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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Faber, Malte Michael
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Stephan, Gunter, 1952-, Niemes, Horst
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1987.
Subjects:
Economics.
Environmental economics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.