John M Polimeni, Kozo Mayumi, Mario Giampietro, Blake Alcott

The Jevons Paradox and the Myth of Resource Efficiency Improvements

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 163mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 435g
• ISBN-13: 9781844074624
• ISBN-10: 1844074625
• Artikelnr.: 23598959

Autorenporträt

John M. Polimeni is assistant professor of economics at Albany College of Pharmacy, US. Kozo Mayumi is professor at Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokushima, Japan. Mario Giampietro is an ICREA research professor in the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Universitat Aut noma de Barcelona in Spain. Blake Alcott received his MPhil in the Department of Land Economy, Cambridge University, in 2006 and is now working as an unaffiliated scholar in Z rich.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Joseph A. Tainter
Introduction
Historical Overview of the Jevons Paradox in the Literature
The Jevons Paradox: The Evolution of Complex Adaptive Systems and the Challenge for Scientific Analysis
Empirical Evidence for the Jevons Paradox
Conclusion
Index