Entropy, Environment and Resources

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• 0 Introduction: Starting Point, Objectives, and Content.
• 0.1 Starting Point and Objectives.
• 0.2 Content.
• I. Environmental Protection.
• 1 An Introduction to Dynamic Models of the Environment.
• 2 A Disaggregated Environment-Capital Model.
• II. Entropy and the Use of the Environment.
• 3 The Notion of Entropy.
• 4 Using the Entropy Approach to Characterize the Environment as a Supplier of Resources.
• III. The Use of Scarce Resources with Decreasing Resource Concentration.
• 5 The Integration of the Resource Problem into a Disaggregated Capital Model.
• 6 Replacement of Techniques over Time.
• IV. Environmental Protection and Resources.
• 7 Interdependencies Between Environmental Protection and Resource Use Exemplified for Recycling and Deposition.
• 8 References.
• 9 Subject Index.