Preliminary Reading List
The reading and book list below is intended to give guidance on general texts which will help provide a useful background in Sustainable Development issues prior to joining the course. Course specific reading lists for each module will be provided at the beginning of each term.
Ashford N, Hall R (2018) Technology, Globalization, and Sustainable Development:Transforming the Industrial State Routledge | ISBN-10: 1138605522 |
Sanneh E.S (2018) Systems Thinking for Sustainable Development Springer | ISBN 978-3-319-70585-9 |
Benn S., Edwards M., Williams T. (2018) Organizational Change for Corporate Sustainability 4th Edition Routledge | ISBN-10: 1138665908 |
Robertson M (2018) Communicating Sustainability Routledge | ISBN-10: 1138963062 |
Konig A., Ravetz J. (ed) (2017) Sustainability Science: Key Issues (Key Issues in Environment and Sustainability) Routledge | ISBN-10: 1138659282 |
Clegg S.R , de Matos J.A. (eds) (2017) Sustainability and Organizational Change Management Routledge | ISBN-13:978-1138294868 |
Thiele L.P (2016) Sustainability 2nd edition; Polity Press Cambridge UK | ISBN-978-1-5095-1107-5 |
Brinkman R. (2016) Introduction to Sustainability Wiley Blackwell | ISBN-10: 1118487257 |
Yates J.K Castro-Lacouture D. (2015) Sustainability in Engineering Design and Construction CRC Press | ISBN-10: 149873391 |
Jha N.K (2015) Green Design and Manufacturing for Sustainability CRC Press | ISBN-10: 1466505265 |
Caradonna J.L. (2014) Sustainability: A History Oxford University Press | ISBN 979-0-19-937240-9 |
Capra F., Luisi P.L ( 2014) The Systems View of life: A unifying vision Cambridge University Press | ISBN-13:978-1107011366 |
Ainger C., Fenner R.A. (2014) Sustainable Infrastructure: Principles into Practice(Delivering Sustainable Infrastructure Series) ICE Publishing | ISBN 978-0-7277-5754-8 |
Johnson A, Gibson A.( 2014) Sustainability in Engineering Design Academic Press Inc | ISBN-13: 978-0080993690 |
De Las Heras A., (2014) Sustainability Science and Technology: An Introduction CRC Press | ISBN-13: 978-1466518087 |
De Vries B. (2013)_ Sustainability Science Cambridge University Press | ISBN 978-0-521-18470-0 |
Bentivegna V, Brandon P.S. and Lombardi P (2012) Evaluation of the Built Environment for Sustainability Taylor and Francis | ASIN: B000Q35UAQ |
Randers J., (2012) 2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years Chelsea Green Publishing Co | ISBN-10: 1603584218 |
Allenby B.R. (2012) The Theory and Practice of Sustainable Engineering Pearson (Prentice Hall) | ISBN10: 0 273 75216 2 |
Flannery T. (2012) Here on earth - A twin biography of the planet and the human race Penguin | ISBN-10: 0241950732 |
Brown L ( 2011) World on the Edge : How to prevent environmental and economic collapse Routledge | ISBN-10: 1849712743 |
Harris F. (ed) (2012) Global Environmental Issues 2nd Edition Wiley-Blackwell | ISBN 987-0-470-68469-6 |
Tester J., Drake E., Driscoll M., Golay M., Peters W. (2012) Sustainable Energy: Choosing Among Options 2nd edition MIT Press; | ISBN-10: 0262017474 |
Porritt J. (2012) Capitalism as if the World Matters Routledge | ISBN: 1844071936 |
Allwood J., Cullen J. ( 2012) Sustainable Materials - with Both Eyes Open: UIT Cambridge | ISBN-10: 190686005X |
Dyer G., (2011) Climate Wars One World, Oxford | ISBN 978-1-85168-814-2 |
Mulder M., Ferrer D., van Lente H. (2011) What is Sustainable Technology?: Perceptions, Paradoxes and Possibilities Greenleaf Publishing | ISBN-10: 1906093504 |
Azapagic A., Perdan S. (2011) Sustainable Development in Practice: Case Studies for Engineers and Scientists 2nd Edition Wiley | ASIN: B005FMLIMM |
Andrea Colantonio, Tim Dixon (2010) Urban Regeneration and Social Sustainability: Best Practice from European Cities Wiley – Blackwell | ISBN-10: 1405194197 |
S. Bry Sartre ( 2010) Sustainable Infrastructure: The Guide to Green Engineering and Design John Wiley and Sons | ISBN-10: 0470453613 |
Nicholas Stern (2010) A blueprint for a safer planet: how we can survive the world and create prosperity Vintage | ISBN-10: 0099524058 |
James Lovelock (2009) The vanishing face of Gaia: a final warning Allen Lane | ISBN-10: 1846141850 |
Donella Meadows (2008) Thinking in Systems - A Primer Chelsea Green Publishing | ISBN 978 1 60358 055 7 |
Harris G ( 2007) Seeking Sustainability : in an age of complexity Cambridge University Press | ISBN 978-0-521-69532-9 |
Walker P., (2006) Change Management for Sustainable Development – a workbook The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) Best Practice Series Volume 8 | ISSN 1473-849X |
Mulder K., (ed) (2006) Sustainable Development for Engineers: A Handbook and Resource Guide Greenleaf Publishing | ISBN 1 874719 19 5 |
Diamond J., ( 2006) Collapse: how societies choose to fail or succeed Penguin Books Ltd | ISBN 0140279512 |
Edwards, A, (2005) The Sustainability Revolution - Portrait of a paradigm shift New Society Publishers | ISBN 0 86571 531 9 |
Doppelt B. (2003) Leading change Towards Sustainability: A change management guide for business, government and civil society (with forwards by William McDonagh and Paul de Jongh. Greenleaf Publishing Ltd | ISBN 1874719632 |
Eric Neumayer (2003) Weak versus strong sustainability: exploring the limits of two opposing paradigms. Edward Elgar Publishers | ISBN: 1843764881 |