Environment, Power, and Society for the Twenty-First Century (eBook)

Howard T. Odum was Graduate Research Professor at the University of Florida's Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences from 1970 until his death in 2002. He won the Crafoord Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Prix de l'Institut de la Vie awarded by the French government. He is the author of numerous books and papers, including Ecological and General Systems: An Introduction to Systems Ecology, Environmental Accounting: Emergy and Decision Making, and, with Elisabeth C. Odum, Modeling for all Scales: An Introduction to System Simulation and The Prosperous Way Down: Principles and Policies. Howard T. Odum was professor and director of the Center for Environmental Policy at the University of Florida, Gainesville. He was a winner of the Crafoord Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1987 for his contributions to ecology and environmental science. His student and colleague Mark Brown completed the revisions.

1. This World System2. Systems Networks and Metabolism3. Energy Laws and Maximum Power4. Energy Hierarchy and Natural Value5. Energy and Planet Earth6. Energy and Ecosystems7. Empower Basis for Society8. Structure Information and Evolution9. Energy and Economics10. Energetic Organization of Society11. Energetic Basis for Religion12. Partnership with Nature13. Climax and Descent14. Formulas for Energy Systems Modules