num_pages: 205
description: 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.
language: German
title: Entropy, Environment and Resources: An Essay in Physico-Economics
titlecomplete: Entropy, Environment and Resources: An Essay in Physico-Economics (English and German Edition)
publisher: Springer Verlag