The Myth of Resource Efficiency: The Jevons Paradox (Earthscan Research Editions)

by Mario Giampietro (Contributor), Blake Alcott (Contributor), Mario Giampietro (Contributor), Kozo Mayumi (Contributor), John M. Polimeni (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2009

  $56.06

  'The Jevons Paradox', which was first expressed in 1865 by William Stanley Jevons in relation to use of coal, states that an increase in efficiency in using a resource leads to increased use of that resource rather than to a reduction. This book provides a historical overview of the Jevons Paradox.