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Influential Publications in Ecological Economics: a Citation Analysis
Ecological Economics 50 (2004) 261–292 www.elsevier.com/locate/ecolecon ANALYSIS Influential publications in ecological economics: a citation analysis Robert Costanzaa,*, David Sternb,1, Brendan Fishera,2, Lining Heb,1, Chunbo Mab,1 aGund Institute of Ecological Economics, The University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, Burlington, VT 05405-0088, USA bDepartment of Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180-3590, USA Received 25 July 2003; received in revised form 3 June 2004; accepted 4 June 2004 Available online 1 October 2004 Abstract We assessed the degree of influence of selected papers and books in ecological economics using citation analysis. We looked at both the internal influence of publications on the field of ecological economics and the external influence of those same publications on the broader academic community. We used four lists of papers and books for the analysis: (1) 92 papers nominated by the Ecological Economics (EE) Editorial Board; (2) 71 papers that were published in EE and that received 15 or more citations in all journals included in the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Citation Index; (3) 57 papers that had been cited in EE 15 or more times; and (4) 77 monographs and edited books that had been cited in EE 15 or more times. In all, we analyzed 251 unique publications. For each publication, we counted the total number of ISI citations as well as the total number of citations in EE. We calculated the average number of citations per year to each paper since its publication in both the ISI database and in EE, along with the percentage of the total ISI citations that were in EE. -
Guidance Manual on Value Transfer Methods For
Author Luke Brander Reviewers Paulo A.L.D. Nunes and Eric D. Mungatana Acknowledgements The development of this manual has been initiated and financed by the United Nations Environment Programme. The following people deserve special thanks for their valuable inputs, suggestions and reviews – Pushpam Kumar, Makiko Yashiro, Greg Miles, Els Breet, Jens Burau, Paulo Nunes and Lisa Brander. Illustrations Jens Burau Photos Sun Cho Design & lay-out soutdesign.nl Cover design soutdesign.nl (image from istockphoto.com) For any comments or feedback, please send them here: Ecosystem Services Economics Unit, UNEP-DEPI P.O.Box 30552-00100, Nairobi, Kenya Tel: +254 (0)20 762 3485 E-mail: [email protected] www.ese-valuation.org Disclaimer The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of UNEP or contributory organization(s). The designations employed and the presentations do not imply the expressions of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNEP or contributory organization(s) concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or its authority, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Publication: Guidance manual on value transfer methods for ecosystem services ISBN 978-92-807-3362-4 Job Number DEP/1762/NA Printing Publishing Services Section, UNON, Nairobi-Kenya ISO 14001:2004 certified UNEP promotes environmentally sound practices globally and in its own activities. This publication is printed on 100 per cent chlorine free paper from sustainably managed forests. Our distribution policy aims to reduce UNEP’s carbon footprint. Guidance Manual on Value Transfer Methods for Ecosystem Services Foreword In recent years, there have been growing global interest and efforts in integrating the value of ecosystem services into national development frameworks. -
World Economic Situation and Prospects 2013
World Economic Situation and Prospects UnitedUnited Nations Nations World Economic Situation and Prospects 2013 asdf United Nations New York, 2013 Acknowledgements The report is a joint product of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN/DESA), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the five United Nations regional commis- sions (Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)). For the preparation of the global outlook, inputs were received from the national centres of Project LINK and from the participants at the annual LINK meeting held in New York from 22 to 24 October 2012. The cooperation and support received through Project LINK are gratefully acknowledged. The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) contributed to the section on international tourism. The report has been prepared by a team coordinated by Rob Vos and comprising staff from all collaborating agencies, including Grigor Agabekian, Abdallah Al Dardari, Clive Altshuler, Shuvojit Banerjee, Sudip Ranjan Basu, Hassiba Benamara, Alfredo Calcagno, Jeronim Capaldo, Jaromir Cekota, Ann D’Lima, Cameron Daneshvar, Adam Elhiraika, Pilar Fajarnes, Heiner Flassbeck, Juan Alberto Fuentes, Marco Fugazza, Masataka Fujita, Samuel Gayi, Andrea Goldstein, Cordelia Gow, Aynul Hasan, Jan Hoffmann, Pingfan Hong, Michel -
UHERO Global Economic Forecast: Faltering American Economy Will Cause Global Slowing
UHERO Global Economic Forecast: Faltering American Economy Will Cause Global Slowing by Byron Gangnes Ph.D. (808) 956-7285 [email protected] Research assistance by Somchai Amornthum and Porntawee Nantamanasikarn November 30, 2007 University of Hawai`i Economic Research Organization 2424 Maile Way, Room 542 Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96822 (808) 956-7285 [email protected] UHERO Global Economic Forecast i November 30, 2007 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The world economy began to slow in 2007, after peaking at nearly 4% growth in real gross world product in 2006. Slowing has been centered in the developed world, particularly in North America, where contraction in U.S. residential investment and fallout from the sub-prime mortgage collapse is taking a substantial toll. So far this weakness has not spread significantly to other countries. Prospects are for further global slowing in 2008. Now the question is how soft or hard the landing will be. While no sharp downswing is yet in evidence, the configuration of risks appears heavily weighted toward the negative. • Real gross world product, the broadest measure of world economic activity, will finish 2007 3.7% higher than 2006, slightly weaker than 2006. Global growth will slow to 3.5% in 2008. • The U.S. appears headed for a “slow patch” with risks of recession the highest in some time. We expect continued growth for the U.S. economy, but with considerable weakness over the next two quarters. For this year as a whole, we expect U.S. real GDP to expand by 2.1%, down from 2.9% in 2006. Growth will average 2.2% in 2008 with strengthening as the year progresses. -
UNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA, IRVINE Limits To
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE Limits to Growth: Analyzing Technology’s Role THESIS submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE in Informatics by Meena Devii Muralikumar Thesis Committee: Professor Bonnie Nardi, Chair Professor Bill Tomlinson Professor Josh Tanenbaum 2019 © 2019 Meena Devii Muralikumar DEDICATION To Professor Bonnie Nardi for her wonderfully astute thinking and guidance that has taught me to research and write with passion about things I truly care about and my family and friends for being a constant source of support and encouragement ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ACKNOWLEDGMENTS iv ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS v LIST OF FIGURES vi CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER 2: ECONOMIC GROWTH 3 2.1 The Rebound Effect 3 2.2 Economic Growth 5 2.3 Conventional Economic vs. Ecological Economics 6 CHAPTER 3: ALTERNATE ECONOMIES 9 3.1 Post-growth, Steady State and Degrowth 9 3.2 Post-growth thinking for the world 11 CHAPTER 4: TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMY 14 4.1 Technology and change 14 4.2 Other considerations for technologists 18 CHAPTER 5: CASE STUDIES 20 5.1 The Case for Commons 21 5.2 The Case for Transparency 25 5.3 The Case for Making and Do-It-Yourself (DIY) culture 31 CHAPTER 6: DISCUSSION & CONCLUSION 34 REFERENCES 38 iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to express my deepest gratitude for my committee chair, Professor Bonnie Nardi. She has encouraged me to read, think, and write and probably knows and believes in me more than I do. Her work that ties together technology in the current world and the problem of environmental limits will always be a source of inspiration for me. -
Direct Use Values of Climate-Dependent Ecosystem Services in Isiolo County, Kenya
Direct use values of climate-dependent ecosystem services in Isiolo County, Kenya Caroline King-Okumu, Oliver Vivian Wasonga, Ibrahim Jarso and Yasin Mahadi S Salah DIRECT USE VALUES OF CLIMATE-DEPENDENT ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN ISIOLO COUNTY About the authors Caroline King-Okumu is senior researcher on dryland ecosystems and economic assessment with IIED’s Climate Change Group. Oliver Vivian Wasonga is a lecturer at the Department of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology Range Management Section, University of Nairobi, Kenya. Ibrahim Jarso is a researcher on natural resource management, climate adaptation and participatory digital resource mapping at Resource Advocacy Program (RAP), a community trust based in Isiolo, Kenya. Yasin Mahadi S Salah is a programme officer with the People and Landscapes Programme at IUCN, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office, Nairobi, Kenya. Corresponding author: [email protected] Produced by IIED’s Climate Change Group Working in collaboration with partner organisations and individuals in developing countries, the Climate Change Group leads the field on adaptation to climate change issues. Published by IIED, February 2016 King-Okumu, C, Wasonga, OV, Jarso, I, and Salah, YMS (2016) Direct use values of climate- dependent ecosystem services in Isiolo County. IIED, London. http://pubs.iied.org/10142IIED ISBN: 978-1-78431-248-0 Printed on recycled paper with vegetable-based inks. International Institute for Environment and Development 80-86 Gray’s Inn Road, London WC1X 8NH, UK Tel: -
Alternatives and Complements to GDP-Measured Growth As a Framing Concept for Social Progress
Life Beyond Growth Alternatives and Complements to GDP-Measured Growth as a Framing Concept for Social Progress 2012 Annual Survey Report of the Institute for Studies in Happiness, Economy, and Society — ISHES (Tokyo, Japan) Commissioned by Produced by Published by Table of Contents Preface 4 A Note on Sources and References 7 Introduction 8 Chapter 1: The Historical Foundations of Economic Growth 13 Chapter 2: The Rise (and Possible Future Fall) of the Growth Paradigm 17 Chapter 3: The Building Blocks of the Growth Paradigm 24 Chapter 4: Alternatives to the Growth Paradigm: A Short History 29 Chapter 5: Rethinking Growth: Alternative Frameworks and their Indicators 34 Chapter 6: Looking Ahead: The Political Economy of Growth in the Early 21st Century 50 Chapter 7: Concluding Reflections: The Ethics of Growth and Happiness, and a Vision for the Future 65 References & Resources 67 2 Dedication Dedication This report is dedicated to the memory of Donella H. “Dana” Meadows (1941-2001), lead author of The Limits to Growth and a pioneering thinker in the area of sustainable development and ecological economics. Dana, throughout her life, managed not only to communicate a different way of thinking about economic growth and well-being, but also to demonstrate how to live a happy and satisfying life as well. 3 Preface Preface “Life Beyond Growth” began as a report One week later, on 11 March 2011, the depth and commissioned by the Institute for Studies in breadth of those unresolved questions expanded Happiness, Economy, and Society (ISHES), based in enormously. In the series of events known in Japan Tokyo, Japan. -
PREFACE by Dr
PREFACE by Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General, UNCTAD DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE 2005 DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN INTERNATIONAL Development is the fundamental vocation of UNCTAD. In the context of growing T interdependence among nations in today’s globalizing world economy, trade and development RADE are becoming increasingly interrelated. The contribution of trade to development depends greatly on the context in which it works and the ends it serves. To act as a genuine engine of development, AND trade must lead to steady improvements in human conditions by expanding the range of people’s choices. This is the central concern of this new publication entitled Developing Countries in DEVELOPMENT International Trade. The trade and development index (TDI), which is the heart of the report, is an attempt by the UNCTAD secretariat to capture the complex interaction between trade and development and, in the process, to monitor the trade and development performance of countries. Such INDEX performance is not merely the sum of trade expansion and economic growth. Instead, it is a composite notion, reflecting the interplay among the many factors that determine trade outcomes and development outcomes. The TDI is designed as a mechanism for monitoring the trade and development performance of countries, a diagnostic device to identify factors affecting such performance, and a policy tool to help stimulate and promote national and international policies and actions for development and poverty reduction. It will also contribute to the follow-up of the Millennium Development Goals and the outcome of the 2005 World Summit. In addition, the framework will allow comparison of the TDI scores of developing countries with those of developed OECD countries, which should serve as a long-term trade and development benchmark for developing countries, and with the newly acceded EU member countries as medium- to long-term benchmarks. -
Prosperity Without Growth?Transition the Prosperity to a Sustainable Economy 2009
Prosperity without growth? The transition to a sustainable economy to a sustainable The transition www.sd-commission.org.uk Prosperity England 2009 (Main office) 55 Whitehall London SW1A 2HH without 020 7270 8498 [email protected] Scotland growth? Osborne House 1 Osbourne Terrace, Haymarket Edinburgh EH12 5HG 0131 625 1880 [email protected] www.sd-commission.org.uk/scotland Wales Room 1, University of Wales, University Registry, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3NS Commission Development Sustainable 029 2037 6956 [email protected] www.sd-commission.org.uk/wales Northern Ireland Room E5 11, OFMDFM The transition to a Castle Buildings, Stormont Estate, Belfast BT4 3SR sustainable economy 028 9052 0196 [email protected] www.sd-commission.org.uk/northern_ireland Prosperity without growth? The transition to a sustainable economy Professor Tim Jackson Economics Commissioner Sustainable Development Commission Acknowledgements This report was written in my capacity as Economics Commissioner for the Sustainable Development Commission at the invitation of the Chair, Jonathon Porritt, who provided the initial inspiration, contributed extensively throughout the study and has been unreservedly supportive of my own work in this area for many years. For all these things, my profound thanks. The work has also inevitably drawn on my role as Director of the Research group on Lifestyles, Values and Environment (RESOLVE) at the University of Surrey, where I am lucky enough to work with a committed, enthusiastic and talented team of people carrying out research in areas relevant to this report. Their research is evident in the evidence base on which this report draws and I’m as grateful for their continuing intellectual support as I am for the financial support of the Economic and Social Research Council (Grant No: RES-152-25-1004) which keeps RESOLVE going. -
Valuation of Coastal Ecosystem Services
Provided for non-commercial research and educational use. Not for reproduction, distribution or commercial use. This chapter was originally published in Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science, published by Elsevier, and the attached copy is provided by Elsevier for the author's benefit and for the benefit of the author's institution, for non- commercial research and educational use including without limitation use in instruction at your institution, sending it to specific colleagues who you know, and providing a copy to your institution's administrator. All other uses, reproduction and distribution, including without limitation commercial reprints, selling or licensing copies or access, or posting on open internet sites, your personal or institution's website or repository, are prohibited. For exceptions, permission may be sought for such use through Elsevier's permissions site at: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/permissionusematerial van den Belt M, Forgie V, and Farley J (2011) Valuation of Coastal Ecosystem Services. In: Wolanski E and McLusky DS (eds.) Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science, Vol 12, pp. 35–54. Waltham: Academic Press. © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Author's personal copy 12.03 Valuation of Coastal Ecosystem Services M van den Belt, Ecological Economics Research New Zealand (EERNZ), Palmerston North, New Zealand; Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand V Forgie, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand J Farley, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights -
Valuation of Ecosystem Services: Paradox Or Pandora’S Box for Decision-Makers?
One Ecosystem 2: e14808 doi: 10.3897/oneeco.2.e14808 Research Article Valuation of ecosystem services: paradox or Pandora’s box for decision-makers? Maria Nijnik‡‡, David Miller ‡ The James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, United Kingdom Corresponding author: Maria Nijnik ([email protected]) Academic editor: Stoyan Nedkov Received: 30 Jun 2017 | Accepted: 15 Sep 2017 | Published: 09 Oct 2017 Citation: Nijnik M, Miller D (2017) Valuation of ecosystem services: paradox or Pandora’s box for decision- makers? One Ecosystem 2: e14808. https://doi.org/10.3897/oneeco.2.e14808 Abstract The valuation of ecosystem services (ES) employs a range of methods. Based on a literature review and selected empirical examples, we consider major opportunities and challenges in ecosystem services valuation. We analyse when different valuation methods are appropriate and most useful. We demonstrate that mechanisms to capture benefits and costs are needed; and that the use of valuation should be incorporated more widely in decision-making. However, we argue that ecosystems are complex systems: neither the ecosystems or the services that they provide are a sum, but are an interrelated system of components. If a component vanishes the whole system may collapse. Therefore, critical natural capital management, in particular, cannot rely on monetary values; whilst the maintanance of the whole system should be considered. Monetary valuation of biodiversity and landscapes is also problematic because of their uniqueness and distinctiveness, a shortage of robust primary valuations, and numerous complexities and uncertainties. We conclude that mixed method and deliberative discourse techniques, as well as proper integration of research tools, should be more widely applied to help decision-makers and the public to understand and assess changes in ES. -
The Elusive Quest for Valuation of Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Services
water Review The Elusive Quest for Valuation of Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Services J. Walter Milon 1,* and Sergio Alvarez 2 1 Department of Economics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA 2 Rosen College of Hospitality Management, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816, USA * Correspondence: [email protected] Received: 3 June 2019; Accepted: 15 July 2019; Published: 22 July 2019 Abstract: Coastal and marine ecosystem (CME) services provide benefits to people through direct goods and services that may be harvested or enjoyed in situ and indirect services that regulate and support biological and geophysical processes now and in the future. In the past two decades, there has been an increase in the number of studies and journal articles designed to measure the economic value of the world’s CME services, although there is significantly less published research than for terrestrial ecosystems. This article provides a review of the literature on valuation of CME services along with a discussion of the theoretical and practical challenges that must be overcome to utilize valuation results in CME policy and planning at local, regional, and global scales. The review reveals that significant gaps exist in research and understanding of the broad range of CME services and their economic values. It also raises questions about the validity of aggregating ecosystem services as independent components to determine the value of a biome when there is little understanding of the relationships and feedbacks between ecosystems and the services they produce. Finally, the review indicates that economic valuation of CME services has had a negligible impact on the policy process in four main regions around the world.