{"product_id":"environmental-accounting-9780471114420","title":"Environmental Accounting","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this important new work, Howard T. Odum, widely acknowledged asthe father of systems ecology, lucidly explains his concept ofemergy, a measure of real wealth that provides a rational,science-based method of evaluating commodities, services, andenvironmental goods. Using specific real-world examples, Dr. Odumclearly demonstrates the revolutionary role of emergy inenvironmental management and policy making.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Environmental Accounting: Emergy and Environmental Decision Makingoffers environmental professionals--policymakers, managers,ecologists, planners, developers, and activists--a systematicapproach to environmental and economic valuation that willeliminate much of the rancor and adversarial decision making thatoften plagues environmental issues. Specifically, this book:\u003cbr\u003e * Describes the theoretical basis, calculation procedures, andapplications of emergy\u003cbr\u003e * Introduces the concept of transformity, the ratio of emergy(work put into a product) and energy (value received fr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: EMERGY and Real Wealth.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e EMERGY and the Energy Hierarchy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Earth EMERGY.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Environmental Production and Economic Use.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e EMERGY Evaluation Procedure.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Empower Through Networks: EMERGY Algebra.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Evaluating Environmental Resources.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Net EMERGY of Fuels and Electricity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Evaluating Alternatives for Development.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e EMERGY of States and Nations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Evaluating International Exchange.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Evaluating Information and Human Service.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e EMERGY Over Time.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Comparison of Methods.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Policy Perspectives.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An Emergy Glossary.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Appendices.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index.","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402489700695,"sku":"9780471114420","price":141.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780471114420.jpg?v=1730480565","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/environmental-accounting-9780471114420","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}