SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Read the new book by
Dr. Deniz Zeynep Leuenberger
and Dr. John R. Bartle
Sustainable Development
for Public Administration
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HOW DO WE DEFINE
SUSTAINABILITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT?
SUSTAINABILITY
Pearce, Markandya and Barbier define sustainability as “a nondeclining utility
function or nondeclining capital; nondeclining human welfare over time” (Hempel
2001, 47).
Another definition is "resilience- ability to maintain structural integrity,
form, and patterns of behavior in the midst of disturbance” (Common 1995).
Goals of Sustainability
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
“the system does not cause harm to other systems, both in space and time; the
system maintains living standards at a level that does not cause physical
discomfort or social discontent to the human component; within the system
life-support ecological components are maintained at levels of current
conditions or better” (Voinov and Smith 1998)
“development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (Brundtland Commission
1987)
Sustainability Orientations
BROAD-BASED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Broad-based sustainable development requires a healthy, growing economy
undergoing structural transformation and leading to a higher standard of living,
an economy in which the benefits are equitably shared and distributed, a
protection of human rights, civil society, and democratic participation, and
that of sustainability, wherein the environment is not destroyed and descendants
of current peoples enjoy the same or a higher standard of living (Weaver, Rock,
Kusterer 1997, 2, 3, 13-36).
Tenets of Sustainable Development and Public Administration
LIST OF RELATED PUBLICATIONS BY DENIZ ZEYNEP LEUENBERGER
Book
Leuenberger, Deniz and
John R. Bartle. Sustainable Development in Public Administration, M.E. Sharpe,
2009.
Peer Reviewed
Publications
Leuenberger, Deniz.
2007. Signs of the times: Environmental sustainability, citizens, leadership,
and social justice. Administrative Theory and Praxis, 29 (3).
Leuenberger, Deniz and
Michele Wakin. 2007. Sustainable development in public administration planning:
An exploration of social justice, equity, and citizen inclusion. Administrative
Theory and Praxis, 29 (3).
Leuenberger, Deniz.
2006. Sustainable development in public administration: A match with practice?
Public Works Management and Policy, 10 (3): 195-201.
Bartle, John and Deniz
Leuenberger. 2006. The idea of sustainable development in public administration.
Public Works Management and Policy, 10 (3): 191-194.
Book Chapter
Leuenberger, Deniz.
2010. Women, Sustainable Development, Environment, and Social Justice.
Eds. Maria D’Agostino and Helisse Levine. Women in Public Administration:
Theory and Practice. Jones and Bartlett – Submitted for publication.
Book Review
Leuenberger, Deniz. 2009. Best practices in citizen
inclusion for public agency planning: A book review of “Public participation in
environmental assessment and decision making”. Public Works Management and
Policy, accepted for April issue.
Professional
Publications
Leuenberger, Deniz.
2006. Sustainable development and resilience in public agencies. The Public
Manager, 35 (4): 8-12.
Leuenberger, Deniz,
Rose Sauvageau, Michele Bohler, Gilbert Kairu, and Michael Sousa. 2007. Diverse
Cultures, Same Issues, Shared Solutions: A Collaboration on Sustainable
Development between Students in Massachusetts and in Dubai. PA Times 30 (1).
Leuenberger, Deniz.
2006. Are We Doing Enough, Fast Enough? Planning for People, Property, and
Environment. PA Times 29 (7).
Leuenberger, Deniz and
John Bartle. 2005. Unsustainable development: Hurricane Katrina and the flaws in
transportation infrastructure policy and management. PA Times 28 (9).
Leuenberger, Deniz and
John Bartle. 2006. After Hurricane Katrina: Sustainability and transportation
infrastructure policy and management. ASPA’s STPA Newsletter.
Brutland Commission. (1987).
Our common future. New York: Oxford University Press.
Common, Michael. (1995). Sustainability policy and policy: Limits to economics.
Cambridge University Press.
Diamond, J. (2004). Collapse: How societies choose to fail or succeed. United
Kingdom: Viking Adult.
Giddens, Anthony. (2003). Runaway world. New York: Routledge.
______________. (1990). The consequences of modernity. Stanford: Stanford
University Press.
Hempel, L. (2001). Conceptual and analytical challenges in building sustainable
communities. In D. A. Mazmanian & M. E. Kraft. (Eds.)Toward sustainable
communities: Transition and transformations in environmental policy. (pp.43-74)
Cambridge: The MIT Press.
Mazmanian, D. A. & Kraft, M.E. (2001). Toward sustainable communities:
Transition and transformation in environmental policy. Cambridge: The MIT Press.
Munro, David A. (1995). Sustainability: Rhetoric or reality? In sustainable
world: defining and measuring sustainable development, ed. Thaddeus C.Tryzyna,
Sacramento CA: International Center for Environment and Public Policy and the
World Conservation Union: 27-35.
Ostrom, E., Schroeder, L., & Wynne, S. (1993). Institutional incentives and
sustainable development: Infrastructure policies in perspective. Boulder:
Westview Press.
Rao, P.K. (2000). Sustainable development: Economics and policy. Oxford:
Blackwell Publishers.
Smith, M. R. & Marx, L. (2000). Does technology drive history? The dilemma of
technological determinism. Cambridge: The MIT Press.
Weaver, J. H., Rock, M.T. & Kusterer, K. (1997). Achieving broad-based
sustainable development: Governance, environment, and growth with equity. West
Hartford: Kumarian Press.
Voinov, Alexey and Courtland Smith. (1998). Dimensions of Sustainability. At
http://www.uvm.edu/giee/AV/PUBS/DS/Sust_Dim.html
IMPORTANT
READINGS FOR BACKGROUND IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SUSTAINABILITY
Diamond, Jared. 2004. Collapse: How societies choose to fail or succeed. United
Kingdom: Viking Adult.
Doppelt, Bob. 2003. Leading change toward sustainability: A change-management
guide for business, government and civil society. United Kingdom: Greenleaf
Publishing.
Hawken, Paul, Amory Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins. 1999. Natural capitalism.
Creating the next industrial revolution. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.
Mazmanian, Daniel A. and Michael E. Kraft. 2001. Toward sustainable communities:
Transition and transformation in environmental policy. Cambridge: The MIT Press.
Rao, P.K. 2000. Sustainable development: Economics and policy. Malden, MA:
Blackwell Publishers.
Rogers, Heather. 2005. Gone tomorrow: The hidden life of garbage. New York: New
Press.
Weaver, James H., Michael T. Rock. 1997. Achieving broad-based sustainable
development. Connecticut: Kumarian Press.
MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT
Bell, Simon and Stephen Morse. 2003. Measuring sustainability: Learning from
doing. London: Earthscan.
Gibson, Robert B., Selma Hassan, Susan Holtz, James Tansey, and Graham Whitelaw.
2005. Sustainability assessment: Criteria, processes, and applications. London:
Earthscan.
CLASSICS
Carson, Rachel. 1950. The sea around us. Oxford: A Mentor Book. (OCEANS)
Carson, Rachel. 1962. Silent Spring. Boston: Mariner Books. (PESTICIDES)
Shiva, Vandana. 1997. Biopiracy. Boston, MA: South End Press. (FOOD)
Shiva, Vandana. 2000. Stolen harvest. Cambridge, MA: South End Press. (FOOD)
Stone, Christopher D. 1972. Should trees have standing?: Toward legal rights for
natural objects. Los Altos, California William Kaufmann, Inc. (LAW/ETHICS)
WATER
Economy, Elizabeth C. 2004. The river runs black. Ithaca: Cornell University
Press.
Glennon, Robert. 2002. Water follies. Washington: Island Press.
Jun, Ma. 2004. China's water crisis. Norwalk. Connecticut: Eastbridge.
Pielou, E.C. 1991.Fresh water. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Postel, Sandra. 1999. Pillar of sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last. New York:
Norton.
Rothfeder, Jeffrey. 2001. Every drop for sale. New York: Penguin.
Ward, Diane Raines. 2002. Water wars. New York: Riverhead Press.
FOOD
Boucher, Douglas H. 1999. The Paradox of Plenty: Hunger in a Bountiful World.
Oakland, California: Food First Books.
Goodall, Jane. 2005. Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating. New York: Time
Warner Book Group.
Shiva, Vandana. 1997. Biopiracy. Boston, MA: South End Press.
Shiva, Vandana. 2000. Stolen Harvest. Cambridge, MA: South End Press.
CITIES
Hallsmith, Gwendolyn. 2003. The key to sustainable cities: Meeting human
needs/transforming communities. Canada: New Society Publishers.
Portney, Kent E. 2003. Taking sustainable cities seriously: Economic
development, the environment, and quality of life in American cities. Cambridge:
The MIT Press.
Satterwaite, David. 1999. Sustainable Cities. London: Earthscan.
SOCIAL JUSTICE and CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
Agyeman, R. (2005). Sustainable
communities and the challenge of environmental justice. New York: New York
University Press.
Bierle, T. & Cayford, J. (2002).
Democracy in practice: Public participation in environmental decisions.
Washington, D.C. : Resources for the Future.
Callway, R. (2005). Setting the
scene. Callway, R. & G. Ayre (Eds.) Governance for sustainable development.
London: Earthscan.
Fischer, F. (2000). Citizens,
experts, and the environment: The politics of local knowledge. Durham: Duke
University Press.
Gibson, C., McKean, M. & Ostrom,
E. (2000). People and forests: Communities,
institutions, and governance. Boston: MIT Press.
Ostrom, E. (1990).
Governing the commons:
The evolution of institutions for collective action. London: Cambridge
University Press.
Ostrom, E., Schroeder, L., &
Wynne, S. (1993). Institutional incentives and sustainable development:
Infrastructure policies in perspective. Boulder: Westview Press.
Sandler R. & Phaedra C. (2007).
Environmental justice and environmentalism: The social justice challenge to the
environmental movement. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
Shrader-Frechette, K. (2002).
Environmental justice: Creating equality, reclaiming democracy. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
Shiva, V. (2005). Earth democracy:
Justice, sustainability, and peace. Cambridge, MA: South End Press.
Simonsen, W. & Robbins, M. (2000).
Citizen participation in resource allocation. Boulder: Westview Press.
Smith, M. & Pangsapa P. (2008).
Environment and citizenship: Integrating justice, responsibility, and civic
engagement. London: Zed Books.
Stein, R. (2004). New perspectives
on environmental justice: Gender, sexuality, and activism. New Brunswick:
Rutgers University Press.
Weaver, J. H., Rock, M.T. &
Kusterer, K. (1997). Achieving broad-based sustainable development: Governance,
environment, and growth with equity. West Hartford: Kumarian Press.
Williams, B.A. and Matheny, A.R.
(1995). Democracy, dialogue, and environmental disputes: The contested languages
of environmental dispute. Connecticut: Yale University Press.
HIGHER EDUCATION
Barlett, P.F., & Chase, G.W.
(2004). Sustainability on Campus: Stories and Strategies for Change. Cambridge:
The MIT Press.
Chase, G. 1998. “Faculty
Development for Environmental Sustainability in Higher Education.” Electronic
Green Journal.
Creighton, S.H. (2001). Greening
the Ivory Tower: Improving the Environmental Track Record of Universities,
Colleges, and Other Institutions. Cambridge: The MIT Press.
WASTE
Rogers, Heather. 2005. Gone
tomorrow: The hidden life of garbage. New York: New Press.
TOPICS: Government Offices and
Statistics, Multiple Systems, Food, Drinking Water and Water for Agriculture,
Wildlife and Oceans, Housing, Children's Education, Higher Education, Cities,
Massachusetts Links, Energy, Recycling and Waste Management, Air Pollution
United States Department of the Interior
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service
National Park Service
The Bureau of Reclamation
Minerals Management Service
U.S. Geological Survey
Bureau of Land
Management
Environmental Protection
Agency
Energy Information
Administration
Energy Information Administration - Country Profiles
CIA Country Profiles
Ecosustainable
Hub
The United
Nations Division for Sustainable Development
The
Department of Environment and Conservation
The Environmental League of Massachusetts
Sierra Club
Earth Economics
Ecosystem
Valuation
Roots and Shoots
The
Natural Step
Woods Hole Research
Center
The International Institute
for Sustainable Development
Northeastern Sustainable
Energy Association
Second Nature
Sustainability Conferences Worldwide
Sustainable World Coalition
Natural Resources Defense
Council
EarthTrends- World
Resources Institute
North South
East West- Climate Change
SUE-Mot Evaluation and Assessment Information
The
Sustainable Table
The Food Alliance
Women, Food, and
Agriculture
Community
Food Security Coalition
National Sustainable
Agriculture Information Service
United Nations Water Information
Water Partners
Water Treaty- Green
Cross
Advisory
Committee on Water Information
India Together
World Wildlife Fund
The Jane
Goodall Institute
The National Audubon
Society
Wildlife Warriors
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Department of the Interior
Ocean Alliance
Sea Watch
Save Our Seas
Whale Center of New
England
The Lobster
Conservancy
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society
The Orangutan
Foundation International
MassWildlife
HUD- Energy Star and Other Federal Programs
University of Michigan Sustainable Architecture
National Center
for Approriate Technology
Ecological Homes
Sustainable
Homes
Roots and Shoots
Wildlife Warriors
Environmental
Protection Agency- Kids
DITC- Environmental
Education Foundation
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in
Higher Education
Solutions for
Our Future
Society for College and University Planning
SustainLane City Rankings
Sustainable
City- San Francisco
Sustainable City-
Santa Monica
Northeastern Sustainable Energy Association
Mass
Audubon
Smart Growth Toolkit
Executive Office of Environmental Affairs- State
Sustainability Initiatives
Executive Office of Environmental Affairs- Sustainable Development and Urban
Environments
Pioneer Valley Sustainability Links
The Environmental League of Massachusetts
MassWildlife
New England Wildlife
Center
Alternate Energies
Energy Resources
United States Department of Energy
American Wind Energy
Association
National Renewable
Energy Labratory
European Wind Energy
Association
Northeastern Sustainable
Energy Association
American Solar Energy
Society
Fossil Fuel-Based Energies
Canada
Government- Oil Sands
Oil Sands
Discovery Center
Oil.com
Oil on Line
Natural Gas
EPA- Wastes
Earth 911
EPA- Air
Air Now
Submitted by Dr. Deniz Zeynep Leuenberger
Bridgewater State College Department of
Political Science
You may contact Dr. Leuenberger at
dleuenberger@bridgew.edu