[A] = Allenby, Braden R. Industrial Ecology: Policy Framework and Implementation. Prentice-Hall, 1998. ISBN: 9780139211805.
[AS] = Ashford, Nicholas A., and Ralph P. Hall. Technology, Globalization and Sustainable Development: Transforming the Industrial State. Yale University Press, 2011. ISBN: 9780300169720.
[B] = Becker, Egon, and Thomas Jahn, eds. Sustainability and the Social Sciences: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Integrating Environmental Considerations into Theoretical Reorientation. Zed Books, 1999. ISBN: 9781856497091.
[C] = 
Choucri, Nazli, ed. Global Accord: Environmental Challenges and International Responses. MIT Press, 1995. ISBN: 9780262531344. [Preview with Google Books]
[CH] = Choucri, Nazli, Dinisha Mistree, et al. Mapping Sustainability: Knowledge e-Networking and the Value Chain. Springer Press, 2014. ISBN: 9789400799851. [Preview with Google Books]
[CO] = Costanza, Robert, ed. Ecological Economics: The Science and Management of Sustainability. Columbia University Press, 1991. ISBN: 9780231075633.
[E] = Easterly, William. The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics. MIT Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780262550420.
[L] = Lang, Winifred, ed. Sustainable Development and International Law (International Environmental Law and Policy Series). Springer, 1995. ISBN: 9781859661796.
[O] = Ostrom, Elinor, Larry Schroeder, et al. Institutional Incentives and Sustainable Development: Infrastructure Policies in Perspective. Westview Press, 1993. ISBN: 9780813316192.
[P] = Pirages, Dennis, and Ken Cousins, eds. From Resource Scarcity to Ecological Security: Exploring New Limits to Growth. MIT Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780262661898.
[S] = Stavins, Robert N., ed. Economics of the Environment: Selected Readings. 5th edition. Edited by Robert N. Stavins. W. W. Norton & Company, 2005. ISBN: 9780393927016.
[ST] = Stavins, Robert N., ed. Economics of the Environment: Selected Readings. 6th edition. W. W. Norton & Company, 2012. ISBN: 9780393913408.
[T] = Tainter, Joseph A. The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology). Cambridge University Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780521386739. [Preview with Google Books]
[TE] = Tester, Jefferson W., Elisabeth M. Drake, et al, eds. Sustainable Energy: Choosing Among Options. 2nd edition. MIT Press, 2012. ISBN: 9780262017473. [Preview with Google Books]
| WEEK # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| Part 1 Content & Context | ||
| 1 | Introduction-Debates, Definitions & Dilemmas |
Required[S] Hardin, Garrett. Chapter 2: The Tragedy of the Commons. [ST] Solow, Robert M. Chapter 28: Sustainability: An Economist's Perspective. Solow, Robert M. "Richard T. Ely Lecture: The Economics of Resources or the Resources of Economics." American Economic Review 64, no. 2 (1974): 1–14. (Papers and Proceedings of the Eighty-sixth Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association) RelatedGoodland, Robert, and George Ledec. "Neoclassical Economics and Principles of Sustainable Development." Ecological Modeling 38 (1987): 19–46. Holdren, John P., Gretchen C. Daily, et al. "The Meaning of Sustainability: Biogeophysical Aspects." Chapter 1 in Defining and Measuring Sustainability: The Biogeophysical Foundations. Edited by Mohan Munasinghe and Walter Shearer. World Bank, 1995. ISBN: 9780821331347. Essential[T] Chapter 1: Introduction to Collapse. |
| 2 | Evolving Concepts: Growth vs. Sustainability |
Required[B] Reboratti, Carlos E. Chapter 11: Territory, Scale and Sustainable Development. [C] Choucri, Nazli. "Introduction: Theoretical, Empirical, and Policy Perspectives." Pezzey, John C. V., and Michael A. Toman. "Progress and Problems in the Economics of Sustainability." Chapter 4 in The International Yearbook of Environmental and Resource Economics 2002 / 2003 A Survey of Current Issues (New Horizons in Environmental Economics). Edited by Tom Tietenberg and Henk Folmer. Edward Elgar Publications, 2003. ISBN: 9781843762133. Related[CO] Hardin, Garrett. Chapter 4: Paramount Positions in Ecological Economics. [E] Chapter 8: Tales of Increasing Returns: Leaks, Matches, and Traps. Essential[CH] Choucri, Nazli. Chapter 1: Mapping Sustainability: Logic and Framework. [T] Chapter 2: The Nature of Complex Societies. |
| 3 | Sustainability as a "Knowledge Domain" |
Required[A] Chapter 3: Sustainable Development. [CO] Christensen, Paul. Chapter 6: Driving Forces, Increasing Returns and Ecological Sustainability. [ST] Simpson, R. David. Chapter 25: Economic Analysis and Ecosystems: Some Concepts and Issues.
RelatedHolling, C.S. "Sustainability: The Cross-Scale Dimension." Chapter 4 in Defining and Measuring Sustainability: The Biogeophysical Foundations. Edited by Mohan Munasinghe and Walter Shearer. World Bank, 1995. ISBN: 9780821331347.
Essential[B] Sachs, Ignacy. Chapter 2: Social Sustainability and Whole Development: Exploring the Dimensions of Sustainable Development. [T] Chapter 3: The Study of Collapse. |
| 4 | Cyberspace & Sustainability |
Required
Drucker, Peter F. "From Capitalism to Knowledge Society." Chapter 2 in The Knowledge Economy. Edited by Dale Neef. Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997. ISBN: 9780750699365. Landes, David S. "Homo Faber, Homo Sapiens: Knowledge, Technology, Growth, and Development." Chapter 5 in The Knowledge Economy. Edited by Dale Neef. Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997. ISBN: 9780750699365. Ospina, Angelina Valeria, and Richard Heeks. "Unveiling the Links between ICTs & Climate Change in Developing Countries: A Scoping Study." Center for Development Informatics, Institute for Development Policy and Management, SED, 2010, pp. 1–16. Related[A] Chapter 9: Complex Systems. [B] Choucri, Nazli. Chapter 8: The Political Logic of Sustainability. Essential[CH] Choucri, Nazli. Chapter 2: Global Knowledge e-Networking: Identifying e-Barriers and Introducing GSSD. [T] Chapter 4: Understanding Collapse: The Marginal Productivity of Sociopolitical Change. |
| Part II Actors, Processes & Institutions | ||
| 5 | Critical Drivers-Social Mechanisms & Cognitive Factors |
Required[E] Chapter 11: Governments Can Kill Growth. [E] Chapter 12: Corruption and Growth. [P] Engleman, Robert, Richard P. Cincotta, et al. Chapter 2: The Future is Not What it Used to Be: World Population Trends. Related[P] Runci, Paul J., and Chester L. Cooper. Chapter 3: Reflections on an Aging Global Population. Barzel, Yoram. "The Property Rights Model." Chapter 1 in Economic Analysis of Property Rights (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions). 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780521597135. [Preview with Google Books] ———. "The Old Firm and the New Organization." Chapter 5 in Economic Analysis of Property Rights (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions). 2nd edition. Cambridge University Press, 1997. ISBN: 9780521597135. [Preview with Google Books] Choucri, Nazli. "Population and the Global Environment." In Energy and the Environment in the 21st Century. Edited by Jefferson W. Tester. MIT Press, 1991. ISBN: 9780262200783. Essential[TE] Chapter 1: Sustainable Energy: The Engine of Sustainable Development. [TE] Chapter 2: Estimation and Evaluation of Energy Resources. [TE] Chapter 6: Energy Systems and Sustainability Metrics. |
| 6 | Economic Performance-Production & Consumption |
Required[B] Gowdy, John. Chapter 9: Economic Concepts of Sustainability: Relocating Economic Activity Within Society and Environment. [C] Choucri, Nazli, and Robert C. North. Chapter 3: Growth, Development, and Environmental Sustainability: Profile and Paradox. [ST] Coase, Ronald. Chapter 2: The Problem of Social Cost. Related[A] Chapter 6: Applications to Practice: Sector Initiatives.
Essential[C] Rothenberg, Jerome R. Chapter 9: Economic Perspectives on Time Comparisons: An Evaluation of Time Discounting. |
| 7 | Technology, Firms Markets-Corporate Perspectives |
Required[C] Choucri, Nazli. Chapter 6: Multinational Corporations and the Global Environment. [ST] Reinhardt, Forest L., Robert N. Stavins, et al. Chapter 22: Corporate Social Responsibility through an Economic Lens. [ST] Portney, Paul R. Chapter 23: The (Not So) New Corporate Social Responsibility: An Empirical Perspective. Related[CH] Lim, Shung Yar. Chapter 10: The Value of Knowledge for Extended Enterprises. [L] Choucri, Nazli. Chapter 12: Corporate Strategies toward Sustainability. Essential[ST] Arrow, Kenneth. J., Maureen L. Cropper, et al. Chapter 11: Is There a Role for Benefit-Cost Analysis in Environment, Health and Safety Regulation? |
| 8 | Climate Change & Sustainable Development |
Required[S] Tietenberg, Tom H. Chapter 15: Economic Instruments for Environmental Regulation. [ST] Fullerton, Don, and Robert N. Stavins. Chapter 1: How Economists See the Environment. [ST] Keohane, Nathaniel O., Richard L. Revesz, et al. Chapter 32: The Choice of Regulatory Instruments in Environmental Policy. Related[S] Dasgupta, Susmita, Benoit Laplante, et al. Chapter 20: Confronting the Environmental Kuznets Curve. [ST] Palmer, Karen, Wallace E. Oates, et al. Chapter 6: Tightening Environmental Standards: The Benefit-Cost or the No-Cost Paradigm? Essential[CH] Choucri, Nazli. Chapter 20: Conclusion: Mapping Sustainability, Knowledge e-Networking, and the Value Chain, Synthesis, Insights, and Evidence. Carraro, Carlo. "Climate Change Policy: Models, Controversies and Strategies." Chapter 1 in The International Yearbook of Environmental and Resource Economics 2002 / 2003 A Survey of Current Issues (New Horizons in Environmental Economics). Edited by Tom Tietenberg and Henk Folmer. Edward Elgar Publications, 2003. ISBN: 9781843762133. |
| 9 | From Sustainability "Problems" to "Solution" Strategies |
Required[A] Chapter 13: Government Structure and Industrial Ecology Policy Formulation. [C] Rothenberg, Jerome. Chapter 11: Economic Perspectives on Time Comparisons: Alternative Approaches to Time Comparisons. Pearce, David. "Sustainable Development and Developing Country Economies." Chapter 3 in Sustainable Environmental Economics and Management: Principles and Practice. Edited by R. Kerry Turner. Belhaven Press, 1993. ISBN: 9780471947813. Related[P] Conca, Ken. Chapter 4: Global Water Prospects. [P] Cousins, Ken. Chapter 12: Twenty-Nine Days: Responding to a Finite World. Essential[T] Chapter 5: Evaluation: Complexity and Marginal Returns in Collapsing Societies. [T] Chapter 6: Summary and Implications. See the Global System for Sustainable Development site for specific 'matching' of 'problems' and 'solutions' by sector, issue, unit, level, context. |
| Part III Strategic Issues | ||
| 10 | New International Institutional Contexts |
Required[C] Haas, Peter M., with Jan Sundgren. Chapter 12: Evolving International Environmental Law: Changing Practices of National Sovereignty. Metrick, Andrew, and Martin L. Weitzman. "Conflicts and Choices in Biodiversity Preservation." Journal of Economic Perspectives 12, no. 3 (1998): 21–34. Ostrom, Elinor. "A Framework for Analysis of Self-Organizing and Self-Governing CPRs." Chapter 6 in Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action. Cambridge University Press, 2015. ISBN: 9781107569782. Related[L] Sands, Philippe. Chapter 5: International Law in the Field of Sustainable Development: Emerging Legal Principles.
Essential[O] Chapter 1: The Role of Infrastructure in Development. [O] Chapter 3: Individuals, Incentives, and Transaction Costs. [O] Chapter 5: Evaluating Institutional Performance. [O] Chapter 6: Analyzing Institutional Arrangements. |
| 11 | International Responses to Sustainability Dilemmas |
Required[B] Paehlke, Robert. Chapter 13: Towards Defining, Measuring and Achieving Sustainability: Tools and Strategies for Environmental Valuation. [CH] Wickboldt, Anne-Katrin. Chapter 14: Growing Clean?: Property Rights, Economic Growth, and the Environment. Røpke, Inge. "Trade, Development and Sustainability—A Critical Assessment of the 'Free Trade Dogma'." Ecological Economics 9, no. 1 (1994): 13–22. Related[ST] Kelman, Steven. Chapter 14: Cost-Benefit Analysis: An Ethical Critique. Goldman, Patti A. Essential[ST] Frankel, Jeffrey A. Chapter 31: The Environment and Globalization. |
| 12 | Global Accord: Next Round |
Required[A] Chapter 12: Legal Issues. [AS] Chapter 3: Economic Development and Prosperity: Current Theory and Debate. [AS] Chapter 10: Regional and International Regimes to Protect Health, Safety, and the Environment. [AS] Chapter 12: Financing Development, p. 629. Related[C] Brewer, Garry D. Chapter 8: Environmental Challenges and Managerial Responses. Sell, Susan K. "Revenge of the 'Nerds': Collective Action Against Intellectual Property Maximalism in the Global Information Age." International Studies Review 15, no. 1 (2013): 67–85. Essential
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| 13 | Transformation & Change: Alternative Futures |
Required[L] Sand, Peter H. Chapter 11: Trusts for the Earth: New International Financial Mechanisms for Sustainable Development. [ST] Porter, Michael E., and Claas van der Linde. Chapter 5: Toward a New Conception of the Environment-Competitiveness Relationship. Related[A] Chapter 16: Is the Private Firm Compatible with a Sustainable World? [P] Chapter 5: Cohen, Marc J. "Food Policy: Underfed or Overfed?" Essential[C] Weiss, Edith Brown. Chapter 10: Intergenerational Equity: Toward an International Legal Framework. |
