This is the inaugural volume in a series of reviews on the theory,policy, and implementation of sustainability and sustainabledevelopment, with a focus on the economic, social, andenvironmental challenges facing the world today.

Ecological economics reviews: an introduction to the inaugural volume / Robert Costanza and Karin Limburg The science of ecological economics: A content analysis of Ecological economics, 1989-2004 / Valerie A. Luzadis [and others] Connecting thermodynamics and economics: well-lit roads and burned bridges / Mark David Glucina and Kozo Mayumi The role of input-output analysis of energy and ecologic systems: in the early development of ecological economics, a personal perspective / Bruce Hannon Agent-based modeling in ecological economics / Scott Heckbert, Tim Baynes and Andrew Reeson Valuing ecosystem services: theory, practice, and the need for a transdisciplinary synthesis / Shuang Liu [and others] Ecosystem valuation: a sequential decision support system and quality assessment issues / R. Kerry Turner, Sian Morse-Jones and Brendan Fisher Year in review: EROI or energy return on (energy) invested / David J. Murphy and Charles A.S. Hall Biofuels and sustainability / Barry D. Solomon Reassessing the forest impacts of protection: the challenge of nonrandom location and a corrective method / Lucas Joppa and Alexander Pfaff Economic valuation of climate change adaptation in developing countries / Jesper Stage Commoditization and oppression: a systems approach to understanding the economic dynamics of modes of oppression / Jack P. Manno Democratizing economics: pluralism as a path toward sustainability / Peter Söderbaum and Judy Brown Public sector administration of ecological economics systems using mediated modeling / Marjan van den Belt [and others] Pro-environmental behavior: rational choice meets moral motivation / Rama Mohana R. Turaga, Richard B. Howarth and Mark E. Borsuk The road to sustainability must bridge three great divides / James Aronson [and others] Ecological economics and economic growth / Peter A. Victor