Resources, Environment, and Economics: Applications of the Materials/Energy Balance Principle

by Robert U. Ayres and A. Ayres

Presents the basic economic and physical theory underlying modern resource/environmental economics, its application to the construction of analytical models, and the corresponding requirements for statistical data. Places particular emphasis on ''realistic'' models. Maps past, present and future flow of materials and energy through processing, consumption, and environmental wastes. Discusses available data sources and the organization of data into...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471026271
• ISBN13: 9780471026273
• Release Date: January 1978
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 220 Pages