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Participatory Planning and Policy Making

Graaf, H. J. de, and C. J. M. Musters, W. J. ter Keurs. 1996. "Sustainable Development: Looking for New Strategies." Ecological Economics 16: 205-16.

Elgin, Duane. 1994. "Building a Sustainable Species-Civilization: A Challenge of Culture and Consciousness." Futures 26(2): 234-245.

Proops, John L.R., Malte Faber, Reiner Manstetten and Frank Jost. 1996. "Achieving a sustainable world." Ecological Economics 17(1996): 133-135.

Simon, David. 1989. "Sustainable Development: Theoretical Construct or Attainable Goal?" Environmental Conservation 16 (1): 41-8.

Wagle, Subodh. 1993. "Sustainable Development: Some Interpretations, Implications, and Uses." Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society 13: 314-23.

Additional Readings:

Burkey, S. 1992. People First: A Guide to Self-reliant Participatory Rural Development. London: Zed Books.

Cohen, J. and N. Uphof. 1989. "Participation's Place in Rural Development: Seeking to Clarify through Specificity." World Development 8: 213-235.

Ghai, D. P. and J. M. Vivian (eds). 1992. Grassroots Environmental Action: People's Participation in Sustainable Development. New York: Routledge.

Institute for Local Self-Reliance. 1991. Beyond 40 per cent: Record-Setting Recycling and Composting Programs. Washington: ILSR.

Rahman, M. 1992. People's Self-development: Perspectives on Participatory Action Research. London: Zed Books.

Vivian, J. M. 1991. Greening at the Grassroots: People's Participation in Sustainable Development. UNSRID discussion paper No. 22.

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Local Knowledge

Bernardy, Michael de, Pierre Boisgontier and Georges Goyet. 1993. "The Ecology of Innovation: The Cultural Substratum and Sustainable Development." International Social Science Journal 45 (1): 55-66.

Irwin, Alan, Susse Georg and Philip Vergragt. 1994. "The Social Management of Environmental Change." Futures 26(3): 323-334.

Murdoch, Jonathan and Judy Clark. 1994. "Sustainable Knowledge." Geoforum 25 (2): 115-32.

Redclift, Michael. 1991. "The Multiple Dimensions of Sustainable Development." Geography 1991: 36-42.

Additional Readings:

Warren, D. M. 1991. Using Indigenous Knowledge in Agricultural Development. World Bank discussion paper No. 127. Washington: The World Bank.

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Public Education

Disinger, John F. 1990. "Environmental Education for Sustainable Development?" Journal of Environmental Education 21 (Summer): 3-6.

Elgin, Duane. 1994. "Building a Sustainable Species-Civilization: A Challenge of Culture and Consciousness." Futures 26 (2): 234-45.

Marien, Michael. 1994b. "Infoglut and Competing Problems: Key Barriers Suggesting a New Strategy for Sustainability." Futures 26 (2): 246-56.

Slocombe, D. Scott and Caroline Van Bers. 1991. "Seeking Substance in Sustainable Development." Journal of Environmental Education 23 (Fall): 11-18.

Additional Readings:

Bandhu, D., H. Singh and A. K. Maitra. 1990. Environmental Education and Sustainable Development. New Delhi: Indian Environmental Society.

Brown, J. L., Gotsch, F. Cotterell, T. Crop, L. W. Murchio, S. Talis and M. Varley. 1991. A Sustainable Development Curriculum Framework for World History and Cultures. Global Learning.

Bryant, J.J. 1989. "Environmental Education in the South Pacific: Towards Sustainable Development." Environmentalist 9:45-54.

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Human Settlements

Planning Sustainable Cities Sustainability Indicators

Planning Sustainable Cities

Knight, Richard V. 1993. "Sustainable Development - Sustainable Cities." International Social Science Journal 45 (1): 35-54.

Olson, Robert L. 1994. "Alternative Images of a Sustainable Future." Futures 26 (2): 156-69.

Sachs, Wolfgang. 1991. "Environment and Development: The Story of a Dangerous Liaison." The Ecologist 21 (6): 252-57.

Slocombe, D. Scott and Caroline Van Bers. 1991. "Seeking Substance in Sustainable Development." Journal of Environmental Education 23 (Fall): 11-18.

Yanarella, Ernest J. and Richard S. Levine. 1992. "Does Sustainable Development Lead to Sustainability?" Futures (October): 759-74.

Additional Readings:

Canfield, C. (ed). 1990. Ecocity Conference 1990: Report of the First International Ecocity Conference. Berkeley: Urban Ecology.

Healey, Patsy and Tim Shaw. 1993. "Planners, Plans and Sustainable Development." Regional Studies 27 (8): 769-776.

Institute of Urban Studies. 1991. Sustainable Cities. Newsletter supplement. Winnipeg: IUS.

Maclaren, V. W. 1992. Sustainable Urban Development In Canada: From Concept To Practice. Toronto: ICURR Press. 3 Volumes.

Nicolson-Lord, D. 1987. The Greening of Cities. London: Routledge.

OCED. 1991. Environmental Policies for Cities in the 1990s. Paris: OECD.

Rees, W. and M. Roseland. 1991. Sustainable Communities: Planning for the 21st Century. Plan Canada. 31 (3): 15-26.

Stern, R., R. White and J. Whitney. 1990. Sustainable Cities: Urbanization and the Environment in International Perspective. Presentations from a colloquium on human settlements and sustainable developments, in Toronto. Boulder: Westview.

United Nations Centre for Human Settlement. 1989. Urbanization and Sustainable Development in the Third World: An Unrecognized Global Issue. Nairobi: UNCHS (Habitat).

University of Toronto. 1990. Human Settlements and Sustainable Developments: An International Colloquium on Urbanization and the Environment. Toronto: University of Toronto.

Sustainability Indicators

Gosselin, Pierre, Diane Belanger, Jean-Francois Bibeault and Alain Webster. 1993. "Indicators for a Sustainable Society." Canadian Journal of Public Health 84 (3): 197-200.

Templet, Paul H. 1994. "Equity and Sustainability: An Empirical Analysis." Society and Natural Resources 8: 509-23.

Additional Readings:

Cocklin, C.R. 1989. "Methodological Problems in Evaluating Sustainability." Environmental Conservation 16: 343-51.

Kuik, O. and H. Verbruggen, eds. 1991. In Search of Indicators of Sustainable Development. The Netherlands: Dordrecht.

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Sustainable Livelihoods

Ghai, Dharam. 1994. "Environment, Livelihood and Empowerment." Development and Change 25 (1): 1-11.

Additional Readings:

Bhalla, A.S., Ed. 1992. Environment, Employment and Development. Geneva: International Labout Office, World Employment Programme.

Bebbington, Anthony. 1992. "Sustainable Livelihood Development in the Andes: Local Institutions and Regional Resource Use in Ecuador." Development Policy Review 19 (1): 5-30.

Cernea, M. 1987. "Farmer Organizations and institution building for sustainable development." Regional Development Dialogue 8(2): 1-24.

Chambers, Robert. 1988. "Sustainable Rural Livelihoods: A strategy for people, environment and development." Insititute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.

Conroy, C. and M. Litvinoff. The Greening of Aid: Sustainable Livelihoods in Practice. London: Earthscan.

Conway, G. & Barbier. 1988. "After the Green Revolution: sustainable and equitable agricultural development." Futures 20(6): 651-678.

Shiva, Vandana. 1989. Staying Alive: Women, Ecology and Development. London: Zed Books.