Entropy, Water and Resources An Essay in Natural Sciences-Consistent Economics /

• Main Authors: Niemes, Horst (Author), Schirmer, Mario (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD : Imprint: Physica, 2010.
• Subjects: Energy industries.; Water pollution.; Environmental economics.; Economics.; Environmental Economics.; Energy Economics.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.

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...

Table of Contents:

• The Water Use Model
• Conceptual Foundations: Thermodynamics and Capital Theory
• General Design of Dynamic Models for Water Uses
• Specifications for Constructing the Water Use Model
• Constraints of the Water Use Model
• Optimality Conditions of the Water Use Model
• The Water Infrastructure Model
• Case Studies Guiding the Integration of Water Infrastructure
• Specifications for Constructing the Water Infrastructure Model
• Constraints of the Water Infrastructure Model
• Optimality Conditions of the Water Infrastructure Model.