Entropy, Environment and Resources: An Essay in Physico-Economics

by Horst Niemes, Gunter Stephan, Malte Michael Faber

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540589848
• ISBN13: 9783540589846
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 205 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"