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A simple model of interactive pollutants
Author(s) -
Yeung David W. K.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
ecological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1440-1703
pISSN - 0912-3814
DOI - 10.1007/bf02347246
Subject(s) - pollutant , natural (archaeology) , environmental science , pollution , atmosphere (unit) , simple (philosophy) , environmental engineering , biochemical engineering , ecology , engineering , geography , meteorology , biology , philosophy , epistemology , archaeology
This study presents a model of two interactive pollutants in which the natural rate of regeneration of each pollutant is affected by the quantity of the other pollutant present in the atmosphere. The behavior of pollution accumulations in the natural unintervened system is characterized. With human intervention, it is shown that while a sustainable environment can be obtained, a deteriorating environment may also arise. There is a unique continuous boundary beyond which the environment is non‐revitalizable.