Ecological Economics Reviews, Volume 1186

This is the inaugural volume in a series of reviews on the theory, policy, and implementation of sustainability and sustainable development, with a focus on the economic, social, and environmental challenges facing the world today. This volume includes papers by leading international experts in the science of sustainability, including Rudolf de Groot, Richard Cowling, Bruce Hannon, R. Kerry Turner, Peter Nijkamp, Peter Söderbaum, Barry D. Solomon, and Pushpam Kumar. NOTE: Annals volumes are available for sale as individual books or as a journal. For information on institutional journal subscriptions, please visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/nyas. ACADEMY MEMBERS: Please contact the New York Academy of Sciences directly to place your order (www.nyas.org). Members of the New York Academy of Science receive full-text access to the Annals online and discounts on print volumes. Please visit www.nyas.org/MemberCenter/Join.aspx for more information about becoming a member.

Ecological economics reviews: an introduction to the inaugural volume / Robert Costanza and Karin Limburg The science of ecological economics: A content analysis of Ecological economics, 1989-2004 / Valerie A. Luzadis [and others] Connecting thermodynamics and economics: well-lit roads and burned bridges / Mark David Glucina and Kozo Mayumi The role of input-output analysis of energy and ecologic systems: in the early development of ecological economics, a personal perspective / Bruce Hannon Agent-based modeling in ecological economics / Scott Heckbert, Tim Baynes and Andrew Reeson Valuing ecosystem services: theory, practice, and the need for a transdisciplinary synthesis / Shuang Liu [and others] Ecosystem valuation: a sequential decision support system and quality assessment issues / R. Kerry Turner, Sian Morse-Jones and Brendan Fisher Year in review: EROI or energy return on (energy) invested / David J. Murphy and Charles A.S. Hall Biofuels and sustainability / Barry D. Solomon Reassessing the forest impacts of protection: the challenge of nonrandom location and a corrective method / Lucas Joppa and Alexander Pfaff Economic valuation of climate change adaptation in developing countries / Jesper Stage Commoditization and oppression: a systems approach to understanding the economic dynamics of modes of oppression / Jack P. Manno Democratizing economics: pluralism as a path toward sustainability / Peter Söderbaum and Judy Brown Public sector administration of ecological economics systems using mediated modeling / Marjan van den Belt [and others] Pro-environmental behavior: rational choice meets moral motivation / Rama Mohana R. Turaga, Richard B. Howarth and Mark E. Borsuk The road to sustainability must bridge three great divides / James Aronson [and others] Ecological economics and economic growth / Peter A. Victor