Economist Herman Daly has been writing books on Steady State and Ecological Economics for decades.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Daly
His books can be found at the usual locations, especially used bookstores.
This is a great book by Howard Odum and Elisabeth Odum. His work is on the intersection of ecology, energy, and economy with many pioneering (and difficult) concepts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_T._Odum
Dennis Meadows was always careful to stress that once the curves hit an extreme (high or low point) all bets are off as to what happens next. The graphs assume the assumptions in the model continue to be valid but Dennis says he doesn't expect that to be the case. See:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ0ZmdJxtmQ
among other sources.