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Ecological Numeracy: Quantitative Analysis of Environmental Issues

ISBN: 978-0-471-18309-9
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360 pages
April 1998
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Context and Acclimatization.

Contributions to Environmental Impact: Analyzing the Components ofChange.

Consequences of Exponential (Geometric) Growth.

End-Use Analysis and Predicting Future Demand.

Economic Considerations, Discount Rates, and Benefit-CostAnalysis.

Limits.

Dynamics, Stocks and Flows, Age Class Effects.

Indirect Effects.

Shared Resources and the Tragedy of the Commons.

The Automobile: A Powerful Problem.

Ecological Economics and Sustainability.

Thermodynamics and Energy Efficiency.

Appendices.

References.

Index.
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