This volume includes a selection of papers presented at the conference Susta- able Resource Use and Economic Dynamics (SURED), held on Monte Verita in Ascona, Switzerland, in June 2004. Thirty years after the publication of the famous symposium issue of the Review of Economic Studies in 1974, which started the neoclassical literature on growth theory and resource economics. The conference sought to reinforce research efforts in order to provide adequate solutions for today s challenges in the ?eld of sustainable development. The c- ference compiled innovative research from resource, energy...

This volume includes a selection of papers presented at the conference Susta- able Resource Use and Economic Dynamics (SURED), held on Monte Verita in Ascona, Switzerland, in June 2004. Thirty years after the publication of the famous symposium issue of the Review of Economic Studies in 1974, which started the neoclassical literature on growth theory and resource economics. The conference sought to reinforce research efforts in order to provide adequate solutions for today s challenges in the ?eld of sustainable development. The c- ference compiled innovative research from resource, energy...