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Author : Gerhard Weissmann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (221 download)
Download or read book An Entropy Field Controls Economics and the Environment written by Gerhard Weissmann and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Malte Faber
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642578322
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (425 download)
Download or read book Entropy, Environment and Resources written by Malte Faber and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes environmental protection and resource use in a comprehensive framework where not only economic but also natural scientific aspects are taken into consideration. The special features of the book are (i) that the authors utilize a natural scientific variable, entropy, to characterize the economic system and the environment, (ii) that environmental protection and resource use are analyzed in combination, and (iii) that a replacement of techniques over time is analyzed. The authors investigate the use of the environment both as a supplier of resources and as a recipient of pollutants with the help of thermodynamic relationships. The book therefore provides a new set of tools for environmentalists and economists.
Author : Horst Niemes
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 379082416X
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (98 download)
Download or read book Entropy, Water and Resources written by Horst Niemes and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-05-30 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 into the Neo-Austrian c- ital theory. Faber et al. (1983, 1987, 1995) then extended this interdisciplinary approach further to create a comprehensive, dynamic, environmental resource model. Over the last 3 decades, the theoretical foundations of environmental economics have been modi ed and there have been an impressive variety of applications. This book aims to reduce the gaps between economic theory, natural sciences, and engineering practice. One of the reasons these gaps exist is because economic assumptions are used to construct dynamic environmental and resource models, which are not consistent with the fundamental laws of the natural sciences. Another reason for the gap might be the distance between academic theory and real world situations. Based on an extended thermodynamic approach, the authors explain which economic assumptions are acceptable for constructing a dynamic model that is consistent with the natural sciences. In particular, the special role of water in the production and reproduction activities will be considered as an integral component.
Author : Thomas Randolph Beard
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781782543787
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (437 download)
Download or read book Economics, entropy and the environment written by Thomas Randolph Beard and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ramprasad Sengupta
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190990503
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Entropy Law, Sustainability, and Third Industrial Revolution written by Ramprasad Sengupta and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-22 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In mankind’s relentless quest for prosperity, Nature has suffered great damage. It has been treated as an inexhaustible reserve of resources. The indefinite scale of global expansion is still continuing and now the earth’s very survival is under threat. But against this exploitation of nature, there is the concept of entropy, which places a finite limit on the extent to which resources can be used in any closed system, such as our planet. Considering the impact of entropy, this book examines the key issues of sustainability—social, economic, and environmental. It discusses the social dimension of sustainability, showing how it is impacted by issues of economic inequality, poverty, and other socio-economic and infrastructural factors in the Indian context. It also highlights how Indian households suffer from clean energy poverty and points to the inequality in distribution of different fuels and of fuel cost among households. It assesses India’s power sector and its potential to be a significant player in bringing the Third Industrial Revolution to India by replacing fossil fuels with new renewables. It concludes by projecting power sector scenarios till 2041–42 achievable through alternative, realizable policy with respect to energy conservation and fuel substitution, and thus paves the way for the green power.
Author : Horst Siebert
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540737065
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Economics of the Environment written by Horst Siebert and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-01-03 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book interprets nature and the environment as a scarce resource. It offers a theoretical study of the allocation problem and describes different policy approaches to the environmental problem. The entire spectrum of the allocation issue is studied. The author incorporates several economic approaches, including neoclassical analysis, the public goods approach and optimization theory. The different aspects of environmental allocation are studied in the context of a single model that is used throughout the book. The sixth edition includes new sections on ethical aspects of environmental evaluation, and international emission trading and biodiversity.
Author : Fong Zhu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (126 download)
Download or read book Entropy, Energy, Environment and Economics written by Fong Zhu and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : R. Kerry Turner
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801848629
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (486 download)
Download or read book Environmental Economics written by R. Kerry Turner and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 1993-12-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subject of environment economics has become an important focus of debate around the world with experts as well as ordinary citizens concluding that the environment and the economy can no longer be viewed as separate entities. As a result, contemporary environmental issues are increasingly seem from the point of view of their economics effects and their consequences for human well-being now and in the future. Environmental Economics provides a comprehensive introduction to the dynamic relationship between economics and environmental policy. The authors offer a broad overview of important issues, including the changing role of economics during a time of increasing environmental concern, the impact of markets and governmental policy, environmental protection through economic mechanisms, and a practical look at how environmental economics are played out in commercial and scientific arenas.
Author : Gerhard Weissmann
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780646404639
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)
Download or read book The Entropy Field written by Gerhard Weissmann and published by . This book was released on 2000-10-01 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Huijuan Cui
Publisher : MDPI
ISBN 13 : 3038972223
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (389 download)
Download or read book Entropy Applications in Environmental and Water Engineering written by Huijuan Cui and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entropy theory has wide applications to a range of problems in the fields of environmental and water engineering, including river hydraulic geometry, fluvial hydraulics, water monitoring network design, river flow forecasting, floods and droughts, river network analysis, infiltration, soil moisture, sediment transport, surface water and groundwater quality modeling, ecosystems modeling, water distribution networks, environmental and water resources management, and parameter estimation. Such applications have used several different entropy formulations, such as Shannon, Tsallis, Rényi, Burg, Kolmogorov, Kapur, configurational, and relative entropies, which can be derived in time, space, or frequency domains. More recently, entropy-based concepts have been coupled with other theories, including copula and wavelets, to study various issues associated with environmental and water resources systems. Recent studies indicate the enormous scope and potential of entropy theory in advancing research in the fields of environmental and water engineering, including establishing and explaining physical connections between theory and reality. The objective of this Special Issue is to provide a platform for compiling important recent and current research on the applications of entropy theory in environmental and water engineering. The contributions to this Special Issue have addressed many aspects associated with entropy theory applications and have shown the enormous scope and potential of entropy theory in advancing research in the fields of environmental and water engineering.
Author : Vijay P. Singh
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118428609
Total Pages : 787 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (184 download)
Download or read book Entropy Theory and its Application in Environmental and Water Engineering written by Vijay P. Singh and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-01-10 with total page 787 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entropy Theory and its Application in Environmental and Water Engineering responds to the need for a book that deals with basic concepts of entropy theory from a hydrologic and water engineering perspective and then for a book that deals with applications of these concepts to a range of water engineering problems. The range of applications of entropy is constantly expanding and new areas finding a use for the theory are continually emerging. The applications of concepts and techniques vary across different subject areas and this book aims to relate them directly to practical problems of environmental and water engineering. The book presents and explains the Principle of Maximum Entropy (POME) and the Principle of Minimum Cross Entropy (POMCE) and their applications to different types of probability distributions. Spatial and inverse spatial entropy are important for urban planning and are presented with clarity. Maximum entropy spectral analysis and minimum cross entropy spectral analysis are powerful techniques for addressing a variety of problems faced by environmental and water scientists and engineers and are described here with illustrative examples. Giving a thorough introduction to the use of entropy to measure the unpredictability in environmental and water systems this book will add an essential statistical method to the toolkit of postgraduates, researchers and academic hydrologists, water resource managers, environmental scientists and engineers. It will also offer a valuable resource for professionals in the same areas, governmental organizations, private companies as well as students in earth sciences, civil and agricultural engineering, and agricultural and rangeland sciences. This book: Provides a thorough introduction to entropy for beginners and more experienced users Uses numerous examples to illustrate the applications of the theoretical principles Allows the reader to apply entropy theory to the solution of practical problems Assumes minimal existing mathematical knowledge Discusses the theory and its various aspects in both univariate and bivariate cases Covers newly expanding areas including neural networks from an entropy perspective and future developments.
Author : Horst Niemes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783642103759
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Entropy, Water and Resources written by Horst Niemes and published by . This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book at the intersection of natural sciences, economics, and water engineering aims to reduce the gaps between economic theory, natural sciences, and engineering practice. Based on an extended thermodynamic approach, the authors explain which economic assumptions are acceptable for constructing a dynamic model that is consistent with the natural sciences. In particular, the special role of water in the production and reproduction activities will be considered as an integral component. Water is generated in a separate water treatment process and is used to transport the unavoidable by-products of production and reproduction activities to a wastewater sector. In this respect, not only environmental protection aspects, but also the interrelation between the water requirements and the use of non-renewable resources for producing desired consumption goods will be highlighted.
Author : Jeremy Rifkin
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Entropy written by Jeremy Rifkin and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1989 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time Entropy has been completely revised and updated to include a new subtitle which reflects the expanded focus on the greenhouse effect--the largest crisis ever to face mankind.
Author : Sam Stuart
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483160491
Total Pages : 1009 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (831 download)
Download or read book Science for Better Environment written by Sam Stuart and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2015-12-04 with total page 1009 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science for Better Environment: Proceedings of the International Congress on the Human Environment (HESC) focuses on the applications of science in health, human settlements, and protection of the environment. The selection first offers information on the background of HESC, including human settlements and habitat, environment and development, natural disasters, and energy. The text then discusses human’s place in natural ecosystems, along with essential properties of ecosystem, auto-regulation in ecosystem, and collapse of symbiosis between human and nature. The compilation presents a summary of the environmental problems in Japan, including progress and outstanding issues in the environmental field. The water pollution from 1970 to 1975 and air pollution control in the country are underscored. The text also explains the development of antipollution laws in the country. Topics include local government antipollution laws, creation of antipollution laws, and clarifying the responsibility of industries in antipollution drives. The book also touches on the role of scientists in the task of achieving a better environment; challenges of stress on human health in urban ecosystems; and environmental problems on a global scale. The selection is a dependable reference for readers interested in the application of science for the improvement of the environment.
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ISBN 13 : 9781282925328
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (253 download)
Download or read book Entropy, Water and Resources written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Reiner Kümmel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441993657
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)
Download or read book The Second Law of Economics written by Reiner Kümmel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-06-24 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing happens in the world without energy conversion and entropy production. These fundamental natural laws are familiar to most of us when applied to the evolution of stars, biological processes, or the working of an internal combustion engine, but what about industrial economies and wealth production, or their constant companion, pollution? Does economics conform to the First and the Second Law of Thermodynamics? In this important book, Reiner Kümmel takes us on a fascinating tour of these laws and their influence on natural, technological, and social evolution. Analyzing economic growth in Germany, Japan, and the United States in light of technological constraints on capital, labor, and energy, Professor Kümmel upends conventional economic wisdom by showing that the productive power of energy far outweighs its small share of costs, while for labor just the opposite is true. Wealth creation by energy conversion is accompanied and limited by polluting emissions that are coupled to entropy production. These facts constitute the Second Law of Economics. They take on unprecedented importance in a world that is facing peak oil, debt-driven economic turmoil, and threats from pollution and climate change. They complement the First Law of Economics: Wealth is allocated on markets, and the legal framework determines the outcome. By applying the First and Second Law we understand the true origins of wealth production, the issues that imperil the goal of sustainable development, and the technological options that are compatible both with this goal and with natural laws. The critical role of energy and entropy in the productive sectors of the economy must be realized if we are to create a road map that avoids a Dark Age of shrinking natural resources, environmental degradation, and increasing social tensions.
Author : Nirmal Chandra Sahu
Publisher : Universities Press
ISBN 13 : 9788173714634
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (146 download)
Download or read book Dimensions of Environmental and Ecological Economics written by Nirmal Chandra Sahu and published by Universities Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Besides Covering The Paradigamatic Bases Of Environmental, Ecological And Natural Resource Economics, This Book Discusses The Economic Dimensions Of And Approaches To Pollution, Environmental And Ecosystem Management, Biodiversity, Global Warming, Energy And Resource Use, And Sustainable Development.
