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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 concentratio...

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Main Authors: Faber, Malte (Author) , Niemes, Horst (Author) , Stephan, Gunter (Author)
Format: Book/Monograph
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1987
DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-97047-4
Subjects:
Kapitaltheorie
Wiener Schule
Rohstoffverbrauch
Entropie
Umweltökonomie
Online Access:Resolving-System, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-97047-4
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Author Notes:M. Faber ; H. Niemes ; G. Stephan
Table of Contents:
  • 0 Introduction: Starting Point, Objectives, and Content0.1 Starting Point and Objectives
  • 0.2 Content
  • I. Environmental Protection
  • 1 An Introduction to Dynamic Models of the Environment
  • 2 A Disaggregated Environment-Capital Model
  • II. Entropy and the Use of the Environment
  • 3 The Notion of Entropy
  • 4 Using the Entropy Approach to Characterize the Environment as a Supplier of Resources
  • III. The Use of Scarce Resources with Decreasing Resource Concentration
  • 5 The Integration of the Resource Problem into a Disaggregated Capital Model
  • 6 Replacement of Techniques over Time
  • IV. Environmental Protection and Resources
  • 7 Interdependencies Between Environmental Protection and Resource Use Exemplified for Recycling and Deposition
  • 8 References
  • 9 Subject Index.

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