Sustainable Development Public Administration, Public Agency, Government by Dr. Deniz Leuenberger Assistant Professor - Public Administration

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Student Sustainability Survey Draft 1

•Background In Public Administration Sustainability•
•Measurement and Assessment•
•Classics•
•Water•
•Food•
•Cities•

•Government 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•

Plymouth, Massachusetts

DEFINITIONS
(see relevant literature for references)

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

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

LIST OF RELATED ARTICLES BY DENIZ LEUENBERGER

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.

Leuenberger, Deniz. 2006. Meeting sustainability goals: Measurement, planning, and assessment of sustainable development in public agencies. Accepted & Scheduled for Publication.

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.

Boston, Massachusetts

RELEVANT LITERATURE

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

Walden Pond, Massachusetts

READINGS BY SUBJECT
(see relevant literature for references)

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.