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Environment, power, and society for the twenty-first century : the hierarchy of energy / Howard T. Odum.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Odum, Howard T. (Howard Thomas), 1924-2002.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Power resources.
- Energy consumption--Environmental aspects.
- Energy consumption.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 418 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- New edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Chichester : Columbia University Press, 2007.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 1 This World System 1
- 2 Systems Networks and Metabolism 13
- 3 Energy Laws and Maximum Power 32
- 4 Energy Hierarchy and Natural Value 63
- 5 Energy and Planet Earth 102
- 6 Energy and Ecosystems 131
- 7 Empower Basis for Society 176
- 8 Structure, Information, and Evolution 221
- 9 Energy and Economics 252
- 10 Energetic Organization of Society 281
- 11 Energetic Basis for Religion 313
- 12 Partnership with Nature 332
- 13 Climax and Descent 380
- Appendix Formulas for Energy Systems Modules 397.
- Notes:
- Previous edition: New York; Chichester: Wiley, 2001.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
- OCLC:
- 826477698
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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