Systems Ecology Environmental Engineering Program

Publications

Columbia University Press is pleased to announce the publication of Environment, Power, and Society for the Twenty-First Century by Howard T. Odum. You can visit the book's Web page at http://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-12886-5/environment-power-and-society-for-the-twentyfirst-century

Below are some of our current publications. Many of these publications are available free of charge in pdf format. For a complete listing and to request copies, please log onto the Emergysystems.org website and follow the instructions.

Publications since 1999

Publications in refereed journals (by year)

Ulgiait, S. and M.T. Brown. 2009. Emergy and ecosystem complexity Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation 14(1): 310-321.

Romanelli, T.L., M.J. Cohen, M. Milan and M.T. Brown. 2008. Emergy Synthesis of Intensive Eucalyptus Cultivation in Sao Paolo, Brazil. Forest Science 54(2): 228-241.

Ferreya C. and M.T. Brown. 2007. Emergy perspectives on the Argentine economy during the 20th century: a tale of natural resources, exports and external debt. Int. J. Environment and Sustainable Development 6: 17-35.

Lane, C.R. and M. T. Brown. 2007. Diatoms as Indicators of Isolated Herbaceous Wetland Condition in Florida, USA. Ecological Indicators 7(3):521-540.

Brown M. T., M.J. Cohen, E. Bardi and W.W. Ingwersen. 2006. Species diversity in the Florida Everglades, USA: A systems approach to calculating biodiversity. Aquatic Sciences 68(3): 254-277.

Junk, W.J., M. T. Brown, I-C. Campbell, M. Finlayson, B. Gopal, L. Ramberg and B.G. Warner 2006. The comparative biodiversity of seven globally important wetlands: a synthesis. Aquatic Sciences 68(7) :400-414.

Cohen, M.J., M.T. Brown and K.D. Shepherd. 2006. Estimating the environmental costs of soil erosion at multiple scales in Kenya using emergy synthesis. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment 114: 249-269.

S. Tonon, M. T. Brown, F. Luchic,, A. Mirandola, A. Stoppato and S. Ulgiati 2006. An integrated assessment of energy conversion processes by means of thermodynamic, economic and environmental parameters. Energy 31(1): 149-163.

Lane, C.R. and M. T. Brown. 2006 Energy-based abscissa assessment: proximal and ultimate relationships between environmental variables and benthic diatoms in marshes of Florida, USA, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment [In Press]

Tilley, D.R. and M.T. Brown. 2006.Dynamic emergy accounting for assessing the environmental benefits of subtropical wetland stormwater management systems. Ecological Modeling 192:327-361

Cohen, M.J, C.R. Lane, K.C. Reiss, J.A. Surdick, E. Bardi and M.T. Brown. 2005. Vegetation based Classification Trees for Rapid Inference of Isolated Wetland Condition. Ecological Indicators Vol 5:3 pp189-206.

Brown, M.T. and C.A.S. Hall 2004. (eds). A tribute to H.T. Odum. Special Issue of Ecological Modeling. Vol 78:1&2, 292p

Brown, M.T. 2004. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Energy Systems Language and Simulation. Ecological Modeling Vol 78:1&2, pp82-100

Brown, M.T. and M.B. Vivas. 2004 A Landscape Development Intensity Index. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 101: 289–309

Jorgensen, S.E., H.T. Odum, and M.T. Brown 2004. Emergy and exergy stored in genetic information. Ecological Modeling. Vol 78:1&2, pp11-16

Brown, M.T. and S. Ulgiati, 2004. Energy quality, emergy, and transformity: H.T. Odum’s contributions to quantifying and understanding systems. Ecological Modeling. Vol 78;1&2, pp201-213

Brown, M.T. H.T. Odum, and S.E. Jorgensen. 2004. Energy hierarchy and transformity in the universe. Ecological ModelingVol 178:172, pp17-28

Odum, H.T. and E.C. Odum. 2003. Concepts and Methods of Ecological Engineering. Ecological Engineering. Vol.20 pp339-361.

Odum, H.T. 2002. Explanations of ecological relationships with energy systems concepts. Ecological Modeling. Vol 158 pp201-211.

Brown, M.T. and S. Ulgiati 2001. Emergy Measures of Carrying Capacity to Evaluate Economic Investments. Population and Environment Vol 22:5 pp 471-501.

Brown, M.T. and S. Ulgiati. 2001. The Role of Environmental Services in Electricity Production Processes. Journal of Cleaner Production 10: 321-334

Ulgiati,S. and M.T. Brown. 2001. Emergy Evaluations and Environmental Loading of Alternative Electricity Production Systems. Journal of Cleaner Production 10:335-348

Odum, H.T. and E.P. Odum. 2000. The energetic basis for valuation of ecosystem services. Ecosystems 3:21-23.

Odum, H.T. 2000. Emergy evaluation of an OTEC electrical power system. Energy 25(2000):389-393.

Yan, M.C. and H.T. Odum. 2000. Eco-economic evolution, emergy evaluation and policy options for the sustainable development of Tibet. J. of Chinese Geography 10(1). 27 pp.

Brown, M.T. and S. Ulgiati.1999. Emergy evaluation of natural capital and biosphere services. AMBIO. Vol.28 No.6, Sept. 1999.

Lagerberg, C. and M.T. Brown. 1999. Improving Agricultural Sustainability: The Case of Swedish Greenhouse Tomatoes. The Journal of Cleaner Production 7 pp421-434.

Odum, H.T. 1999. Limits of information and biodiversity. pp. 229-269 in Sozialpolitik und Okologieprobleme der Zukunft. Austrian Academy of Sciences (Centennial), Vienna, Austria.

Other significant publications since 1999 (by year)

Brown, M.T and E. Campbell. 2007. Evaluation of Natural Capital and Environmental Services of U.S. National Forests Using Emergy Synthesis. Final Report. Center for Environmental Policy, University of Florida, Gainesville. 176 pp.

Ferreya C. and M.T. Brown. 2007. Emergy perspectives on the Argentine economy during the 20th century: a tale of natural resources, exports and external debt. Int. J. Environment and Sustainable Development 6: 17-35.

Vivas, M.B. and M.T. Brown. 2006. Areal Empower Density and Landscape Development Intensity (LDI) Indices for Wetlands of the Bayou Meto Watershed, Arkansas. Report submitted to the Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission. Howard T. Odum Center for Wetlands, University of Florida, Gainesville.

Carsteen, S.M. and M.T. Brown . 2006. Successional Trajectories of Constructed Forested Wetlands. Final report to the Florida Institute of Phosphae Research under contract FIPR # 00-03-142R

Bardi, E, MT Brown, KC Reiss, and MJ Cohen, 2005. UMAM Training Manual: web based training manual for Chapter 62-345, FAC for wetlands permitting. Final Product to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, under contract #WM-683.

Reiss, KC, and M.T. Brown 2005 The Florida Wetland Condition Index (FWCI): Developing Biological Indicators for Isolated Depressional Forested Wetlands. Final Report to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, under contract #WM-683.

Lane, C, and M.T. Brown 2004 Development of Wetland Condition Index for Isolated Depressional Herbaceous Wetlands. Final Report to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, under contract #WM-683.

Brown, M.T. and S. Ulgiati, 2004. Emergy, transformity and ecosystem health. In S.E. Jorgensen et.al. (eds) Handbook of Ecological Indicators for Assessment of Ecosystem Health. Elsevier. New York.

Brown, M.T. and S. Ulgiati. 2004. Emergy and environmental accounting. In C. Cleveland. (ed) Encyclopedia of Energy. Elsevier. New York.

Brown, M.T. 2003. Spatial and temporal simulations of emergy indices. in Brown, M.T., H.T. Odum, D. Tilley, and S. Ulgiati (eds) Emergy Synthesis 2: Theory and applications of the emergy methodology.Proceedings of the emergy research conference, Gainesville, FL 2001. Center for Environmental Policy, University of Florida, Gainesville.

Brown, M.T. 2003. Resource Imperialism: Emergy perspectives on sustainability, balancing the welfare of nations and international trade. In S. Ulgiati (ed) Advances in Energy Studies. Proceeding of the conference held in Porto Venere, Italy, October 2002. University of Siena, Italy.

Brown, M.T. and A. Buenfil. 2002. Emergy Synthesis as a Tool for Evaluating Management Options for Fresh Water in Africa. In Conservation, Ecology, and Management of African Freshwaters, T.C. Crisman, C. Chapman, L. Chapman, and L. Kaufman, eds. Univ. of Florida Press.

Odum, H.T. 2002. Emergy accounting. Chapter in Unveiling Wealth - On Money, Quality of Life and Sustainability, ed. by P. Bartelmus. Kluwer Academic Publ.

Scatena, F.N., S.J. Doherty, H.T. Odum and P. Kharecha. 2002. An Emergy Evaluation of Puerto Rico and the Luquillo Experimental Forest. General Technical Report IITF-GTR-9. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, Rio Piedras, PR, 79 p.

Brown, M.T and V. Buranakarn. 2001. Emergy Evaluation of Material Cycles and Recycle Options. p.139-152 In Brown, M.T. (ed). Emergy Synthesis: Theory and applications of the emergy methodology. Proceedings of a conference held at Gainesville, FL September 1999. The Center for Environmental Policy, University of Florida. Gainesville. 319 p

Bardi, E. and M.T. Brown, 2001. Emergy Evaluation of Ecosystems: a basis for environmental decision making. p. 81-98 In Brown, M.T. (ed). Emergy Synthesis: Theory and applications of the emergy methodology. Proceedings of a conference held at Gainesville, FL September 1999. The Center for Environmental Policy, University of Florida. Gainesville. 319 p

Odum, H.T. 2001. Simulating emergy and materials in hierarchical steps. pp. 119-127 in Emergy Synthesis: Theory and Applications of the Emergy Methodology, Proceedings of the International Workshop on Emergy and Energy Quality, Gainesville, FL, Sept. 1999, ed. by M.T. Brown. Center for Environmental Policy, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, 328 pp.

Odum, H.T. 2001. An energy hierarchy law for biogeochemical cycles. pp. 235-248 in Emergy Synthesis: Theory and Applications of the Emergy Methodology, Proceedings of the International Workshop on Emergy and Energy Quality, Gainesville, FL, Sept. 1999, ed. by M.T. Brown. Center for Environmental Policy, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, 328 pp.

Odum, H.T. 2001. Energy hierarchy and money. pp. 139-148 in Understanding Complexity, ed. by J. Wilby and G. Ragsdell. Kluwer Plenum, NY.

Odum, H.T. 2001 Emergy Evaluation of Salmon Pen Culture. Proceedings of the International Institute of Fishery Economics (on line), 9 p.

Odum, H.T. 2001. Material circulation, energy hierarchy, and building construction. pp. 37-71 in Construction Ecology Materials as a Basis for Green Building, ed. by C.J. Kibert, J. Sendzimir, and B. Guy. Spon Publ., London, U.K.

Tilley, D.R. and M.T. Brown, 2001 Hierarchical Pattern of Energy Diversity in Ecological Economic Systems. In Ulgiati, S. (ed) Advances in Energy Studies. Exploring Supplies, Constraints, and Strategies. SGE Publisher, Padova, Italy, 2001.

Tonon, S., M.T. Brown, F. Luchi, A. Mirandola, A. Stoppato, and S. Ulgiati. 2001. Integration of Thermodynamic, Economic and Environmental Parameters for the Evaluation of Energy Systems. In Ulgiati, S. (ed) Advances in Energy Studies. Exploring Supplies, Constraints, and Strategies. SGE Publisher, Padova, Italy.

Brown, M.T., M. Wackernagel and C.A.S. Hall. 2000. Comparative estimates of sustainability: economic resource base, ecological footprint and emergy. in C.A.S. Hall (ed). Quantifying Sustainable Development: the future of tropical economies. Academic Press. pp 695-713

Collins, D. and H.T. Odum. 2000. Calculating Transformities With An Eigenvector Method. In: Brown, M. T. (ed). Proceedings of the First Biennial Emergy Analysis Research Conference, Emergy Synthesis: Theory and Applications of the Emergy Methodology. Center for Environmental Policy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.

Odum, H.T. and E.C. Odum. 2000. Modeling for all scales. Academic Press, New York. 458p.

Odum, H.T, M.T. Brown, and S. Ulgiati. 1999. Ecosystems as Energetic Systems. in S.E. Jorgensen and F. Muller (eds) Handbook of Ecosystem Theories. CRC Press, New York

Ulgiati, S. and M.T. Brown. 1999. Emergy accounting of human-dominated, large scale ecosystems. In Jorgensen and Kay (eds.) Thermodynamics and Ecology. Elsevier.

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