Long run aspects of environmental protection and of the use of resources are analyzed 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 system and the environment.
| ISBN: | 9783540589846 |
| Publication date: | 3rd April 1995 |
| Author: | Malte Faber, Horst Niemes, Gunter Stephan |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 205 pages |
| Genres: |
Economics Environmental economics Ecological science, the Biosphere Conservation of the environment Earth sciences |
Long run aspects of environmental protection and of the use of resources are analyzed 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 system and the environment.
Entropy, Environment and Resources features in the following genres: Economics, Environmental economics, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Conservation of the environment, Earth sciences
Entropy, Environment and Resources is available in Paperback
Entropy, Environment and Resources was written by Malte Faber, Horst Niemes, Gunter Stephan and published by Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Entropy, Environment and Resources has 205 pages