Roy F. Weston Chair in Natural Economics
Director, Environmental Policy Program
Co-Director, Engineering and Public Policy
School of Public Policy
University of Maryland
3139 Van Munching Hall
College Park, MD 20742
Phone: 301-405-6075
Fax: 301-403-4675
Email: mruth1@umd.edu
Ruth, M., P. Kirshen and D. Coelho. in press. 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. in press. 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. in press. 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.
Ruth, M., C. Bernier, A. Meier and S. Laitner. in press. 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.
Davidsdottir, B. and M. Ruth. In press. 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.
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: Regional Development, Infrastructure and Adaptation , 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: Regional Development, Infrastructure and Adaptation , 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.) Fr om 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, Connecticutt, 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 MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachussetts , 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 2000 . 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 2000 . 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 Landscape 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.) Getting 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.