Incorporating the Environment into the Economic System: Introduction to Ecological Economics
The following sections are included:
Introduction
What is Ecological Economics?
Economy-Environment Systems
A Traditional Economic System
An Ecosystem
An Economy-Environment System
Thermodynamics and the Environment
The First Law of Thermodynamics
The Second Law of Thermodynamics
Interpretations of the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Implications of the Laws of Thermodynamics for the Economy-Environment System
Modelling Economy-Environment Interactions
Summary
Key Terms and Concepts
Review Questions
Exercises
References