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 and environmental
economics, and dynamic economic theory. By bringing together leading
experts, junior and senior scholars in these ?elds, it covered a broad
range of aspects regarding the relationship between natural resource use
and long-term economic development. The SURED conference made use of the
wonderful surroundings on the "mountain of truth" and the remarkable
history of the conference centre, which was shaped by the desire to
return to a natural way of life. In this tradition, the conference aimed
at ?nding ways of living in an economically developed world and at the
same time taking into account the natural environment with its restr-
tions and requirements. We take the opportunity to thank the staff of
the Monte Verita ` centre for the hospitality and the excellent
service.
