Ecological Numeracy : Quantitative Analysis of Environmental Issues
Editorial Reviews
Baruch Fischhoff, Carnegie Mellon University, Environment, November 1998
...Herendeen has crafted an accessible guide to quantitative thinking in environmental policy analysis. He describes the logic of several recurrent analytical frames of reference (e.g., end use analysis, discount rates, exponential growth, and stocks and flows) at a level that should convince readers that these are natural ways to formalize ideas that already exist in their minds. Each model is illustrated with topical examples, often including lists that provide a feel for the relative size of related phenomena (e.g., energy consumption intensity and environmental recovery rates).
Thomas E. Graedel, Yale University, Physics Today, February 1999
...Herendeen has produced a guide to the straightforward, often simple mathematics that has the potential to guide...ecological thinking. The book is largely based on four equations...[which] analyze components of change,...exponential growth,...resource budgeting, and... indirect environmental effects...Exercises are liberally provided, with the level of difficulty indicated. Along the way, students will face calculations designed to estimate the number of piano tuners in Chicago, the supply of coal in Illinois, and the alteration of global carbon cycles...Herendeen is at his best when the topic being treated is clearly defined and susceptible to straightforward mathematical treatment, as in the solid chapter on end-use analysis and excellent one on dynamics, stocks and flows....Herendeen's book has much to offer and deserves serious consideration as a component of modern science and engineering curriculums.
Ecological Numeracy : Quantitative Analysis of Environmental Issues
Ecological Numeracy: Quantitative Analysis of Environmental Issues,Robert A. Herendeen,Wiley,0471183091,Applied,Applied Mathematics,Ecology,Environmental Engineering & Technology,Environmental Engineering (General),Environmental Science,Environmental economics,Environmental management,Mathematical models,Mathematics,Numeracy,Science/Mathematics,Technology & Industrial Arts,Art / Design / Book,Probability & statistics,The Environment
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