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This book lies at the intersection of natural sciences, economics,
and water en- neering and is in line with the long tradition of
environmental economics at the University of Heidelberg. In the
1970s, the Neo-Austrian Capital Theory was developed using the
fundamental laws of thermodynamics as a common language between the
natural and social sciences. Niemes (1981) integrated the dynamic
and irreversibility characteristics of the natural environment into
the Neo-Austrian c- ital theory. Faber et al. (1983, 1987, 1995)
then extended this interdisciplinary approach further to create a
comprehensive, dynamic, environmental resource model. Over the last
3 decades, the theoretical foundations of environmental economics
have been modi ed and there have been an impressive variety of
applications. This book aims to reduce the gaps between economic
theory, natural sciences, and engineering practice. One of the
reasons these gaps exist is because economic assumptions are used
to construct dynamic environmental and resource models, which are
not consistent with the fundamental laws of the natural sciences.
Another reason for the gap might be the distance between academic
theory and real world situations. Based on an extended
thermodynamic approach, the authors explain which economic
assumptions are acceptable for constructing a dynamic model that is
consistent with the natural sciences. In particular, the special
role of water in the production and reproduction activities will be
considered as an integral component.
This book has been used as a text in the Departments of Econo- mics
at the University of Heidelberg (FRG) during the last decade and
the University of Bern (Switzerland) during the last seven years.
We therefore were glad when Dr. Muller of Springer-Verlag offered
to publish a soft cover version of the second edition, to make the
next economically more accessible to students. Heidelberg and Bern,
January 1995 Malte Faber Horst Niemes Gunter Stephan Preface to the
First Edition This book is one of the products of a three-year
research project. Our objectives were: - to apply neo-Austrian
capital theory to long-run problems of en- vironmental protection
and resource use; - to develop an approach that takes physical
relationships into consideration; - to narrow the gap between
theory and practice in environmental economics. For this purpose,
we established three interrelated research pro- grams. In the first
of these we supplemented and generalized neo- Austrian capital
theory (STEPHAN 1980, REISS 1981, FABER 1986). In the second which
is presented in this volume we developed an interdisciplinary
approach to natural resources. Using concepts and methods from
thermodynamics we investigated environmental and resource problems
and their interrelationships. Finally, in the third research
program we authored the monograph "Umweltschutz und
Input-Output-Analyse. Mit zwei Fallstudien aus der Wassergiite-
wirtschaft" (Environmental Protection and Input-Output-Analysis.
This book lies at the intersection of natural sciences, economics,
and water en- neering and is in line with the long tradition of
environmental economics at the University of Heidelberg. In the
1970s, the Neo-Austrian Capital Theory was developed using the
fundamental laws of thermodynamics as a common language between the
natural and social sciences. Niemes (1981) integrated the dynamic
and irreversibility characteristics of the natural environment into
the Neo-Austrian c- ital theory. Faber et al. (1983, 1987, 1995)
then extended this interdisciplinary approach further to create a
comprehensive, dynamic, environmental resource model. Over the last
3 decades, the theoretical foundations of environmental economics
have been modi ed and there have been an impressive variety of
applications. This book aims to reduce the gaps between economic
theory, natural sciences, and engineering practice. One of the
reasons these gaps exist is because economic assumptions are used
to construct dynamic environmental and resource models, which are
not consistent with the fundamental laws of the natural sciences.
Another reason for the gap might be the distance between academic
theory and real world situations. Based on an extended
thermodynamic approach, the authors explain which economic
assumptions are acceptable for constructing a dynamic model that is
consistent with the natural sciences. In particular, the special
role of water in the production and reproduction activities will be
considered as an integral component.
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