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MEES 608N: Ecological Economics Student Seminar

Web page created by Gerri Foudy, Social Sciences Team, UM Libraries

MEES 608N is managed by the Ecological Economics Student Group (EESG), a voluntary association of UM students. Other EESG activities include: disseminating information about local talks, workshops and events relevant to Ecological Economics; community building among those interested in Ecological Economics at UM and the surrounding region; promoting student advancement by providing information on educational and employment opportunities; and serving as a resource to those who wish to pursue an education linking Ecology and Economics.

The seminar is designed to provide a forum for students, faculty, and practitioners to learn and discuss current topics in Ecological Economics. Cross-disciplinary dialogue is strongly encouraged * participants come from the AREC, BEES, BMGT, CONS, GEOG, GVPT, MEES, and PUAF departments, as well as from the surrounding communities.

Participation is open to all, though those registering for course credit are usually working toward masters or doctorates in the following areas: Natural Resources, Sustainable Development, Ecological-Economic Modeling, Renewable Resource Management, Conservation Biology, Environmental Policy, Social Policy, Geography, Political Science and Agricultural Economics.

The seminar meets on alternate Fridays from 12:00-1:30 pm, in Room 1107 or 1113 (PUAF Lounge) on the first floor of the School of Public Affairs, Van Munching Hall, University of Maryland, College Park.

The University of Maryland Libraries have many resources that will help with research for your MEES 608N seminar. If you need additional information, please contact Gerri Foudy, Social Sciences Team, or or speak with a Reference Librarian at McKeldin Library's Service Plus Information Desk.

Because of licensing agreements, access to bibliographic databases and electronic journals is restricted to UM faculty, staff, and students. These may be accessed from off campus; consult Remote access for further information. For a complete list of electronic resources available to University of Maryland faculty, staff, and students, as well as information about the full range of library materials and services, consult the UM Libraries' home page.

Table of Contents

Reference Sources

The first time you try to access the subscription databases below, you will have to prove that you are a UMD student by entering your last name and ID number from the back of your student ID card to access the databases through ResearchPort.

    Dictionaries

  • Crump, Andy. Dictionary of Environment and Development: People, Places, Ideas, and Organizations. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1993.
    LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
    CALL NUMBER: GE10.C78

  • Gilpin, Alan. Dictionary of Environment and Sustainable Development. NY: Wiley, 1996.
    Includes selected bibliography.
    LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
    CALL NUMBER: HC79.E5 G518 1996

  • Grafton, R. Quentin, Linwood H. Pendleton, and Harry W. Nelson. A Dictionary of Environmental Economics, Science, and Policy. Cheltenham, UK: E. Elgar, 2001.
    Includes primers on "Economics for the Environment," "International Environmental Problems," and "Environmental Systems, Dynamics and Modeling," plus annotated references.
    LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
    CALL NUMBER: HC79.E5 G685 2001

  • Lincoln, Roger J., Geoff Boxshall, and Paul Clark. A Dictionary of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. 2nd ed. NY: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
    "A working dictionary providing brief definitions for students, teachers, researchers and others having an interest within the field of biodiversity studies."
    LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
    CALL NUMBER: QH540.4.L56 1998

  • Markandya, Anil, Renat Perelet, Pamela Mason, and Tim Taylor. Dictionary of Environmental Economics. London: Earthscan Publications, 2001.
    Includes references.
    LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
    CALL NUMBER: HC79.E5 D53 2001

  • Sullivan, Thomas F.P. Environmental Regulatory Glossary. 6th ed. Rockville, MD: Government Institutes, Inc., 1993.
    A resource to identify basic regulatory concepts.
    LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
    CALL NUMBER: TD169.3.E58 1993

    Encyclopedias

  • Access Science: McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology Online
    Searchable online encyclopedia includes a section on Environmental Science. Updated regularly.

  • Barry, John and E. Gene Frankland, eds. International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics. NY: Routledge, 2002.
    Alphabetical listing with a thematic entry list.
    LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
    CALL NUMBER: GE170.I55 2002

  • Ecological Economics Encyclopaedia (Free Resource)
    Published by the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE). "The purpose of the OEEE is to provide students, academics, journalists, activists, policy makers and everybody else interested with a first-hand introduction to many of the topics at the heart of ecological economic analysis. Most of the entries you will find in this encylopedia not only provide a detailed analysis of the specific topic, but also discuss the distinct contribution of ecological economics."
    http://www.ecoeco.org/publica/encyc.htm

  • Johansen, Bruce E. Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Issues: An Encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003.
    "Describes the intrusion of foreign (usually destructive) elements into the environments (cultures, lifeways, and economies) of indigenous peoples around the Earth."
    LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
    CALL NUMBER: GF50.J65 2003

  • Krech, Shepard III, J.R. McNeill, and Carolyn Merchant, eds. Encyclopedia of World Environmental History. NY: Routledge, 2004.
    "Offers a dynamic view of human interaction with the environment from the deep past to the present, encompassing the entire globe."
    LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
    CALL NUMBER: GF10.E63 2004 v. 1-3

    Directories & Yearbooks

  • Conservation Directory. (Annual). Washington, DC: World Wildlife Federation, 1956 -.
    Organized into five parts: "U.S. Federal and International Government Agencies," "State and Provincial Government Agencies," "Non-Governmental Non-Profit Organizations," "Non-Governmental For-Profit Organizations," and "Educational Institutions." Includes organization name, keyword, staff name, and geographic indices.
    LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks (Latest Volume Only)
    CALL NUMBER: SK361.N42

  • Environment Encyclopedia and Directory 2001. 3rd ed. London: Europa, 2001.
    Directory of international environmental organizations arranged by country, plus a bibliography of environmental periodicals, "Who's Who of the Environment," and an index of environmental organizations by field of activity.
    LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
    CALL NUMBER: GE10.E56 2001

  • International Yearbook of Environmental and Resource Economics: A Current Survey of Issues. Cheltenham, UK: E. Elgar, 1997 -.
    Annual which "publishes state of the art papers by top specialists in their fields."
    LOCATION: McKeldin Periodical Stacks (most current issue in McKeldin Reference Stacks)
    CALL NUMBER: HC79.E5 I616

  • Polunin, Nicholas, ed. World Who Is Who and Who Does What in Environment & Conservation. NY: St. Martin's Press, 1997.
    A to Z biographies plus appendixes by country and specialty.

Research Databases

The first time you try to access the subscription databases below, you will have to prove that you are a UMD student by entering your last name and ID number from the back of your student ID card to access the databases through ResearchPort

  • Conference Papers Index
    Provides citations to papers and poster sessions presented at major scientific meetings around the world. Subject emphasis since 1995 has been in the life sciences, environmental sciences and the aquatic sciences. 1982 to current.

  • Ecology Abstracts
    Index to current ecology research across a wide range of disciplines, reflecting recent advances in light of growing evidence regarding global environmental change and destruction. Ecology Abstracts focuses on how organisms of all kinds - microbes, plants, and animals - interact with their environments and with other organisms. Included are relevant papers on evolutionary biology, economics, and systems analysis as they relate to ecosystems or the environment. 1982 to the present.

  • EconLit
    The American Economic Association's electronic database contains six types of records: journal articles, books, collective volume articles, dissertations, Abstracts of Working Papers in Economics from Cambridge University Press, and full text book reviews from the Journal of Economic Literature. 1969 to current.

  • Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Abstracts
    Multidisciplinary database with abstracts and citations drawn from over 5980 serials including scientific journals, conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications. 1976 to current.

  • NTIS
    The NTIS Database produced by the National Technical Information Service, is a resource for accessing the latest U.S. government-sponsored research and worldwide scientific, technical, engineering, and business-related information. NTIS is the central source for unclassified and publicly available information from research reports, journal articles, data files, computer programs and audio visual products from Federal sources. Additionally, information is available from international government departments and other international organizations including those from Canada, Japan, the former Soviet Union, Western and Eastern European countries. 1964 to current.

  • PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) International
    Provides global coverage of public affairs and world issues, with an emphasis on issues in the public debate. It includes references to more than 518,000 journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, gray literature, research reports, policy papers, Internet documents, conference reports and other sources from more than 120 countries, with materials in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. In addition, 4,300 web sites are included in PAIS International. 1972 to the present.

  • Source OECD
    The online library of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Comprises 20 book collections by theme, containing all OECD monographs and reports, most OECD periodicals, and the OECD statistical databases. From 1998 to the present.

Statistics Sources

The first time you try to access the subscription databases below, you will have to prove that you are a UMD student by entering your last name and ID number from the back of your student ID card to access the databases through ResearchPort
  • Center for International Development (CID) at Harvard University (Free Resource)
    Data depository which includes the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Database, Trade Openness Indicators, Sources of Slow Growth in African Economies, Natural Resource Abundance and Economic Growth, plus geography, education, agricultural and disease datasets (most in Excel format.)
    http://www.cid.harvard.edu/ciddata/

  • CIESIN: Center for International Earth Science Information Network(Free Resource)
    Based at Columbia University, the site offers a wide range of data free of charge for personal and noncommercial use.
    http://www.ciesin.org/

  • Global Environment Outlook 3. London: Earthscan Publications, 2002.
    "By tracking and analysing important environmental issues over the period 1972-2002, GEO-3 provides an integrated explanation of major trends that have shaped our environmental inheritance."
    LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
    CALL NUMBER: GE170.G563 2002

  • SourceOECD database
    Comprises 20 book collections by theme, containing all OECD monographs and reports, most OECD periodicals, and the OECD statistical databases. 1998 to the present. NOTE: Source OECD runs on Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator versions 4.0 and later. However, you may experience some difficulties viewing the site through Internet Explorer 5.0.

  • United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) (Free Resource)
    Global Resource Information Database.
    http://grid2.cr.usgs.gov/

  • UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (Free Resource)
    Information on globally threatened animals and plants, including statistical analyses of global forest conservation, biodiversity profiles, natural capital indicators for OECD countries, and a protected areas database.
    http://www.unep-wcmc.org/

  • United Nations Sustainable Development (Free Resource)
    Natural resource, social, economic, and institutional indicators.
    http://www.un.org/esa/agenda21/natlinfo/

  • World Development Indicators CD-ROM 1998 -.
    LOCATION: Government Documents Desk
    CALL NUMBER: HC59.15.W657

  • World Economic Forum (Free Resource)
    Access to Environmental Sustainbility Index and Global Greenhouse Gas Register.
    http://www.weforum.org/site/homepublic.nsf/Content/Initiatives+subhome

  • World Resources. (Biennial)
    UNDP, UNEP, World Bank and World Resources Institute report with international data on sustainable development issues.
    LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
    CALL NUMBER: HC10.W6

  • World Resources Institute: EarthTrends- Environmental Information Portal (Free Resource)
    Online searchable database plus full-text of World Resources, and Country Environmental Data, Maps and Indicators of Watersheds, and information on Last Forest Frontiers, Biodiversity, Climate Change, and Oceans and Coasts.
    http://earthtrends.wri.org/

  • Worldwatch Institute (Free Resource)
    Economic and environmental information.
    http://www.worldwatch.org/index.html

Electronic and Online Journals

From off campus access databases and/or electronic journals by dialing into the campus network or through ResearchPort.

Recommended Reading List

The following list of readings has been compiled by Ken Cousins, a graduate student in the Department of Government and Politics, and a member of the Ecological Economics Student Group at UM.

TITLE LOCATION
Ariyaratne, E. T. (1999). Schumacher lectures on Buddhist economics McKeldin Stacks BQ4570.E25.A65
Bosselmann, F. P. and A. D. Tarlock (1994). "The Influence of Ecological Science on American Law: An Introduction." Chicago-Kent Law Review 69: 847-73. Available through Lexis-Nexis Academic database
Boumans, R., R. Costanza, et al. (2002). "Modeling the dynamics of the integrated earth system and the value of global ecosystem services using the GUMBO model." Ecological Economics 41: 529-60. Available through ScienceDirect database
Carpenter, R. A. (1996). "Ecology Should Apply to Ecosystem Management: A Comment." Ecological Applications 6(4): 1373-77. Available through JSTOR
Cobb, J. (2002). A Buddhist-Christian Critique of Neo-Liberal Economics. Eastern Buddhist Conference, Otani University, Kyoto, Japan, religion-online www.religion-online.org/cgi-bin/relsearchd.dll/showarticle?item_id=2219
Cobb, J. B. (1999). The earthist challenge to economism: a theological critique of the World Bank McKeldin Stacks HG3881.5.W57.C63
Costanza, R. (1997). "The Value of the World's Ecosystem Services and Natural Capital." Nature 387. www.uvm.edu/giee/publications/Nature_Paper.pdf
Costanza, R., R. d'Arge, et al. (1998). "The value of ecosystem services: putting the issues in perspective." Ecological Economics 25: 67-72. Available through ScienceDirect database
Daly, H. Ecological Economics: The Concept of Scale and Its Relation to Allocation, Distribution, and Uneconomic Growth. College Park, MD: 26.

www.puaf.umd.edu/faculty/papers/daly/
Scale%20paper%20rev%20final%20copy.pdf
Daly, H. (2002). Sustainable Development: Definitions, Principles, Policies. Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Month Distinguished Speaker Series, Washington, DC, World Bank www.worldbank.org/wbi/B-SPAN/sub_essd_hdaly.htm
Daly, H. E. (1973). Toward a steady-state economy McKeldin Stacks HD82.D3142
Daly, H. E. (1977). Steady-state economics: the economics of biophysical equilibrium and moral growth McKeldin Stacks HD82.D31415
Daly, H. E. (1999). Ecological economics and the ecology of economics: essays in criticism McKeldin Stacks HC79.E5.D3243
Daly, H. E., J. B. Cobb, et al. (1994). For the Common Good: redirecting the economy toward community, the Environment, and a sustainable future McKeldin Stacks HD75.6.D35
Daly, H. E. and K. N. Townsend (1993). Valuing the earth: economics, ecology, ethics McKeldin Stacks HD75.6.V36
Douthwaite, R. (1998) Good Growth and Bad Growth. Communications for a Sustainable Future, University of Colorado. Internet. http://csf.colorado.edu/mail/ecol-econ/good_bad_growth.douthwaite.html.
Dovers, S. (2001). Operationalising Ecological Economics: an Academic Perspective. People and Nature: Operationalising Ecological Economics, Canberra, Australia, International Society for Ecological Economics http://incres.anu.edu.au/EEP/eep0001.pdf
ERF Rachel's Environment & Health News - Environmental Trends. Environmental Research Foundation. Internet. www.rachel.org/bulletin
Goodland, R. J. A., H. E. Daly, et al. (1992). Population, technology, and lifestyle: the transition to sustainability McKeldin Stacks HD75.6.P67
Grafton, R. Q. and S. Knowles (2003). Social Capital and National Environmental Performance: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. Canberra, Australia, Australian National University: 33. http://een.anu.edu.au/download_files/een0206.pdf
Grant, W. E. and P. B. Thompson (1997). "Integrated ecological models: simulation of socio-cultural constraints on ecological dynamics." Ecological Modelling 100(1): 43-59. Available through ScienceDirect database
Gren, I.-M., R. K. Turner, et al., Eds. (2000). Managing a sea : the ecological economics of the Baltic McKeldin Stacks GC1271.M4003
Hammond, A. L. (1998). Which World? Scenarios for the 21st Century - Global Destinies, Regional Choices McKeldin Stacks HC59.15.H33
Hanna, S. S., C. Folke, et al., Eds. (1996). Rights to Nature: Ecological, Economic, Cultural, and Political Principles of Institutions for the Environment McKeldin Stacks K3478.Z9.R54
Juniper, C. and M. Moore (2002). Synergies and Best Practices of Corporate Partnerships for Sustainability. Corporate Environmental Strategy. 9. www.ecologicresources.com/pdf/
CorporatePartnerships.pdf
Karliner, J. (1997). The Corporate Planet: Ecology and Politics in the Age of Globalization McKeldin Stacks HD2755.5.K375
Lewan, L. (1999). "Why human societies need sustainability analyses based on biophysical assessments." Ecological Economics 29: 57-60. Available through ScienceDirect database
Martínez Alier, J. and K. Schlüpmann (1987). Ecological economics : energy, environment, and society McKeldin Stacks HD85.S7.M363513
Martinez-Alier, D. J. (1999). Ecological Economics. International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioural Sciences: 13. www.h-economica.uab.es/unitat/papers/5-2001.pdf
Mayumi, K. (2001). The origins of ecological economics: the bioeconomics of Georgescu-Roegen McKeldin Stacks HB119.G43.M39
McNeill, J. R. (2000). Something New Under the Sun: an environmental history of the twentieth-century world McKeldin Stacks GF13.M39
Meadows, D. H. (1997) Places to Intervene in a System. Whole Earth. Online. www.wholeearthmag.com/ArticleBin/109.html
Meadows, D. H. (2001) The Global Citizen. Sustainability Institute, Dartmouth College. Internet. www.pcdf.org/meadows
Pearce, D. (2002). "An Intellectual History of Environmental Economics." Annual Review of Energy and the Environment 27(1): 57-81. http://energy.annualreviews.org/cgi/
content/abstract/27/1/57
Perrings, C. (1995). "Ecology, Economics and Ecological Economics." Ambio 24(1): 60-64. McKeldin Periodical Stacks QH540 .A52
Polanyi, K. (1957). The Great Transformation: the political and economic origins of our time McKeldin Stacks HC53 .P6 1957
Princen, T. (1997). "The Shading and Distancing of Commerce: When Internalization is Not Enough." Ecological Economics 20: 235-53. Available through ScienceDirect database
Prugh, T., R. Costanza, et al. (2000). The local politics of global sustainability McKeldin Stacks HC79.E5.P747
Sagoff, M. (1994). "Four Dogmas of Environmental Economics." Environmental Values 3(4): 285-310. www.puaf.umd.edu/faculty/papers/
sagoff/dogmas.pdf
Shrader-Frechette, K. S. and E. D. McCoy (1993). Method in Ecology: Strategies for Conservation McKeldin Stacks QH540.5.S57
Stern, D. I. (1996). Progress on the Environmental Kuznets Curve? Canberra, Australia, Center for Resource and Environmental Studies, Australian National University: 31. http://incres.anu.edu.au/EEP/eep9601.pdf
Stiglitz, J. (2002). There is no invisible hand. The Guardian. Manchester, UK. Available through Lexis-Nexis Academic database
Turner, K., C. Perrings, et al. (1997). Ecological Economics: Paradigm or Perspective. Economy and Ecosystems in Change: Analytical and Historical Approaches. J. C. J. M. van den Bergh and J. van der Straaten. Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar: 25-49. McKeldin Stacks HC79.E5 E286 1997
Wackernagel, M., C. Monfreda, et al. (2002). Ecological Footprint of Nations: November 2002 Update. Oakland, CA, Redefining Progress: 14.  
Wackernagel, M., N. B. Schulz, et al. (2002). "Tracking the ecological overshoot of the human economy." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99(14): 9266-71. Available through JSTOR

Grants & Fellowships Information Sources

  • Blum, Laurie. Free Money for Graduate School. New York: Facts on File, 2000.
    Indexed by field of study, ethnic or minority status, study/research abroad, and provides a sample application and guide to proposals.
    LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Index Table
    CALL NUMBER: LB2337.2 .B58 2000

  • Community of Science Funding Opportunities Database
    "More than 23,000 records, representing over 400,000 funding opportunities, worth over $33 billion."
    http://fundingopps.cos.com/

  • Directory of Research Grants. Annual. 1975- . Phoenix: Oryx Press.
    Lists more than 6,000 grants supporting research or training for research-oriented careers in all fields of study.
    LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Index Table
    CALL NUMBER: LB2338 .W56

  • Edelson, Phyllis. Foundation Grants to Individuals. 13th ed. New York: Foundation Center, 2003.
    Includes a section on scholarships, student loans, and fellowships.
    LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Index Table
    CALL NUMBER: AS911.A2 F594 2003

  • Government Contracts, Grants, and Awards
    http://www.lib.umd.edu/GOV/el-grants.html

  • Grant Finder - Science: The Complete Guide to Postgraduate Funding Worldwide. Biennial. New York: St. Martin's Press.
    Includes Subject and Eligibility Guide to Awards, Index of Awards, and Index of Awarding Organizations.
    LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Index Table
    CALL NUMBER: LB2337.2 .G77

  • Grant Finder - Social Sciences: The Complete Guide to Postgraduate Funding Worldwide. Biennial. New York: St. Martin's Press.
    Includes Subject and Eligibility Guide to Awards, Index of Awards, and Index of Awarding Organizations.
    LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Index Table
    CALL NUMBER: LB2337.2 .G78

  • The Grants Register. Biennial. 1969- . Chicago: St. James Press.
    Intended for students at or above the graduate level and for those involved in advanced professional or vocational training. Includes scholarships, fellowships, grants-in-aid, competitions, prizes, honoraria, professional and vocational awards for minority groups, etc. International directory.
    LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Index Table
    CALL NUMBER: LB2338 .G72

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