E-Book, Englisch, 205 Seiten, eBook
Faber / Niemes / Stephan Entropy, Environment and Resources
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-3-642-97047-4
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
An Essay in Physico-Economics
E-Book, Englisch, 205 Seiten, eBook
ISBN: 978-3-642-97047-4
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
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.
Zielgruppe
Research
Weitere Infos & Material
0 Introduction: Starting Point, Objectives, and Content.- 0.1 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.
