Books and Reports

Dreher, A., Gaston, N. and Martens, P. (2008) Consequences of Globalisation Reconsidered: Applying The KOF Index, Springer New York, 224 pp.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74069-0_4

Foa, R. (2009) Social and governance dimensions of climate change: implications for policy. World Bank Policy Working Paper, No. 4939. pp. 37. World Bank.

http://go.worldbank.org/86BW8YZP60

Stiglitz, J.E., Sen, A. and Fitoussi, J.-P. (2009) Report by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress. 291pp.

http://www.stiglitz-sen-fitoussi.fr/en/index.htm

van de Kerk, G. and Manuel, A. (2010). Sustainable Society Index 2010. Sustainable Society Foundation.

http://www.ssfindex.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/Publication_SSI2010.pdf

Journal Articles

Asmüssen, M.V. and Simonetti, J.A. (2007) Can a developing country like chile invest in biodiversity conservation?   Environmental Conservation, 34(3): 183-185.

Atici, C. (2009) Pollution without subsidy? What is the environmental performance index overlooking? Ecological Economics, 68(7): 1903-1907.

Auer, M.R. (2007) More aid, better institutions, or both?  Sustainability Science, 2(2): 179-187.

Bättig, M.B. and Bernauer, T. (2009) National institutions and global public goods: Are democracies more cooperative in climate change policy? International Organization, 63(2): 281-308.

Blinc, R., Zidanšek, A., and Šlaus, I. (2006) Sustainable development after Johannesburg and Iraq: The global situation and the cases of Slovenia and Croatia.  Energy, 31(13): 1923-1932.

Böhringer, C. and Jochem, P.E.P. (2007) Measuring the immeasurable -- A survey of sustainability indices. Ecological Economics, 63(1): 1-8.

De Carvalho, S.C.P., Karden, K.J. and Armitage, N.P. (2009) Application of a sustainability index for integrated urban water management in Southern African cities: Case study comparison – Maputo and Hermanus. Water South Africa, 35(2): 144-151.

Dietz, T., Rosa, E.A. and York, R. (2009) Efficient well-being: Rethinking sustainability as the relationship between human well-being and environmental impacts. Human Ecology Review, 16(1): 114-123.

Duit, A., Hall, O., Mikusinski, G. and Angelstam, P. (2009) Saving the woodpeckers: Social capital, governance, and policy performance. The Journal of Environment Development, 18(1): 42-61.

http://jed.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/18/1/42

Erdogan, N. and Tosun, C. (2009) Environmental performance of tourism accommodations in the protected areas: Case of Goreme Historical National Park. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 28(3): 406-414.

Feroz, E.H., Raab, R.L., Ulleberg, G.T. and Alsharif, K. (2009) Global warming and environmental production efficiency ranking of the Kyoto Protocol nations. Journal of Environmental Management, 90(2): 1178-1183.

Flint, A. (2008) Marrying poverty alleviation and sustainable development? An analysis of the EU-ACP Cotonou agreement. Journal of International Relations and Development, 11(1): 55-74.

George, C. (2007) Sustainable development and global governance. The Journal of Environment Development, 16(1): 102-125.

Göll, E. and Thio, S. (2008) Institutions for a sustainable development—experiences from EU-countries. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 10(1): 69-88.

Heiman, M.K. and Solomon, B.D. (2007) Fueling U.S. transportation: The hydrogen economy and its alternatives.  Environment, 49(8): 10-25.

Holland, T.G., Peterson, G.D. and Gonzalez, A. (2009) A cross-national analysis of how economic inequality predicts biodiversity loss. Conservation Biology, 23(5): 1304-1313.

Irland, L. (2009) Assessing sustainability for global forests: a proposed pathway to fill critical data gaps. European Journal of Forest Research, 129(5): 777-786.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10342-009-0285-3

Jänicke, M. and Lindemann, S. (2010) Governing environmental innovations. Environmental Politics, 19(1): 127-141.

Karavanas, A., Chaloulakou, A. and Spyrellis, N. (2009) Evaluation of the implementation of best available techniques in IPPC context: an environmental performance indicators approach. Journal of Cleaner Production, 17(4): 480-486.

Kitzes, J. and Wackernagel, M. (2009) Answers to common questions in Ecological Footprint accounting. Ecological Indicators, 9(4): 812-817.

Kortelainen, M. (2008) Dynamic environmental performance analysis: A Malmquist index approach. Ecological Economics, 64(4): 701-715.

Lee, Y.-J. and Huang, C.-M. (2007) Sustainability index for Taipei. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 27(6): 505-521.

Liu, L. (2009) Sustainability: Living within one's own ecological means. Sustainability, 1(4): 1412-1430.

http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/1/4/1412

Mathews, J.A. and Goldsztein, H. (2009) Capturing latecomer advantages in the adoption of biofuels: The case of Argentina. Energy Policy, 37(1): 326-337.

Mayer, A.L. (2008) Strengths and weaknesses of common sustainability indices for multidimensional systems. Environment International, 34(2): 277-291.

Millimet, D.L., Roy, S. and Sengupta, A. (2009) Environmental regulations and economic activity: Influence on market structure. Annual Review of Resource Economics, 1(1): 99-118.

Moldan, B. and Hak, T. (2007) Environment in the Czech Republic: A positive and rapid change. Environmental Science & Technology, 41(2): 359-362.

Mullen, M.R., Doney, P.M., Ben Mrad, S. and Ye Sheng, S. (2009) Effects of international trade and economic development on quality of life. Journal of Macromarketing, 29(3): 244-258.

Orellana, S. (2010) How electoral systems can influence policy innovation. Policy Studies Journal, 38(4): 613-628.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0072.2010.00376.x

Özdemir, E. D., Härdtlein, M., Jenssen, T., Zech, D. and Eltrop, L. (2011) A confusion of tongues or the art of aggregating indicators--Reflections on four projective methodologies on sustainability measurement. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 15(5): 2385-2396.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2011.02.021

Patlitzianas, K.D., Doukas, H., Kagiannas, A.G. and Psarras, J. (2008) Sustainable energy policy indicators: Review and recommendations. Renewable Energy, 33(5): 966-973.

Pillarisetti, J.R. and van den Bergh, J.C.J.M. (2010) Sustainable nations: what do aggregate indexes tell us? Environment, Development and Sustainability, 12(1): 49-62.

Pitcher, T., Kalikoski, D., Pramod, G. and Short, K. (2009) Not honouring the code. Nature, 457(7230): 658-659.

Qi, Y., Xue, L. and Zhang, L. (2007) Governance approach to China's environmental challenges: Towards a theoretical synthesis.  Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering in China, 1(4): 385-400.

Simon, J. (2009) Unnatural disaster: The crisis of environmental journalism. World Policy Journal, 26(1): 87.

http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/wopj.2009.26.1.87

Singh, R.K., Murty, H.R., Gupta, S.K. and Dikshit, A.K. (2009) An overview of sustainability assessment methodologies. Ecological Indicators, 9(2): 189-212.

Sonnenfeld, D.A. and Mol, A.P.J. (2006) Environmental reform in Asia: Comparisons, challenges, next steps. The Journal of Environment and Development, 15(2): 112-137.

Srebotnjak, T. (2007) The role of environmental statisticians in environmental policy: the case of performance measurement.  Environmental Science & Policy, 10(5): 405-418.

Van de Kerk, G. and Manuel, A.R. (2008) A comprehensive index for a sustainable society: The SSI -- the Sustainable Society Index. Ecological Economics, 66(2-3), 228-242.

Welsch, H. (2006) Environment and happiness: valuation of air pollution using life satisfaction data. Ecological Economics, 58(4): 801-813.

Yu, L., Chen, Y., Pan, Y. and Wu, Y. (2009) Research on the evaluation of academic journals based on structural equation modeling. Journal of Informetrics, 3(4): 304-311.

Yu, L., Shen, X., Pan, Y. and Wu, Y. (2009) Scholarly journal evaluation based on panel data analysis. Journal of Informetrics, 3(4): 312-320.

Zhang, X., Jiang, W., Deng, S. and Peng, K. (2009) Energy evaluation of the sustainability of Chinese steel production during 1998-2004. Journal of Cleaner Production, 17(11): 1030-1038.

Zhang, Z., Liu, L. and Li, X. (2008) Ecotourism and nature-reserve sustainability in environmentally fragile poor areas: the case of the Ordos Relict Gull Reserve in China. Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy, 4(2): 12-22.

Zhou, P., Ang, B.W. and Poh, K.L. (2007) A mathematical programming approach to constructing composite indicators.  Ecological Economics, 62(2): 291-297.

Zhou, P., Ang, B.W. and Poh, K.L. (2008) Measuring environmental performance under different environmental DEA technologies. Energy Economics, 30(1): 1-14.

Zhou, P., Poh, K.L. and Ang, B.W. (2007) A non-radial DEA approach to measuring environmental performance.  European Journal of Operational Research, 178(1): 1-9.

Zidansek, A. (2007) Sustainable development and happiness in nations.  Energy, 32(6): 891-897.

Popular Magazine & Newspaper Articles

Ghebremichael, A. (2006) From Grey to Green. The New Presence, 4(1): 14-15.

http://www.ceeol.com/aspx/getdocument.aspx?logid=5&id=06f83565-5cc2-4229-ac73-db5a81f3aa85

Guterl, F., Sheridan, B. (2008) The Greenest Countries on Earth. Newsweek, 7-14 July 2008.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/143678

Kurczy, S. (2010) Top five greenest nations on the planet. The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Jan 2010.

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2010/0128/Top-five-greenest-nations-on-the-planet

Rosenthal, E. (2010) Iceland Leads Environmental Index as U.S. Falls. The New York Times, 27 Jan 2010.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/science/earth/27index.html

Last Update: 19 May 2011