Modeling of biosphere sustainability parameters for nature reserves

• Main Authors: Bolshakov, B. E., Shamaeva, E. F., Popov, E. B., Medvedev, A. N.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: Biosphere; Free energy; Mathematical models; Nature reserves; Parameters; Sustainability
• ISSN: 0094-243X; 1551-7616
• DOI: 10.1063/1.5044037

The aim and the subject of the article is to develop a mathematical model and parameters characterizing the sustainability of the biosphere in order to describe more accurately the flow interactions in the system “human – society – nature” and to model these interactions using the example of nature reserves. The research is based on the principle of stable disequilibrium developed by E.S. Bauer. According to E.S. Bauer (1935), the fundamental difference between living and nonliving matter is characterized by the principle of stable disequilibrium: “…all and only living systems are never in equilibrium and perform a constant work against equilibrium at the expense of their free energy under existing external conditions”. The requirements formulated by E.S. Bauer for living systems can be presented in the form of a flow interaction scheme between a living system and its natural environment. The results of the study include the system of the biosphere sustainability parameters, which describes the flow interactions of a living system with the surrounding natural environment in the form of a mathematical model presented in terms of power density and its derivatives. The calculations carried out using the example of the nature reserves illustrate the conclusions: the possibility of applying parameters based on the law of conservation of power and the principle of stable disequilibrium of E.S. Bauer, for modeling the sustainability of the biosphere.