SURF - social and economic resources

Economics Documents and Resources
- EPA National Center for Environmental Economics
  
  NCEE Publications, Research, and Reports
- The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity
  
  2009 report sponsored by the United Nations Environment Program
- Decision Analysis for a Sustainable Environment, Economy & Society
  
  EPA Science Brief (fact sheet) describing the EPA's effort to grow DASEES to aid in making decisions on complex environmental issues
- Valuation of Ecological Resources: Integration of Ecology and Socioeconomics in Environmental Decision Making
  
  Ralph G. Stahl, Jr., DuPont, Wilmington, DE; Lawrence A. Kapustka, Golder Associates Ltd., Calgary, Alberta; Wayne R. Munns, Jr., EPA, Randall J. F. Bruins, EPA
- Economic analysis for ecosystem assessments: Application for the UK National Ecosystem Assessment (NEA)
  
  October 2009 paper by Ian Bateman, Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE)
- The Economics of Groundwater Remediation and Protection
  
  Paul E. Hardisty, Worley-Parsons Komex, Perth, WA, Australia; Ece Ozdemiroglu, Economics for the Environment Consultancy, London, UK
- Incorporation of an Ecosystem Services Assessment into the Remediation of Contaminated Sites
  
  Prepared for EPA by Sarah Slack, National Network for Environmental Management Studies Fellow, University of Connecticut
- InVEST: Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs
  
  Natural Capital Project's family of tools to map and value ecosystem goods and services
- Ecosystem Services Decision Support: A Living Database of Existing Tools, Approaches and Techniques for Supporting Decisions Related to Ecosystem Services
  
  EPA Science Brief (fact sheet) describing tools available to quantify ecosystem services
- Expect the Unexpected: Building business value in a changing world
  
  2012 KPMG report on ten sustainability megaforces that will impact businesses over the next 20 years
- Research on Climate Change Impacts and Associated Economic Damages
  
  Improving the Assessment and Valuation of Climate Change Impacts for Policy and Regulatory Analysis, Draft Report, March 2011
- Modeling and Research on Climate Change Impacts and Associated Economic Damages
  
  Improving the Assessment and Valuation of Climate Change Impacts for Policy and Regulatory Analysis, Executive Summary, June 2011
- Introduction to Environmental Externality Costs
  
  Jonathan Koomey and Florentin Krause, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, published in the CRC Handbook on Energy Efficiency in 1997
- Environmental and Material Flow Cost Accounting
  
  Christine M. Jasch, Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science, Vol. 25, Springer
Societal and Environmental Justice Documents and Resources
- Measuring the Social Benefits of EPA Land Cleanup and Reuse Programs
  
  September 2006 report prepared by the EPA National Center for Environmental Economics
- EPA Environmental Justice Program, Tools, and Guidance
- Strategies for Addressing Cumulative Impacts in Environmental Justice Communities
  
  March 2009 report prepared by the Environmental Justice Advisory Council for the NJDEP
- The Great Transition: Navigating Social, Economic, Ecological Change in Turbulent Times
  
  October 2009 paper by the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance examines the theoretical transition from a globalised growth economy to a federation of decentralised, social, and ecological economies
- The Evidence Base for Environmental and Socioeconomic Impacts of “Sustainable” Certification
  
  March 2010 paper by Allen Blackman and Jorge Rivera, Resources for the Future
- Guide to Sustainable Community Indicators
  
  Sustainable Measures, Maureen Hart
- Communicating Understanding of Contaminated Land Risks
  
  May 2010 guidance designed to assist those communicating with the public and other stakeholders about land contamination risks, published by Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research (SNIFFER)

Economics Documents and Resources

Societal and Environmental Justice Documents and Resources