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Paz, Octavio
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Water, energy, air & land form the matrix within which ecological integrity is manifest.Water, H20 Energy, Potential & kinetic 
Air, Atmosphere Land, Landscape 
literally weal stands for the features of an ecological habitat.
figuratively, Weal is used to describe the origins of wealth; biological wealth.
by analogy biological wealth is described in terms of biotic diversity; biological diversity, or biodiversity, for short.
a summary way to think about biological wealth and our world; a global ecology. Darwin's contributions as a matrix.
When combining any two factors that are separable and different from a spectrum of other factors, the four concepts may be displayed in a matrix, or box of altrenatives arranged in a visually distinctive manner.
Below is a sample of the fundamental dialectical arrangement of the conditions that were said to give rise to ancient Greek concept o fthe foure elements and the four humors popularized by Aristotle's followers.
cold hot wet dry
The features of an ecological habitat, make up the inorganic conditions and are:
Water -- hydrological cycle of snow, rain, surface & underground flow, evaporation.
Energy -- radiation from the sun, especially blue & red ranges of the spectrum.
Air -- wind and atmospheric pressure, composition and pollutants.
Landscape -- the geographical setting and geological past terrains.
= Wealth from WEAL
