Journal Articles


Paolisso, M., E. Douglas, A. Enrici, P.H. Kirshen, C. Watson and M. Ruth. in press. Environmental Justice and Climate Change: Knowledge and Adaptation among African American Communities in the Chesapeake Bay Region, Water, Climate and Society.

Gasper, R, M. Selman and M. Ruth.  in press.  Climate co-benefits of water quality trading in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, Water Policy.

Douglas, E.M., P.H. Kirshen, M.J. Paolisso, C. Watson, J.Wiggin and M. Ruth. 2012. Coastal Flooding, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice: Identifying Obstacles and Incentives for Adaptation in Two Metropolitan Boston Massachusetts Communities, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Vol. 17, No. 5, pp. 537-562.

Ruth, M., E. Kalnay, N. Zeng, R.S. Franklin, J. Rivas, F. Miralles-Wilhelm.  2011.  Sustainable Prosperity and Societal Transitions:  Long-term Modeling for Anticipatory Management, Environmental Innovation and Societal Transition, Vol. 1, pp. 160-165.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2011.03.004

Franklin, R.S. and M. Ruth.  2011.  Growing Up and Cleaning Up: The Environmental Kuznets Curve Redux, Journal of Applied Geography, Vol. 32, pp. 29-39.

Gasper, R., A. Blohm and M. Ruth.  2011. Social and economic impacts of climate change in the urban environment, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Vol. 3, pp. 150-157.

Ruth, M.  2010.  Economic and Social Benefits of Climate Information:  Assessing the Cost of Inaction, Procedia Environmental Sciences, World Climate Conference-3, Vol. 1, pp. 387–394.

Paul, A., K. Palmer, M. Ruth, B. Hobbs, D. Irani , J. Michaels, Y. Chen, K. Ross and E. Myers.  2010.  The Role of Energy Efficiency Spending in Maryland’s Implementation of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Energy Policy, Vol. 38, pp. 6820–6829.

Ruth, M, A. Blohm, J. Mauer, S. A. Gabriel, B. F. Hobbs, D. Irani, Y. Chen.  2010. Strategies for Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reductions: Residential Natural Gas Efficiency, Economic and Ancillary Health Impacts in Maryland, Energy Policy, Vol. 38, pp. 6926–6935.

Ruth, M.  2009.  The Nature of the Beast and the Beast in Nature:  Broadening the Perspective of Technology, The Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, Vol. 29, No. 5, pp. 374-382.

Ruth, M.  2009. Dynamic Modeling of Industrial Ecosystems, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Vol. 13, No. 6, pp. 839-842.

Bassi, A.M., J.S. Yudken and M. Ruth.  2009.  Climate Policy Impacts on the Competitiveness of Energy-intensive Manufacturing Sectors, Energy Policy, Vol. 37, No. 8, pp. 3052–3060.

Ibarrarán, M.E., M. Ruth, S. Ahmad and M. London.  2009. Climate Change and Natural Disasters: Macroeconomic Performance and Distributional Impacts, Environment, Development and Sustainability, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 549 – 569.

Kirshen, P., K. Knee, and M. Ruth.  2008.  Climate Change and Coastal Flooding in Metro Boston:  Impacts and Adaptation Strategies, Climatic Change, Vol. 90, pp. 453-473.

Kirshen, P., Ruth. M., and Anderson, W.  2008.  Interdependencies of Urban Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies:  A Case Study of Metropolitan Boston USA, Climatic Change, Vol. 86, pp. 105-122.

Ruth, M., S. Gabriel, K. Palmer, D. Burtraw, A Paul, Y. Chen, B. Hobbs, D. Irani, J. Michael, K. Ross, R. Conklin, J. Miller.  2008.  Economic and Energy Impacts from Participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: A Case Study of the State of Maryland, Energy Policy, Vol. 36, pp. 2279-2289.

Ruth, M. and D. Coelho.  2007.  Understanding and Managing the Complexity of Urban Systems under Climate Change, Climate Policy, Vol. 7, pp. 317 – 336.

Ruth, M.  2007.  Integrative Environmental Research and Education, International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, Vol. 7, No. 5/6, pp. pp. 632 – 643.

Ruth, M., C. Bernier, N. Jollands, N. Golubiewski.  2007.  Adaptation of Urban Water Supply Infrastructure to Impacts from Climate and Socioeconomic Changes:  The Case of Hamilton, New Zealand, Water Resources Management, Vol. 21, No. 21, pp. 1031-1045.

Jollands, N, M. Ruth, C. Bernier, and N. Golubiewski.  2007.  The Climate’s Long-term Impacts on New Zealand Infrastructure (CLINZI) Project, Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 83, pp. 460-477.

Ruth, M., C. Bernier, A. Meier and S. Laitner.  2007.  PowerPlay:  Exploring Decision Making Behaviors in Energy Efficiency Markets, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Vol. 74, pp. 470-490.

Ruth, M.  2006.  The Economics of Sustainability and the Sustainability of Economics, Ecological Economics, Vol. 56, No. 3, pp. 332-342.

Ruth, M. and A.C. Lin.  2006.  Regional Energy Demand and Adaptations to Climate Change: Methodology and Application to the State of Maryland, USA, Energy Policy, Vol. 34, No. 17, pp. 2820-2833.

Kirshen, P., M. Ruth and W. Anderson.  2005.  Climate Change in Metropolitan Boston, New England Journal of Public Policy, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 89-103.

Davidsdottir, B. and M. Ruth.  2005.  Pulp Non-Fiction: Dynamic Modeling of Industrial Systems, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 191-211.

Amato, A., M. Ruth, P. Kirshen and J. Horwitz.  2005.  Regional Energy Demand Responses to Climate Change:  Methodology and Application to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Climatic Change, Vol. 71, No. 1, pp. 175 – 201.

Davidsdottir, B. and M. Ruth.  2004.  Capital Vintage and Climate Change Policies: The Case of US Pulp and Paper, Environmental Science & Policy, Vol. 7, No 3, June 2004, pp. 221-233.

Ruth, M., B. Davidsdottir and A. Amato. 2004.  Climate Change Policies and Capital Vintage Effects:  The Cases of US Pulp and Paper, Iron and Steel and Ethylene, Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 7, No. 3, June 2004, pp. 221-233.

Barnés-Regueiro, F., M. Leach and M. Ruth.  2002.  The Mexican Energy Sector:  Integrated Dynamic Analysis of the Natural Gas/Refining System, Energy Policy, Vol. 30, pp. 767 – 779.

Ruth, M. and A. Amato.  2002.  Vintage Structure Dynamics and Climate Change Policies:  The Case of US Iron and Steel, Energy Policy, Vol. 30, pp. 541 – 552.

Ruth, M., A. Amato, and B. Davidsdottir.  2002.  Carbon Emissions from US Ethylene Production Under Climate Change Policies, Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 119 – 124.

Ruth, M. and P. Kirshen.  2001.  Integrated Impacts of Climate Change upon Infrastructure Systems and Services in the Boston Metropolitan Area, World Resources Review, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 106 – 122.

Lindholm, J., P. Auster, M. Ruth, and L. Kaufman.  2001.  Modeling the Effects of Fishing and Implications for the Design of Marine Protected Areas: Juvenile Fish Responses to Variations in Seafloor Habitat, Conservation Biology, Vol. 15, pp. 424 – 437.

Ruth, M., B. Davidsdottir and S. Laitner.   2000.  Impacts of Energy and Carbon Taxes on the US Pulp and Paper Industry, Energy Policy, Vol. 28, pp. 259 – 270.

Ruth, M., A. Amato and B. Davidsdottir.  2000.  Impacts of Market-based Climate Change Policy on the US Iron and Steel Industry, Energy Sources, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 269 – 280.

Cleveland, C.J. and M. Ruth.  1999.  Indicators of Dematerialization and the Materials Intensity of Use, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Vol. 2, pp. 15 – 50.

Ruth, M.  1998.  Mensch and Mesh:  Perspectives on Industrial Ecology, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Vol. 2, pp. 13 – 22.

Ruth, M.  1998.  Energy Use and CO2 Emissions in a Dematerializing Economy:  Examples from Five US Metals Sectors, Resources Policy, Vol. 24, pp. 1 – 18.

Costanza, R. and M. Ruth.  1998. Using Dynamic Modeling to Scope Environmental Problems and Build Consensus, Environmental Management, Vol. 22, pp. 183 – 196.

Ruth, M. and T. Harrington.  1997.  Wastepaper Repulping versus Incineration in the US Pulp and Paper Industry:  A Dynamic Systems Analysis, International Journal of Energy, Environment and Economics, Vol. 5, pp. 151 – 182.

Ruth, M. and T. Harrington.  1997. Dynamics of Material and Energy Use in US Pulp and Paper Manufacturing, Industrial Ecology, Vol. 1, pp. 147 – 168.

Ruth, M. and P. Dell’Anno.  1997.  An Industrial Ecology of the US Glass Industry, Resources Policy, Vol. 23, pp. 109 – 124.

Cleveland, C.J. and M. Ruth.  1997.  When, Where and By How Much Does Thermodynamics Constrain Economic Processes?  A Survey of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen’s Contribution to Ecological Economics, Ecological Economics, Vol. 22, pp. 203 – 223.

Weston, R.F. and M. Ruth.  1997.  A Dynamic Hierarchical Approach to Understanding and Managing Natural Economic Systems, Ecological Economics, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 1 – 17.

Ruth, M. and J. Lindholm.  1996.  Modeling Multispecies Fisheries, Environmental Conservation, Vol. 23, pp. 332 – 342.

Ruth, M.  1996.  Evolutionary Economics at the Crossroads of Biology and Physics, Journal of Social and Evolutionary Systems, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 125 – 144.

Cleveland, C. and M. Ruth.  1996.  Interdependencies Between the Depletion of Minerals and Fuels:  The Case of Copper Production in the U.S., Energy Sources, Vol. 18, pp. 355 – 373.

Ruth, M.  1995.  Technology Change in US Iron and Steel Production:  Implications for Material and Energy Use, and CO2 Emissions, Resources Policy, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 199 – 214.

Ruth, M.  1995.  Thermodynamic Constraints on Optimal Depletion of Copper and Aluminum in the United States:  A Dynamic Model of Substitution and Technical Change, Ecological Economics, Vol. 15, pp. 197 – 213.

Ruth, M.  1995.  Thermodynamic Implications for Natural Resource Extraction and Technical Change in U.S. Copper Mining, Environmental and Resource Economics, Vol. 6, pp. 187 – 206.

Ruth, M.  1995.  A System Dynamics Approach to Modeling Fisheries Management Issues:  Implications for Spatial Dynamics and Resolution, System Dynamics Review, Vol. 11, pp. 233 – 243.

Ruth, M.  1995.  Information, Order and Knowledge in Economic and Ecological Systems:  Implications for Material and Energy Use, Ecological Economics, Vol. 13, pp. 9 – 114.
(This paper is also reprinted in R. Costanza, C. Perrings, and C.J. Cleveland (eds.) The Development of Ecological Economics, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, Great Britain, pp. 360 – 375.)

Ruth, M. and F. Pieper.  1994.  Modeling Spatial Dynamics of Sea Level Rise in a Coastal Area, System Dynamics Review, Vol. 10, pp. 375 – 389.

Hannon, B., M. Ruth, and A. Delucia.  1993.  A Physical View of Sustainability, Ecological Economics, Vol. 8, pp. 253 – 268.

Ruth, M. and C.J. Cleveland.  1993.  Nonlinear Dynamic Simulation of Optimal Depletion of Crude Oil in the Lower 48 United States, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, Vol. 17, pp. 425 – 435.

Ruth, M. and C.W. Bullard.  1993.  Information, Production, and Utility, Energy Policy, Vol. 21, No. 10, pp. 1059 – 1066.

Faber, M., J.L.R. Proops, M. Ruth and P. Michaelis.  1990.  Economy-Environment Interactions in the Long-Run:  A Neo-Austrian Approach, Ecological Economics, Vol. 2, pp. 27-55.

 

BOOK CHAPTERS

Karetnikov, D. and M. Ruth. in press. Climate Change and Expected Regional Impacts, M. Fisher and A. Batabyal (eds.) Handbook of Regional Science, Springer, Heidelberg.

Ruth, M.  2011.  Entropy, Economics and Policy, in B.R. Bakshi, T.G. Gutowski and D.P. Seculic (eds.)  Thermodynamics and the Destruction of Resources, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, Chpt. 16, pp. 401-428.

Pranav, V., A. Blohm and M. Ruth.  2011.  Temperature-Mortality Relationships in Urban Areas:  Methods And Applications To Boston, Massachusetts And Baltimore, Maryland, USA, in S.P. Saikia (ed.) Climatic Change, International Book Distributors, Derhadun, India, Chpt. 14.

Ruth, M.  2011. Managing Regional Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Co-benefits and Co-costs, in: K. Otto-Zimmermann (ed.) Resilient Cities. Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 205‐213.

Ruth, M.  2011. Корупцията и енергийният сектор, in Nikolai Tagarov (Ed.) Sustainable Development and Good Governance in the Energy Sector: National, Regional and Global Policies, Center for the Study of Democracy, Sofia.  (This is the Bulgarian Version of a 2005 paper entitled “Corruption in the Energy Sector”, listed below.)

Ruth, M.  2010.  Economic and Social Benefits of Climate Information: Assessing the Cost of Inaction, in M.V.K. Sivakumar (ed.), Proceedings of the WCC-3, Procedia: Earth and Planetary Science 1, Elsevier, The Netherlands, pp. 387–394.

Ruth, M. 2010. Nonrenewable Resources, in Encyclopedia of Geography, SAGE Publications, 6 Oct. 2010, pp. 2039-2041, http://www.sage-ereference.com/geography/Article_n823.html.

Gasper, R.R., and M. Ruth. 2010. Ecological Economics, in Encyclopedia of Geography, SAGE Publications, 6 Oct. 2010, pp. 820-824, http://www.sage-ereference.com/geography/Article_n313.html.

Gasper, R.R., and M. Ruth. 2010. Industrial Ecology, in Encyclopedia of Geography, SAGE Publications, 6 Oct. 2010, pp. 1577-1580, http://www.sage-ereference.com/geography/Article_n632.html.

Blohm, A. and M. Ruth.  2010.  Resource Economics, in Encyclopedia of Geography, SAGE Publications. 6 Oct. 2010, pp. 2445-2446, http://www.sage-ereference.com/geography/Article_n632.html.

Ruth, M., P. Kirshen and D. Coelho.  2009. Climate Change and Cities: Differential Impacts and Adaptation Options in Industrialized Countries, in M. Ruth and M. Ibarraran (eds.) Distributional Impacts of Climate Change: Social and Economic Implications, Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham, England.

Ruth, M. and M. Ibarraran.  2009. Distributional Effects of Climate Change: Social and Economic Implications, in M. Ruth and M. Ibarraran (eds.) Distributional Impacts of Climate Change: Social and Economic Implications, Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham, England.

Ruth, M. and B. Davidsdottir. 2009. The Dynamics of Regional and Networked Industrial Ecosystems: Background and Concepts, in M. Ruth and B. Davidsdottir (eds.) The Dynamics of Regions and Networks in Industrial Ecosystems, Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham, England, pp. 3-5.

Ruth, M., C. Bernier, A. Meier and S. Laitner.  2009. PowerPlay: Developing Strategies to Promote Energy Efficiency, in M. Ruth and B. Davidsdottir (eds.) The Dynamics of Regions and Networks in Industrial Ecosystems, Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham, England, pp. 201-223.

Davidsdottir, B. and M. Ruth.  2009.  The Dynamics of Regions and Networks in Industrial Ecosystems:  Restrospect and Prospect, in M. Ruth and B. Davidsdottir (eds.) The Dynamics of Regions and Networks in Industrial Ecosystems, Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham, England, pp. 224-231.

Wilbanks, T.J., P. Kirshen, D. Quattrochi, P. Romero-Lankao, C. Rosenzweig, M. Ruth, W. Solecki and J. Tarr.  2008.  Effects of Global Change on Human Settlements, in J.L. Gumble (ed.) Analyses of the Effects of Global Change on Human Health and Welfare and Human Systems, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC., USA, Chapter 3, pp. 89-109.

Davidsdottir, B. and M. Ruth.  2008.  The Economic Dynamics of Stocks and Flows, in M. Ruth and B. Davidsdottir (eds.) Changing Stocks, Flows, and Behaviors in Industrial Ecosystems, Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham, England, pp. 54-73.

Ruth, M.  2008.  Ein Pragmatiker auf dem Weg zum Vorausschauenden Management Industrieller Systeme (A Pragmatist on His Way towards an Anticipatory Management), in A. v. Gleich and S. Gößling-Reisemann (eds.) Industrial Ecology: Erfolgreiche Wege zu nachhaltigen industriellen Systemen, Vieweg+Teubner, Wiesbaden, Germany, pp. 316-332.

Kirshen, P., M. Ruth and W. Anderson.  2006.  Climate’s Long-term Impacts on Urban Infrastructures and Services: The Case of Metro Boston, in M. Ruth, P. Kirshen and K. Donaghy (eds.)  Regional Climate Change and Variability:  Impacts and Responses, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 190-252.

Ruth, M., A. Amato, and P. Kirshen.  2006.  Impacts of Changing Temperatures on Heat-related Mortality in Urban Areas:  The Issues and a Case Study from Metropolitan Boston, in Ruth, M.  (ed.)  2006.  Smart Growth and Climate Change, Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham, England, pp. 364 – 392.

Ruth, M., A.C. Lin.  2006.  Regional Energy Demand and Adaptations to Climate Change:  Methodology and Application to the State of Maryland, in Ruth, M.  (ed.)  2006.  Smart Growth and Climate Change, Edward Elgar Publishers, Cheltenham, England, pp. 291 – 317.

Kirshen, P., Ruth, M., and Anderson, W.  2005.  Integrated Impacts of and Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change in Metropolitan Areas; A Case Study of the Boston Metropolitan Area, H. Feng, L. Yu and W. Solecki (eds.) Urban Dimensions of Environmental Change: Science, Exposures, Policies, and Technologies, Science Press, Monmouth Junction, New Jersey, pp. 112-121.

Ruth, M.  2005.  Future Socioeconomic and Political Challenges of Global Climate Change, in D. Pirages and K. Cousins (eds.) From Resource Scarcity to Ecological Security:  Exploring New Limits to Growth, MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, pp. 145 – 164.

Ruth, M.  2005.  Corruption in the Energy Sector, in B.I. Spector (ed.) Fighting Corruption in Developing Countries:  Strategies and Analysis, Kumarian Press, Bloomfield, Connecticut, pp. 115 – 125.

Ruth, M.  2005.  Insights from Thermodynamics for the Analysis of Economic Processes, in A. Kleidon and R.D. Lorenz (eds.) Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and the Production of Entropy, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, pp. 243 – 254.

Ruth, M., B. Davidsdottir and A. Amato.  2004.  Dynamic Industrial Systems Analysis for Policy Assessment, in J. Van den Bergh and M. Janssen (eds.) Economics of Industrial Ecology:  Materials, Structural Change, and Spatial Scales, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, United Kingdom, pp. 125 – 164.

Ruth, M.  2004.  Conservation, A. Kuper and J. Kuper (eds.), The Social Science Encyclopedia (third edition) Routledge, London and New York, Vol. 1, pp. 159-161.

Ruth, M. 2004.  Steel Production and Energy, in C.J. Cleveland (ed.) Encyclopedia of Energy, Elsevier, Vol. 5, pp. 695 – 706.

Ruth, M.  2003.  Sustainable Development of Technological Resource Capital, in G. Barbiroli (ed.), Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, EOLSS Publishers, Oxford, UK.

Ruth, M.  2003.  Institutional and Infrastructure System Development Information and Knowledge, in G. Barbiroli (ed.), Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, EOLSS Publishers, Oxford, UK.

Ruth, M.  2002.  Dynamic Modeling of Industrial Energy Use and Emissions, in H. Abaza and A. Baranzini (eds.), Implementing Sustainable Development:  Integrated Assessment and Participatory Decision-Making Processes, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, United Kingdom, pp. 275-289.

Ruth, M.  2002.  Dynamic Modeling for Futures Studies and Leadership Development, in K. Yamaguchi (ed.) New Scientific-Visionary Paradigm – Nonlinear and Chaos-Theoretic Thinking in Futures Design, 21st Century Studies, Adamantine Press, Ltd., Twickenham, England.

Ruth, M.  2002.  Optimal Resource Extraction, A Handbook of Industrial Ecology, R.U. Ayres and L. Ayres (eds.), Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, England, pp. 223 – 231.

Costanza, R. and M. Ruth.  2001.  Dynamic Systems Modeling, in R. Costanza, B.S. Low, E. Ostrom and J. Wilson (eds.) Institutions, Ecosystems, and Sustainability, Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, pp. 21 – 29.

Costanza, R. and M. Ruth.  2001. Modeling for Scoping, Research and Management, in R. Costanza, B.S. Low, E. Ostrom and J. Wilson (eds.) Institutions, Ecosystems, and Sustainability, Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, pp. 169 – 178.

Ruth, M.  2002.  Thermodynamik, in C. Herrmann-Pillath and M. Lehmann-Waffenschmidt (eds.) Handbuch der Evolutorischen Ökonomik, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Berlin, in press.

Ruth, M.  2001.  Dynamic Modeling for Consensus Building in Complex Environmental and Investment Decision Making, in M. Mathies, H. Malchow and J. Kriz (eds.) Integrative Systems Approaches to Natural and Social Dynamics, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 379 – 399.

Ruth, M.  1999.  Physical Principles in Environmental Economic Analysis, in J.C.J.M. van den Bergh (ed.) The Handbook of Environmental and Resource Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, United Kingdom, pp. 855 – 866.

Lindholm, J., M. Ruth, L. Kaufman and P. Auster.  1998.  A Modeling Approach to the Design of Marine Refugia for Fishery Management;  in N.W. Munro and J.H.M. Wilson (eds.) Linking Protected Areas with Working Landscapes, Conserving Biodiversity.  Science and Management of Protected Areas Association, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, pp. 138 – 150.

Ruth, M.  1998.  Coupled Economic and Environmental Growth and Development, in F. Müller and M. Leupelt (eds.) Eco Targets, Goal Functions, and Orientors, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 414 – 435.

Cleveland, C.J. and M. Ruth.  1997.  Capital Humano, Capital Natural e Limites Biofísicos no Processo Economico, in C. Cavalcanti (ed.) Meio Ambiente, Desenvolvimento Sustentável e Políticas Públicas, Cortez Editora, Sao Palo, pp. 131 – 164.

Costanza, R. and M. Ruth.  1997. Dynamic Systems Modeling for Scoping and Consensus Building, in A. Dragun and K. Jakobsson (eds.) New Horizons in Environmental Policy, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 279 – 307.

Ruth, M. and C. Cleveland.  1996.  Modeling the Dynamics of Resource Depletion, Substitution, Recycling and Technical Change in Extractive Industries, R. Costanza and O. Segura and J. Martinez-Alier (eds.) Down to Earth:  Practical Applications of Ecological Economics, Island Press, Washington, D.C., pp. 301 – 324.

Ruth, M. and J. Lindholm.  1995.  New England Groundfishes:  Modeling the Dynamic Interactions of Multiple Species, in K.L. Hickey and D. Kantarelis (eds.) The Natural Environment:  Interdisciplinary Views, Interdisciplinary Environmental Association, Assumption College, Worcester, MA.

Hannon, B., M. Ruth, and A. Delucia.  1994.  The Natural Ecosystem as a Standard for Sustainability:  A Thermodynamic Approach, in G. McIsaac (ed.) Sustainable Agriculture in the American Midwest:  Lessons from the Past, Prospects for the Future, University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Illinois, pp. 125 – 143.

 

BOOK REVIEWS

Ruth, M. in press. Review of “The City and the Changing Climate: Climate Change in the Places We Live” by Brian Stone, Jr., Urban Climate.

Ruth, M.  2011. Review of “The New Economics:  A Bigger Picture” by David Boyle and Andrew Simms, Ecological Economics, Vol. 70, No. 12, p. 2533.

Ruth, M.  2008.  Review of “Towards a Thermodynamic Theory for Ecological Systems” by Sven Erik Jørgensen and Yuri M. Svirezhev, Ecological Economics, Vol. 64, No. 3, pp. 675-676.

Ruth, M.  2003.  Review of “The Essence of Time” by E. Tiezzi, Ecological Economics, pp. 270 – 271.

Ruth, M.  2000.  Review of “Sustainable Cities and Energy Policy”, by R. Capello, P. Nijkamp and G. Pepping, Papers in Regional Science, Vol. 79, pp. 243 – 244.

Ruth, M.  1998.  Review of “The US Paper Industry and Sustainable Production:  An Argument for Restructuring” by Maureen Smith, Ecological Economics, Vol. 27, pp. 328 – 330.

Ruth, M.  1997.  Review of “Pricing the Planet:  Economic Analysis for Sustainable Development”, by Peter H. May and Ronaldo S. da Motta (eds.), Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment, Vol. 66, pp. 83 – 84.

Ruth, M.  1996.  Review of “Sustainable Development:  Science, Ethics and Public Policy” by John Lemons and Donald A. Brown (eds.), Ecological Economics, Vol. 8, pp. 259 – 260.

Ruth, M.  1995.  Review of “Evolutionary Concepts in Contemporary Economics” by Richard England (ed.), Ecological Economics, Vol. 14, pp. 57 – 58.

Ruth, M.  1994.  Review of “Information, Entropy and Progress:  A New Evolutionary Paradigm” by Robert U. Ayres, Ecological Economics, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 81-82.