General Links
Gund Institute for Ecological Economics
Simile - modeling software that MIMES is being built in currently
ArcGIS Explorer - for user interface
Subversion - SVN client used to upload and download files to the repository

Background Reading

Costanza, R. (2000). "Social goals and the valuation of ecosystem services." Ecosystems 3(1): 4-10.

Costanza, R., R. dArge, et al. (1997). "The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital." Nature 387(6630): 253-260.

Farber, S., R. Costanza, et al. (2006). "Linking ecology and economics for ecosystem management." Bioscience 56(2): 121-133.

Farber, S. C., R. Costanza, et al. (2002). "Economic and ecological concepts for valuing ecosystem services." Ecological Economics 41(3): 375-392.

Gowdy, J. M. (2004). "The revolution in welfare economics and its implications for environmental valuation and policy." Land Economics 80(2): 239-257.

Irwin, F. and J. Ranganathan (2007). Restoring Nature's Capital: An Action Agenda to Sustain Ecosystem Services. Washington, DC, World Resources Institute.

Kremen, C. (2005). "Managing ecosystem services: what do we need to know about their ecology?" Ecology Letters 8(5): 468-479.

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2003). Chapter 6 Concepts of Ecosystem Value and Valuation Approaches. Ecosystems and Human Well-being: A Framework for Assessment.

Turner, R. K., J. Paavola, et al. (2003). "Valuing nature: lessons learned and future research directions." Ecological Economics 46(3): 493-510.

US National Research Council (2004). Valuing Ecosystem Services: Toward Better environmental Decision-Making. Washington, D.C., The National Academies Press.