Entropy, Water and Resources: An Essay in Natural Sciences-Consistent Economics

by Horst Niemes and Mario Schirmer

Book Overview

This book lies at the intersection of natural sciences, economics, and water en- neering and is in line with the long tradition of environmental economics at the University of Heidelberg. In the 1970s, the Neo-Austrian Capital Theory was developed using the fundamental laws of thermodynamics as a common language between the natural and social sciences. Niemes (1981) integrated the dynamic and irreversibility characteristics of the natural environment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3790829315
• ISBN13: 9783790829310
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Physica-Verlag
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"