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Sustainable development

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Broader term:

Economic development

Narrower terms:

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Development, Sustainable
Ecologically sustainable development
Economic development, Sustainable
Economic sustainability
ESD (Ecologically sustainable development)
Smart growth
Sustainable development -- Environmental aspects
Sustainable economic development

Filed under: Sustainable development

Mapping for a Sustainable World (New York: United Nations, 2020), by M. J. Kraak, Robert E. Roth, Britta Ricker, Ayako Kagawa, and Guillame Le Sourd (PDF with commentary at un.org)
The Trillion Dollar Shift: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals; Business for Good is Good Business (Milton Park and New York: Routledge, c2018), by Marga Hoek (illustrated HTML and PDF with commentary at Taylor and Francis)
Thinking Beyond Sectors for Sustainable Development (London: Ubiquity Press, c2015), ed. by J. K. Waage and Christopher Yap (multiple formats at Ubiquity Press)
Welcome to the Green Village (Amsterdam: IOS Press, c2013), by Ad van Wijk (PDF at thegreenvillage.org)
Our Common Future (1987), by World Commission on Environment and Development (HTML at eytv4scf.net)
Decarbonizing Development: Three Steps to a Zero-Carbon Future (Washington: World Bank, 2015), by Marianne Fay, Stephane Hallegatte, Adrien Vogt-Schilb, Julie Rozenberg, Ulf Narloch, and Tom Kerr (PDF with commentary at worldbank.org)
Climate Protection and Development (London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, c2012), ed. by Frank Ackerman, Richard Kozul-Wright, and Rob Vos (HTML at bloomsburycollections.com)
The Role of the Environment in Poverty Alleviation (New York: Fordham University Press, 2008), ed. by Paolo Galizzi and Alena Herklotz (PDF with commentary at bepress.com)
Perspectives on the Role of Science and Technology in Sustainable Development (OTA-ENV-609; 1994), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
Sustainable Development Goals: Their Impacts on Forests and People (Cambridge, UK et al.: Cambridge University Press, 2020), ed. by Pia Katila, Carol J. Pierce Colfer, Wil De Jong, Glenn Galloway, Pablo Pacheco, and Georg 1975- Winkel (HTML and PDF files at Cambridge University Press)
The Urban Planet: Knowledge Towards Sustainable Cities (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2018), ed. by Thomas Elmqvist, Xuemei Bai, Niki Frantzeskaki, Corrie Griffith, David Maddox, Timon McPhearson, Sue Parnell, Patricia Romero Lankao, David Simon, and Mark Watkins (HTML and PDF files at Cambridge University Press)
Breaking Barriers: The Potential of Free and Open Source Software for Sustainable Human Development - A Compilation of Case Studies from Across the World (2006), by Nah Soo Hoe (PDF at apdip.net)
Negotiating Climate Change in Crisis (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, c2021), ed. by Steffen Böhm and Sian Sullivan (multiple formats with commentary at Open Book Publishers)
The Citizen's Guide to Climate Success: Overcoming Myths that Hinder Progress (Cambridge, UK et al.: Cambridge University Press, 2020), by Mark Kenneth Jaccard (PDF files with commentary at Cambridge University Press)
Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air (electronic edition, c2009), by David J. C. MacKay (PDF and HTML with commentary at withouthotair.com)
Global 2000 Revisited: What Shall We Do?, by Gerald O. Barney, contrib. by Jane Blewett and Kristen R. Barney (HTML and PDF at millenniuminstitute.net)
The North, the South, and the Environment: Ecological Constraints and the Global Economy, ed. by V. Bhaskar and Andrew Glyn (HTML at UNU Press)
Industrial Metabolism: Restructuring for Sustainable Development, ed. by Robert U. Ayres and Udo E. Simonis (illustrated HTML at UNU Press)
The Limits to Growth: A Report for the Club of Rome's Project on the Predicament of Mankind (New York: Universe Books, 1972), by Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows, Jørgen Randers, and William Behrens (multiple formats with commentary at donellameadows.org)
Energy and water for sustainable living : a compendium of energy and water success stories (Dept. of Energy, 2002), by United States. Department of Energy and Argonne National Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
Rethinking sustainability : power, knowledge, and institutions (University of Michigan Press, 2000), by Jonathan M. Harris (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Intellectual property : trade, competition, and sustainable development (University of Michigan Press, 2003), by Petros C. Mavroidis and Thomas Cottier (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Doing business with Millennium Challenge Corporation (Millennium Challenge Corporation, 2008), by Millennium Challenge Corporation (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
International environment : briefing book on major selected issues : report (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1993), by Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service and United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
Sustainable development and economic growth in the Third World : hearings before the Subcommittee on Technology and National Security of the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, One Hundred First Congress, first session, June 13, 15, and 20, 1989. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1990), by United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee. Subcommittee on Technology and National Security (page images at HathiTrust)
Review of sustainable development activities in U.S. foreign assistance programs : hearings before the Subcommittee on Foreign Agriculture and Hunger of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, second session, March 1 and 2, 1994. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1994), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Foreign Agriculture and Hunger and Justice United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Information (page images at HathiTrust)
Developing and commercializing sustainable new wood products : a process for identifying viable products. (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, 2003), by Stuart L. Hart and Gordon A. Enk (page images at HathiTrust)
Competing goals and requirements hinder Title I program results (The Office ;, 1995), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
The role of forestry in sustainable development of dryland regions : training manual : Amman, Jordan May 13 to 25, 1989 (The Division, 1989), by United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Office of International Cooperation and Development. International Training Division and Jordan. Wizārat al-Zirāʻah. Dept. of Forests and Soil Conservation (page images at HathiTrust)
U.S. food aid and sustainable development : forty years of experience (USAID, 1998), by Donald G. McClelland, Center for Development Information and Evaluation (U.S.). Office of Evaluation, and United States. Agency for International Development (page images at HathiTrust)
Working towards sustainability through environmental stewardship and collaboration (National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology, 2008), by National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Guide to purchasing green power : renewable electricity, renewable energy certificates and on-site renewable generation (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2004), by Center for Resource Solutions, World Resources Institute. Sustainable Enterprise Program, EPA Green Power Partnership, United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Air (page images at HathiTrust)
Integrating new and emerging technologies into the California smart grid infrastructure : a report on a smart grid for California : PIER final project report (California Energy Commission, 2008), by Electric Power Research Institute and California Energy Commission. Public Interest Energy Research (page images at HathiTrust)
Proceedings of the Interoceanic Workshop on Sustainable Development and Environmental Management of Small Islands : November 3-7, 1986 : Candelero Hotel, Palmas del Mar, Humacao, Puerto Rico (U.S. Dept. of State, U.S. Man and the Biosphere Program ;, 1987), by P.R.) Interoceanic Workshop on Sustainable Development and Environmental Management of Small Islands (1986 : Humacao, William S. Beller, and U.S. National Committee for Man and the Biosphere (page images at HathiTrust)
Will international investment rules obstruct climate protection policies? (World Resources Institute, 2001), by Jacob Werksman, Navroz K. Dubash, Kevin A. Baumert, and Energy & Pollution Program Climate (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Filed under: Sustainable development -- Africa

A Developing Connection: Bridging the Policy Gap Between the Information Society and Sustainable Development (Winnipeg, MB: International Institute for Sustainable Development, c2005), ed. by Terri Willard and Maja Andjelkovic (PDF at iisd.org)
Sustainable development and persons with disabilities : the process of self-empowerment (African Development Foundation, 1995), by Yashpal Tandon and African Development Foundation (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Millennium Challenge Corporation in Africa (Millennium Challenge Corporation, 2008), by Millennium Challenge Corporation (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Le développement durable et les personnes handicapées : le processus d'obtention de pouvoir personnel (African Development Foundation, 1996), by Yashpal Tandon and African Development Foundation (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
Population, environment and development in Africa : dynamic linkages and their implications for future research and development programming (Institute of International Agriculture, Michigan State University, 1996), by Daniel C. Clay, Asif Shaikh, and Thomas Anthony Reardon (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Sustainable development -- Africa, Sub-Saharan

Sustaining the Future: Economic, Social, and Environmental Change in Sub-Saharan Africa, ed. by George Benneh, William B. Morgan, and Juha I. Uitto (illustrated HTML at UNU Press)
Sustainability, aid, and remittance-dependent Pacific Island economies : lessons from Africa? (Research School of Pacific Studies, ANU, 1992), by Richard P. C. Brown and Australian National University. Research School of Pacific Studies. Economics Division (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Sustainable development -- Appalachian Region, Southern

The Southern Appalachian assessment (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Region, 1996), by Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere Cooperative and United States. Forest Service. Southern Region (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Sustainable development -- Arctic regions

Wilderness in the circumpolar north : searching for compatibility in ecological, traditional, and ecotourism values (United States Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 2002), by Janet Sproull, Lilian Alessa, and Alan E. Watson (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Sustainable development -- Australia

The environment and sustainable development : an Australian social science perspective (Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 1993), by Stuart Harris and Australian National University. Dept. of International Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
Environmental regulation, economic growth and international competitiveness (Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 1993), by Stuart Harris and Australian National University. Dept. of International Relations (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Sustainable development -- Bibliography

Understanding the links between ecosystem health and social system well-being : an annotated bibliography (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 2002), by Dawn M. Elmer, Ellen M. Donoghue, and Harriet H. Christensen (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Sustainable development -- Blue Mountains (Or. and Wash.)

Sustaining the land, people, and economy of the Blue Mountains (American Forests :, 1996), by Thomas Milton Quigley, Raymond G. Jaindl, Blue Mountains Natural Resources Institute, and American Forests (Association) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Filed under: Sustainable development -- Cache River Watershed (Ill.)

Cache River Area Assessment (Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources, 1997), by Illinois. Dept. of Natural Resources. Office of Scientific Research and Analysis, Illinois State Water Survey, Illinois. Dept. of Natural Resources, Critical Trends Assessment Project, and Illinois State Geological Survey (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Sustainable development -- Caribbean Area

The role of remittances in leveraging sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean : hearing before the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology of the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, March 7, 2007. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2007), by Trade United States. Congress. House. Committee on Financial Services. Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Sustainable development -- Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.)

Toward a sustainable Chesapeake (Printed by the Environmental Protection Agency for the Chesapeake Bay Program, 1999), by Center for Chesapeake Communities, United States Environmental Protection Agency, and Chesapeake Bay Program (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

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