Frontiers in Ecological Economic Theory and Application

Edited by Jon D. Erickson, Blittersdorf Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont, US and John M. Gowdy, Rittenhouse Professor of Humanities and Social Science, Department of Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, US

• Contents:PrefaceJon D. Erickson and John M. GowdyPART I: ECOLOGICAL ECONOMIC THEORYAn Overview of Part IHerman E. Daly1. Wrong in Retrospect: Cost–Benefit Analysis of Past SuccessesFrank Ackerman, Lisa Heinzerling and Rachel I. Massey2. Reorienting Macroeconomic Theory Towards Environmental SustainabilityJonathan M. Harris3. Growth and Equity: Dismantling the Kaldor–Kuznets–Solow ConsensusBrendan P. Fisher and Jon D. Erickson4. Ecological Economics as a Basis for Distributive JusticeFrank G. MüllerPART II: BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM HEALTHAn Overview of Part IICarl N. McDaniel5. The Technological Juggernaut and Nature’s Ecological SystemsPaul P. Christensen6. Assessing Ecosystem Health in Dutchess County, New YorkKarin E. Limburg and Karen M. Stainbrook7. Safe Minimum Standard Analysis of the Florida ManateeBarry D. Solomon, Cristi M. Corey-Luse and Kathleen E. Halvorsen8. Development in the Adirondack Park, New York: Projections and ImplicationsMichale J. Glennon and William F. Porter PART III: CLIMATE CHANGEAn Overview of Part IIIStephen H. Schneider9. Problems in Economic Assessments of Climate Change with Attention to the United States of AmericaClive L. Spash10. Climate Change in the Pacific Northwest: Valuing Snowpack Loss for Agriculture and SalmonEban Goodstein and Laura Matson11. A Contingent Behavior Analysis of the Effects of Climate Change on National Park VisitationRobert B. Richardson 12. Second-Best Pollution Taxes in the Economics of Climate ChangeRichard B. Howarth13. Ranking the Adaptive Capacity of Nations to Climate Change when Socio-Political Goals are ExplicitBrent M. Haddad PART IV: ENERGYAn Overview of Part IVNathan John Hagens14. Energy Quality, Net Energy and the Coming Energy TransitionCutler J. Cleveland15. The Hydrogen Futures Simulation Model: Pathways to a Hydrogen FutureThomas E. Drennen and Jennifer E. Rosthal16. Measuring Sustainable Energy Development with a Three-Dimensional IndexBrynhildur Davidsdottir, Daniel A. Basoli, Sarah Fredericks and Claire Lafitte Enterline 17. The Elasticity of Substitution, the Capital–Energy Controversy and SustainabilityDavid I. SternIndex

'. . . because of the high quality of many of the chapters and the selection of topics, the book is a valuable contribution to the literature on ecological economics. . . the book adds much that is helpful to the burgeoning literature on ecological economics.'