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Using an energy systems language that combines energetics, kinetics, information, cybernetics, and simulation, ""Ecological and General Systems"" compares models of many fields of science, helping to derive general systems principles. First published as Systems Ecology in 1983, ""Ecological and General Systems"" proposes principles of self-organisation and the designs that prevail by maximising power and efficiency. Comparisons to fifty other systems languages are provided. Innovative presentations are given on earth homeostasis (Gaia); the inadequacy of presenting equations without network relationships and energy constraints; the alternative interpretation of high entropy complexity as adaptive structure; basic equations of ecological economics; and the energy basis of scientific hierarchy. Part I introduces energetics, hierarchy, and systems modelling. Part II features design elements: intersections, autocatalytic modules, loops, series, parallel elements, and webs. Part III includes embodied energy, spectra of energy quality, temperature, complexity, spatial distribution, and diversity. Part IV discusses production, consumption, ecosystems, succession, economic systems, anthropological models, urban and regional models, global biogeochemistry, and the universe.

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Author:   Howard T. Odum
Publisher:   University Press of Colorado
Imprint:   University Press of Colorado
Edition:   Revised Edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.10cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   1.394kg
ISBN:  

9780870813207

ISBN 10:   087081320
Pages:   644
Publication Date:   15 May 1994
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Howard T. Odum was internationally renowned for his development of the science of systems ecology and as a pioneering voice in environmental science, ecology, and ecological engineering and economics.

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