Roy F. Weston Chair in Natural Economics
Director, Environmental Policy Program
Co-Director, Engineering and Public Policy
School of Public Policy
University of Maryland
Suite 2202 Van Munching Hall
College Park, MD 20742
Phone: 301-405-6075
Fax: 301-403-4675
Email: mruth1@umd.edu
Kirshen, P., K. Knee, R. Vogel and M. Ruth. in press. Climate Change and Coastal Flooding in Metro Boston : Impacts and Adaptation Strategies, Climatic Change .
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. In press. Integrative Environmental Research and Education, International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management .
Kirshen, P., Ruth. M., and Anderson, W. In press. Interdependencies of Urban Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies: A Case Study of Metropolitan Boston USA, Climatic Change .
Ruth, M., C. Bernier, N. Jollands. In press. Adaptation to Urban Water Supply Infrastructure to Impacts from Climate and Socioeconomic Changes: The Case of Hamilton, New Zealand, Water Resources Management .
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.
Davidsdottir, B. and M. Ruth. In press. Industrial Inertia and Environmental Performance: Opportunities and Constraints for Environmental Policy, International Journal of Environmental Technology and Policy .
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. 2006. A Quest for 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 NonFiction: Dynamic Modeling of Industrial Systems , Journal of Industrial Ecology , Vol. 9, Issue 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, July 2005, 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 U.S. 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, No. 2, 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 U.S. Pulp and Paper Manufacturing , Journal of 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. 99 - 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.