Environment, power, and society for the twenty-first century: the hierarchy of energy
Auteur :
Odum, Howard
Éditeur :
Columbia University Press
ISBN :
9780231128865
Date de publication :
8 juin 2007
Format :
B315
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Introduces the concepts of emergy and transformity. This book presents natural energies such as solar radiation and the cycling of water, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen diagrammed in terms of energy and emergy flow. It reveals the similarities between human economic and social systems and the ecosystems of the natural world.