BUiD Library: SBE 615 Environmental Sustainability: Reading list

SBE 615 Environmental Sustainability

Department: PhD in Sustainable Built Environment

Module Description: This module offers an in-depth look at environmental sustainability. It aims to provide advanced knowledge on various aspects related to environment including environmental quality, depletion or degradation of natural resources, sustainable forestry, and environmental sustainability applications. Student will practice real life assessment on urban site including measuring the urban microclimate with assessment tools..

Module texts

Auer, M. T., Mihelcic, J. R. and Zimmerman, J. B. (2010). Environmental engineering: fundamentals, sustainability, design. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons/Wiley.

Recommended readings

Freeman, A. M., Herriges, J. A. and Kling, C. L. (2014). The measurement of environmental and resource values: theory and methods. 3rd edn. Abingdon, Oxon: RFF Press.
Smith, K. (2013). Environmental Hazards. 6th edn. Routledge
Hester, R. E. and Harrison, R. M. (2003). Sustainability and environmental impact of renewable energy sources. Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry.
Boylan, M. (2014). Environmental ethics. 2nd edn. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Moran, E. F. (2010). Environmental social science: human-environment interactions and sustainability. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Effect of Climate Change on Indoor Air Quality and Public Health (2011). Climate change, the indoor environment, and health. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press.
Reid, H. (2014). Climate change and human development. London: Zed Books.
Monaco André and Prouzet, P. (eds) (2014). Ecosystem sustainability and global change. London, UK: ISTE.
Anderson, R. C. (ed.) (2013). Ecosystem services for sustainability. Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire.
Liu, J. et al. (2017). Environmental pollution control. Berlin: De Gruyter.
Vallero, D. A. (2004). Environmental contaminants: assessment and control. Amsterdam: Elsevier Academic Press.
Newton, D. E. (2009). Environmental justice: a reference handbook. 2nd edn. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO.
Glasson, J., Therivel, R. and Chadwick, A. (2005). Introduction to environmental impact assessment. 3rd edn. London: Routledge.
Samuelson, J. P. (2009). Industrial waste: environmental impact, disposal and treatment. New York: Nova Science.
Simon, T. W. (2000). Environmental risk assessment: a toxicological approach. CRC Press.