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Entropy, Environment and Resources

An Essay in Physico-Economics

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  1. Malte Faber

    1. Alfred Weber-Institut für Sozial- und Staatswissenschaften, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg 1, Deutschland

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  2. Gunter Stephan

    1. Alfred Weber-Institut für Sozial- und Staatswissenschaften, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg 1, Deutschland

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  3. Horst Niemes

    1. GKW-Consult, Mannheim, Deutschland

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Introduction: Starting Point, Objectives, and Content

    1. Introduction: Starting Point, Objectives, and Content

      • Malte Faber, Gunter Stephan, Horst Niemes
      Pages 1-8

  3. Environmental Protection

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. An Introduction to Dynamic Models of the Environment

      • Malte Faber, Gunter Stephan, Horst Niemes
      Pages 11-37

    3. A Disaggregated Environment-Capital Model

      • Malte Faber, Gunter Stephan, Horst Niemes
      Pages 38-70

  4. Entropy and the Use of the Environment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-76
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    2. The Notion of Entropy

      • Malte Faber, Gunter Stephan, Horst Niemes
      Pages 77-103

    3. Using the Entropy Approach to Characterize the Environment as a Supplier of Resources

      • Malte Faber, Gunter Stephan, Horst Niemes
      Pages 104-126

  5. The Use of Scarce Resources with Decreasing Resource Concentration

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-130
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    2. The Integration of the Resource Problem into a Disaggregated Capital Model

      • Malte Faber, Gunter Stephan, Horst Niemes
      Pages 131-143

    3. Replacement of Techniques over Time

      • Malte Faber, Gunter Stephan, Horst Niemes
      Pages 144-169

  6. Environmental Protection and Resources

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
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  7. References

    1. References

      • Malte Faber, Gunter Stephan, Horst Niemes
      Pages 196-202

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 203-205
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About this book

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.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Alfred Weber-Institut für Sozial- und Staatswissenschaften, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg 1, Deutschland

    Malte Faber, Gunter Stephan

  • GKW-Consult, Mannheim, Deutschland

    Horst Niemes

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