Laws of thermodynamics and sustainability of the economy;Termodinamikos desniai ir ekonomikos darnumas

Engineering Economics

Volumn 2, Issue 57, 2008, Pages 15-22

  Čiegis, Remigijus ^a,b   Čiegis, Raimondas ^c  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Ecological economics; Economy; Energy; Entropy; Laws of thermodynamics; Mass and energy conservation; Neoclassical economics; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349822414     PISSN: 13922785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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