Sustainable Development Books

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The Age of Sustainable Development The Age of Sustainable Development (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.21 — 858 ratings — published 2015
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Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.16 — 16,051 ratings — published 2017
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Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.40 — 4,400 ratings — published 2017
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution – and How It Can Renew America Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution – and How It Can Renew America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.71 — 13,962 ratings — published 2008
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Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,852 ratings — published 1972
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Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World Less Is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.50 — 9,675 ratings — published 2020
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.11 — 51,534 ratings — published 2021
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The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.04 — 6,846 ratings — published 2020
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The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability--Designing for Abundance The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability--Designing for Abundance (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,233 ratings — published 2013
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.04 — 466,783 ratings — published 1997
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The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.69 — 11,272 ratings — published 2005
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Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.09 — 7,142 ratings — published 1973
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.94 — 75,342 ratings — published 2004
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Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.22 — 7,441 ratings — published 2024
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The Limits to Growth The Limits to Growth (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.17 — 936 ratings — published 1972
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The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.41 — 3,340 ratings — published 2022
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Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 24,907 ratings — published 2011
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The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.20 — 3,911 ratings — published 2021
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Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.20 — 17,653 ratings — published 2021
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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.33 — 177,122 ratings — published 2019
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This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.16 — 28,011 ratings — published 2014
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Thinking In Systems: A Primer Thinking In Systems: A Primer (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.18 — 23,716 ratings — published 2008
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The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.15 — 81,079 ratings — published 2014
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There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,882 ratings — published 2019
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Silent Spring Silent Spring (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.06 — 56,345 ratings — published 1962
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Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.21 — 44,099 ratings — published 2014
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Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.35 — 204,893 ratings — published 2018
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When the Rivers Run Dry: Water - The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century When the Rivers Run Dry: Water - The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,072 ratings — published 2006
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The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,380 ratings — published 1993
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Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet Prosperity Without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.92 — 2,070 ratings — published 2009
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Beyond Growth: The Economics of Sustainable Development Beyond Growth: The Economics of Sustainable Development (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.14 — 258 ratings — published 1996
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What Has Nature Ever Done for Us?: How Money Really Does Grow on Trees What Has Nature Ever Done for Us?: How Money Really Does Grow on Trees (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.19 — 420 ratings — published 2013
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A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.31 — 37,258 ratings — published 1949
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Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth-Century World (The Global Century Series) Something New Under the Sun: An Environmental History of the Twentieth-Century World (The Global Century Series)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.87 — 637 ratings — published 2000
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The World Without Us The World Without Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.81 — 43,726 ratings — published 2007
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Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.28 — 12,124 ratings — published 1986
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities The Death and Life of Great American Cities (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.29 — 20,507 ratings — published 1961
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Creating Sustainable Cities Through Pedestrian Urbanism Creating Sustainable Cities Through Pedestrian Urbanism (Paperback)
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avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
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What We Owe the Future What We Owe the Future (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.81 — 6,591 ratings — published 2022
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Women Don't Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide Women Don't Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.98 — 1,911 ratings — published 2003
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What Works: Gender Equality by Design What Works: Gender Equality by Design (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 929 ratings — published 2016
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Sharing the Work: What My Family and Career Taught Me About Breaking Through (and Holding the Door Open for Others) Sharing the Work: What My Family and Career Taught Me About Breaking Through (and Holding the Door Open for Others)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.43 — 86 ratings — published
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The Idea of Justice The Idea of Justice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.02 — 2,064 ratings — published 2009
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The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.19 — 27,839 ratings — published 2021
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Development as Freedom Development as Freedom (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.10 — 7,188 ratings — published 1999
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Economía liberal para no economistas y no liberales Economía liberal para no economistas y no liberales (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.76 — 189 ratings — published 2001
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Advanced Introduction to Sustainability Transitions (Elgar Advanced Introductions series) Advanced Introduction to Sustainability Transitions (Elgar Advanced Introductions series)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 3.25 — 4 ratings — published 2024
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Environmentalism (Short Histories of Big Ideas) Environmentalism (Short Histories of Big Ideas)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.17 — 23 ratings — published 2006
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Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation (ebook)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.09 — 32 ratings — published 2012
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Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as sustainable-development)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,009 ratings — published 2025
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