The day-by-day increasing interest on appropriate resource management and environmental integrity calls for a unified measure of resource quality, in order to provide a rational, science-based method for evaluation of commodities, energy, societal and environmental services. This course describes the Emergy approach and the role of emergy in environmental management and policy making. Specifically the course: •Describes the theoretical basis, calculation procedures and applications of emergy •Introduces the concept of Unit Emergy Value (transformity, specific emergy, emergy intensities), a characterization factor expressing the energy of one type required to produce a good or a service •Provides formulas and procedures for emergy calculations •Deals with the use of emergy to evaluate natural capital, environmental services, economies and international trade, economic sectors and production processes, land use and land use change •Compares the emergy approach to other, complementing environmental and economic evaluations Five chapters course stressing emergy concepts, theory, and principles.Each chapter is composed of 4 sessions.One or two sessions each chapter is devoted to a case study that includes “hands-on” computation of emergy or simulation of models to reinforce lecture material and extend understanding of systems concepts.
课程大纲
Chapter 0 - Introduction Chapter 0 - Introduction Chapter 1 - Integrating Biophysical & Economic Values: The Emerging Discipline of Emergy Analysis Chapter 1 - Integrating Biophysical & Economic Values: The Emerging Discipline of Emergy Analysis Chapter 2.1 - Systems Perspective: Drivers, Components, and Processes Chapter 2.1 - Systems Perspective: Drivers, Components, and Processes Chapter 2.2 Systems Language-A picture is worth a thousand words Chapter 2.2 A Systems Language-A picture is worth a thousand words Chapter 3.1 - Energy, Exergy and Thermodynamics: Thermodynamics, Maximum power, Hierarchies, and Mat Chapter 3.1 - Energy, Exergy and Thermodynamics: Thermodynamics, Maximum power, Hierarchies, and Mat Chapter 3.2 - Calculating Exergy of Materials & Energy Sources: Available energy using Gibbs Free E Chapter 3.2 - Calculating Exergy of Materials & Energy Sources: Available energy using Gibbs Free E Chapter 4.1 - Emergy and Environmental Accounting: The Geobiosphere Emergy Baseline (GEB), Solar equ Chapter 4.1 - Emergy and Environmental Accounting: The Geobiosphere Emergy Baseline (GEB), Solar equ Chapter 4.2 - Emergy of Renewable Secondary and Tertiary Global Sources: Computation of primary, sec Chapter 4.2 - Emergy of Renewable Secondary and Tertiary Global Sources: Computation of primary, sec Chapter 5 - Emergy of Materials,Energy,and Finished Products: UEVs of non-renewable fossil fuels; UE Chapter 5 - Emergy of Materials,Energy,and Finished Products: UEVs of non-renewable fossil fuels; UE Chapter 6 - Static Emergy Accounting: Emergy algebra, Emergy evaluation procedure , Static calculati Chapter 6 - Static Emergy Accounting: Emergy algebra, Emergy evaluation procedure , Static calculati Chapter 7 - Dynamic Emergy Accounting: Simulation of emergy and transformity, network analysis of em Chapter 7 - Dynamic Emergy Accounting: Simulation of emergy and transformity, network analysis of em Chapter 8 - Emergy Evaluating Procedure: systems diagram, evaluation table, footnotes, summary diagr Chapter 8 - Emergy Evaluating Procedure: systems diagram, evaluation table, footnotes, summary diagr Chapter 9 - Emergy and the Economy: Emergy Money Ratio, “Value Added”, international trade, emergy Chapter 9 - Emergy and the Economy: Emergy Money Ratio, “Value Added”, international trade, emergy Chatper 10 - Emergy Evaluation of Nations Chatper 10 - Emergy Evaluation of Nations Chapter 11 - Emergy & Nations Chapter 11 - Emergy & Nations Chapter 12 - Emergy and Urban Systems: Understanding urban systems; Settlement location; Urban Hiera Chapter 12 - Emergy and Urban Systems: Understanding urban systems; Settlement location; Urban Hiera Chapter 13 - Emergy Evaluation of Ecosystems: What is a ecosystem? GPP & NPP; Succession; Emergy of Chapter 13 - Emergy Evaluation of Ecosystems: What is a ecosystem? GPP & NPP; Succession; Emergy of Chapter 14 - Natural Capital and Environmental Services: What are ecosystem services? What is natura Chapter 14 - Natural Capital and Environmental Services: What are ecosystem services? What is natura Chapter 15 - Emergy and Landscape Development Intensity Chapter 15 - Emergy and Landscape Development Intensity Chapter 16 - Environmental Impact Assessment: Strip mining, power plants cooling, Everglades resto Chapter 16 - Environmental Impact Assessment: Strip mining, power plants cooling, Everglades resto Chapter 17 - Environmental Impact Assessment: Evaluating impacts of oil spills Chapter 17 - Environmental Impact Assessment: Evaluating impacts of oil spills Chapter 18 - Emergy Evaluation of Energy Alternatives: Net Emergy, Emergy Yield Ratio, Energy Return Chapter 18 - Emergy Evaluation of Energy Alternatives: Net Emergy, Emergy Yield Ratio, Energy Return Chapter 19 - Wastes and Recycling Chapter 19 - Wastes and Recycling Chapter 20 - Models of Economic Interface: Theory, models, and simulation of economic interfaces, ec Chapter 20 - Models of Economic Interface: Theory, models, and simulation of economic interfaces, ec Epilogue: Environmental Accounting and Management in Future Epilogue: Environmental Accounting and Management in Future