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Environment, power, and society for the twenty-first century : the hierarchy of energy / Howard T. Odum.

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LIBRA TJ163.2 .O3835 2007
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Odum, Howard T. (Howard Thomas), 1924-2002.
Contributor:
James A. Crawford Memorial Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Power resources.
Energy consumption--Environmental aspects.
Energy consumption.
Physical Description:
xiv, 418 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Columbia University Press, [2007]
Contents:
This world system
Systems networks and metabolism
Energy laws and maximum power
Energy hierarchy and natural value
Energy and planet earth
Energy and ecosystems
Empower basis for society
Structure, information, and evolution
Energy and economics
Energetic organization of society
Energetic basis for religion
Partnership with nature
Climax and descent .
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James A. Crawford Memorial Fund.
ISBN:
9780231128865
023112886X
9780231128872
0231128878
9780231502931
0231502931
OCLC:
76871390

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