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Sustainability: A Bibliography
by Betsy Burton, Librarian
Sustainability addresses the issues of Social Equity, Environmental
Stewardship, and Economic Vitality on local, regional, state, national, and
international levels. F.O.C.U.S. Greater Syracuse has named Sustainability
as a goal for our region.
Those who work for sustainability on whatever level do so in the hope that
our children and the generations that follow them will live on an Earth that is
healthy and healthful for all.
The books listed here have much to offer, from theory to practice, for all
of the roles we play daily—citizens, parents, educators, activists, businesspeople, policymakers as we work toward making our communities and our world sustainable. All
are available for free loan through the Onondaga County Public Library system.
Reserve materials online, by phone at Telephone Reference Service: 435-1900, or visit your local library.
The Sustainablility Shift
The Sustainable Design
The Sustainable City
The Sustainable Community
The Sustainable Society
The Sustainable Environment
The Sustainable Individual - In Action
The Sustainable Business
The Sustainable Home
Books
Here are some useful Subject Headings to search for materials:
Sustainability
Sustainable Agriculture
Sustainable Development
Alternative Agriculture
Ecology
The Sustainability Shift—where we’ve been, where we can go
The Sustainability Revolution: Portrait of a Paradigm Shift, 2005, by Andres R. Edwards. 338.927 EDW
Upsizing: The Road to Zero Emissions—More Jobs, More Income and No Pollution, 1998, by Gunter Pauli. 363.7 PAU
The Great Work – Our Way Into the Future, 1999, by Thomas Berry. 304.2 BER
Building Suburbia- Green Fields and Urban Growth, 1820-2000, 2003, by Dolores Hayden. 307.76 HAY
A Field Guide to Sprawl, 2004, by Dolores Hayden. 307.76 HAY
Sprawl Costs: Economic Impacts of Unchecked Development, 2005, by Robert W. Burchell et al. 307.76 SPR
Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America, and What We Can Do About It, 2004, by Mindy Thompson Fullilove, M.D. 307.76 FUL
The Fractured Metropolis: Improving the New City, Restoring the Old City, Reshaping the Region, 1995, by Jonathan Barnett. 307.76 BAR
Comeback Cities: A Blueprint for Urban Neighborhood Revival, 2000, by Paul S. Grogran and Tony Proscio. 307.341 GRO
Halfway to Everywhere: A Portrait of America’s First-Tier Suburbs, 2004, by William H. Hudnut III. 307.121 HUD
The Sustainable Design
In the Bubble: Designing in a Complex World, 2005, by John Thackara. 620.004 THA
Affordable Housing: Designing an American Asset, 2005, by Adrienne Schmitz et al. 363.55 AFF
Making Smart Growth Work, 2002, by Douglas R. Porter. 307.14 POR
Building Inside Nature’s Envelope: How New Construction and Land Preservation Can Work Together, 2000, by Andy Wasowski with Sally Wasokowski. 720.47 WAS
Building for Life: Designing and Understanding the Human-Nature Connection, 2005, by Stephen R. Kellert. 155.91 KEL
Ten Principles for Smart Growth on the Suburban Fringe, 2004, Mary Beth Corrigan et al. 711.58 TEN
The Sustainable City
Downtown America: A History of the Place and the People Who Made it, 2003, by Alison Isenberg. 307.76 ISE
Green Urbanism- Learning from European Cities, 2000, by Timothy Beatley. 307.121 BEA
Key to Sustainable Cities: Meeting Human Needs, Transforming Community Systems, 2003, by Gwendolyn Hallsmith. 307.121 HAL
Charter of the New Urbanism, 1999, Congress for the New Urbanism. 307.76 CHA
Cities and The Creative Class, 2005, by Richard Florida 307.76 FLO
City Life: Urban Expectations in a New World, 1995, by Witold Rybczynski. 711.409 RYB
The New Civic Art: Elements of Town Planning, 2003, by Andres Duany et al. 711.442 DUA
Developing Successful Infill Housing, 2002, by Diane R. Suchman. 711.58 SUC
Business Improvement Districts, 2nd edition, 2003, by Lawrence O. Houstoun, Jr. and contributors from the Urban Land Institute. 307.342 HOU
Creating a Vibrant City Center: Urban Design and Regeneration Principles, 2004, by Cy Paumier. 307.76 PAU
Mixed-Use Development Handbook, 2nd edition, 2003, by Dean Schwanke et al. 307.76 SCH
Remaking the Urban Waterfront, 2004, by Bonnie Fisher et al. 711.76 Rem
Guidebook: Opportunities Waiting to Happen—Redeveloping Abandoned Buildings and Sites to Revitalize Communities, 2004, NYS Department of State, Division of Coastal Resources. 307.12 GUI
Guidebook: Making the Most of Your Waterfront—Enhancing Waterfronts to Revitalize Communities, 2004, NYS Department of State, Division of Coastal Resource. 307.12 GUI
The Sustainable Community
Greening Cities: Building Just and Sustainable Communities, 1996, by Joan Roelofs.
333.77 ROE
Building Sustainable Communities: Tools and Concepts for Self-Reliant Economic Change, revised 2nd edition, 1997. Contributors: C. George Benello, Robert Swann, Shann Turnbull. (A TOES -The Other Economic Summit- book). 338.9 BER
Toward Sustainable Communities: Resources for Citizens and Their Governments, revised edition., 2005 by Mark Roseland. 307.121 ROS
Residential Streets, 3rd edition, 2001, by National Association of Home Builders, American Society of Civil Engineers, Institute of Transportation Engineers and the Urban Land Institute. 625.7 KUL
HOME and Neighborhoods: A Guide to Comprehensive Revitalization Techniques, 2004, by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community Planning and Development. 363.58 HOM
Groundswell : Stories of Saving Places, Finding Community, 2005, by Alix W. Hopkins, 2005. 307.1 HOP
Urban Sprawl and Public Health: Designing, Planning, and Building for Healthy Communities, 2004 by Howard Frumkin. 307.76 FRU
Intown Living – A Different American Dream, 2004, by Ann Breen & Dick Rigby. 307.76 BRE
Creating Walkable Places – Compact Mixed-Use Solutions, 2006, by Adrienne Schmitz and Jason Scully. 307.121 SCH
Street Reclaiming: Creating Livable Streets and Vibrant Communities, 1999, by David Engwicht. 307.75 ENG
Native to Nowhere: Sustaining Home and Community in a Global Age, 2004, by Timothy Beatley. 307 BEA
The Cohousing Handbook, revised edition, --Building a Place for Community, 2005, by Chris Scotthanson & Kelly Scotthanson. 334.1 SCO
EcoVillage at Ithaca: Pioneering a Sustainable Culture, 2005 by Liz Walker. 307.77 WAL
Superbia: 31 Ways to Create Sustainable Neighborhoods, 2003, by Dan Chiras and Dave Wann. 307.76 CHI
The Sustainable Society
Creating an Economic Development Action Plan: A Guide for Development Professionals, revised/updated edition, 2000, by Thomas S. Lyons and Roger E. Hamlin. 338.9 LYO
The Challenge to Power – Money, Investing, and Democracy, 2005, by John C. Harrington. 332.632 HAR
Fostering Sustainable Behavior: An Introduction to Community-Based Social Marketing, 1999, by Doug McKenzie-Mohr and William Smith. 304.2 McK
Ending Global Poverty: A Guide to What Works, 2005, by Stephen C. Smith. 339.46 SMI
Fair Trade for All – How Trade Can Promote Development, 2005, by Joseph E. Stiglitz and Andrew Charlton. 382.3 STI
Power to the People: How the Coming Energy Revolution will Transform an Industry, Change Our Lives, and Maybe Even Save the Planet, 2003, by Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran. 333.79 VAI
You Call This a Democracy? Who Benefits, Who Pays and Who Really Decides?, 2004, by Paul Kivel. 305.52 KIV
Greed and Good – Understanding and Overcoming the Inequality That Limits Our Lives, 2005, by Sam Pizzigati. 339.22 PIZ
Why the Poor Pay More: How To Stop Predatory Lending, 2004, edited by Gregory D. Squires. 332.743
WHY
The Sustainable Environment
The Trust for Public Land's Conservation Finance Handbook – How Communities are Paying for Parks and Land Conservation, 2004, by Kim Hopper and Ernest Cook. 333.731 HOP
The New Economy of Nature: The Quest to Make Conservation Profitable, 2002, by Gretchen C. Daily and Katherine Ellison. 333.72 DAI
Re-Thinking Green: Alternatives to Environmental Bureaucracy, 2005, edited by Robert Higgs and Carl P. Close. 333.72 RET
Hands-On Environmentalism, 2005, by Brent M. Haglund and Thomas W. Still. 333.72 HAG
Power Down: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World, 2004, by Richard Heinberg. 333.79 HEI
Biodiesel Power – The Passion, the People, and the Politics of the Next Renewable Fuel, 2005, by Lyle Estill. 338.78 EST
Design for Human Ecosystems – Landscape, Land Use, and Natural Resources, 1999, by John Tillman Lyle. 333.731 LYL
Going Solar: Understanding and Using the Warmth in Sunlight, 2004, by Tomm Stanley. 693.1 STA
The Quest for Environmental Justice – Human Rights and the Politics of Pollution, 2005, edited by Robert D. Bullard. 363.7 QUE
The New Atlas of Planet Management, 2005, edited by Norman Myers and Jennifer Kent. 333.7 NEW
Stormy Weather: 101 Solutions to Global Climate Change, 2001, by Guy Dauncey with Patrick Mazza. 363.738 DAU
Global Warming: The Complete Briefing, 3rd edition, 2004, by John Houghton. 363.738 HOU
Over a Barrel: A Simple Guide to the Oil Shortage, 2005, by Tom Mast. 333.823 MAS
Climate Change 2001 – Mitigation (Contribution of Working Group EEE to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 363.738 CHI
The Sustainable Individual - In Action
Teaching Green: The Elementary Years (Hands-on Learning in Grades K-5), 2005, edited by Tim Grant and Gail Littlejohn. 372.357 TEA
Grassroots Journalism: A Practical Manual for Doing the Kind of Newswriting That Doesn’t Just Get People Angry, But Active—That Doesn’t Just Inform But Inspires, 2000, by Eesha Williams. 808.066 WIL
How To Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, 2004, by David Bornstein. 361.2 BOR
Ecological Literacy: Educating Our Children for a Sustainable World, 2005, edited by Michael K. Stone and Zenobia Barlow. 333.72 ECO
The New Citizenship – Unconventional Politics, Activism, and Service, 3rd edition, 2005, by Craig A. Rimmerman. 332.042 RIM
Roots to Power: A Manual for Grassroots Organizing, 2nd edition, 2004, by Lee Staples. 361.809 STA
The Better World Handbook: From Good Intentions to Everyday Actions, 2001, by Ellis Jones et al. 361.7 JON
What Can I Do: An Alphabet for Living, 2004, by Lisa Harrow. 333.72 HAR
Green Volunteers: The World Guide to Voluntary Work in Nature Conservation, 5th edition, 2005, edited by Fabio Ausenda and Erin McCloskey. 333.72 GRE
Seven Wonders: Everyday Things for a Healthier Planet, 1999, by John C. Ryan. 628 RYA
The Sustainable Business
The NEXT Sustainability Wave: Building Boardroom Buy-in, 2005, by Bob Willard. 658.408 WIL
The Company We Keep: Reinventing Small Business for People, Community, and Place, 2005, by John Abrams. 338.769 ABR
The Sustainable Company – How to Create Lasting Value Through Social and Environmental Performance, 2005, by Chris Laszlo. 658.408 LAS
Green Office Buildings : A Practical Guide to Development, 2005, edited by Anne B. Frej. 690.837 GRE
What Matters Most: How a Small Group of Pioneers is Teaching Social Responsibility to Big Business, and Why Big Business is Listening, 2004, by Jeffrey Hollender. 658.408 HOL
Tax Incentive Guide for Businesss in the Renewal Communities, Empowerment Zones, and Enterprise Communities. FY 2003. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. 336.206 TAX