Entropy, Environment and Resources
An Essay in Physico-Economics
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About this book
Introduction
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.
Keywords
energy entropy environment environmental protection
Bibliographic information
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-97047-4
- Copyright Information Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1987
- Publisher Name Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
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- Print ISBN 978-3-642-97049-8
- Online ISBN 978-3-642-97047-4
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