http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
1 online resource (xii, 205 pages 33 illustrations)
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.
Introduction: Starting Point, Objectives and Content -- 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 -- References -- Subject Index.
by Malte Faber, Gunter Stephan, Horst Niemes.