Connecting thermodynamics and economics: Well-lit roads and burned bridges

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1185, Issue , 2010, Pages 11-29

  Glucina, Mark David ^a   Mayumi, Kozo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Economics; Entropy; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

COSMOS; COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENTROPY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEAT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLICY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REVIEW; SOLAR ENERGY; TECHNOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 76849093558     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05166.x     Document Type: Review

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