Titre :	Strategic sustainable development : a synthesis towards thermodynamically efficient systems and post-normal complex systems management
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Peter Hobson, Auteur ; Pierre L. Ibisch, Auteur
Importance :	p 184-196
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Catégories :	SCIENCES DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT
Mots-clés :	DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE  STRATEGIE DE DEVELOPPEMENT  THERMODYNAMIQUE  GESTION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT
Résumé :	Fundamental issues to do with unsustainable human development and energy management that lead to converging crises such as biodiversity loss or climate change require urgent attention if global society is to progress in a sustained way in the long-term. Measures of thermodynamic efficiency go beyond the obvious relatioship between society and energy resources, to also include the way humans utilize the physical and biological landscape. A number of metrics are proposed in the assessment of environmental sustainability including the use of exergy. However, attempts to measure the sustainable use of the physical landscape and living biota are more problematic because of the complexity of nature. Nevertheless, there is emerging scientific evidence in support of the idea that there is a strong relationship between vegetation pattern and thermodynamic factors. Furthermore, an examination of land cover type and microclimatic patterns suggest that mature and complex ecosystems have the highest levels of exergy and are better able to dissipate solar radiation. This suggests that more complex, thermodynamically efficient systems are more resilient to environmental change. Science and technology should re-focus efforts towards eco-centric innovation, methods of working towards ideal-seeking systems using principles of thermodynamics. Fundamental to this change is the reform of neo-classical models of economy that embrace principles of ecological economics. The validation of the ecological economics model iss underscored by the primary objective which is to ground economic thinking and practice in the laws of thermodynamics. Success, goals and outcomes should not be exclusively measured in monetary worth but also by using relative valuation and environmental accounting.
Numéro du document :	AA GVI
Niveau Bibliographique :	5
Bull1 (Theme principale) :	GESTION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT
Bull2 (Theme secondaire) :	ASPECTS SOCIO-ECONOMIQUES

Strategic sustainable development : a synthesis towards thermodynamically efficient systems and post-normal complex systems management [texte imprimé] / Peter Hobson, Auteur ; Pierre L. Ibisch, Auteur . - [s.d.] . - p 184-196.
Langues : Anglais (eng)

Catégories :	SCIENCES DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT
Mots-clés :	DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE  STRATEGIE DE DEVELOPPEMENT  THERMODYNAMIQUE  GESTION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT
Résumé :	Fundamental issues to do with unsustainable human development and energy management that lead to converging crises such as biodiversity loss or climate change require urgent attention if global society is to progress in a sustained way in the long-term. Measures of thermodynamic efficiency go beyond the obvious relatioship between society and energy resources, to also include the way humans utilize the physical and biological landscape. A number of metrics are proposed in the assessment of environmental sustainability including the use of exergy. However, attempts to measure the sustainable use of the physical landscape and living biota are more problematic because of the complexity of nature. Nevertheless, there is emerging scientific evidence in support of the idea that there is a strong relationship between vegetation pattern and thermodynamic factors. Furthermore, an examination of land cover type and microclimatic patterns suggest that mature and complex ecosystems have the highest levels of exergy and are better able to dissipate solar radiation. This suggests that more complex, thermodynamically efficient systems are more resilient to environmental change. Science and technology should re-focus efforts towards eco-centric innovation, methods of working towards ideal-seeking systems using principles of thermodynamics. Fundamental to this change is the reform of neo-classical models of economy that embrace principles of ecological economics. The validation of the ecological economics model iss underscored by the primary objective which is to ground economic thinking and practice in the laws of thermodynamics. Success, goals and outcomes should not be exclusively measured in monetary worth but also by using relative valuation and environmental accounting.
Numéro du document :	AA GVI
Niveau Bibliographique :	5
Bull1 (Theme principale) :	GESTION DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT
Bull2 (Theme secondaire) :	ASPECTS SOCIO-ECONOMIQUES