Environment, power, and society for the twenty-first century : the hierarchy of energy /
Howard T. Odum.
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2007.
- xiv, 418 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This world system -- Systems networks and metabolism -- Energy laws and maximum power -- Energy hierarchy and natural value -- Energy and planet earth -- Energy and ecosystems -- Empower basis for society -- Structure, information, and evolution -- Energy and economics -- Energetic organization of society -- Energetic basis for religion -- Partnership with nature -- Climax and descent .