Simon Fraser University
Centre for Sustainable Community Development

Publications

Publications of the Centre for Sustainable Community Development seek to support and enable the sustainable development of communities in B.C., Canada, and internationally. The lessons from our research, education and community mobilization activities are disseminated through a variety of channels, including books, academic journal articles, papers, reports, student projects and the media.

Books

State of the World 2007: Our Urban Future
CSCD Director Mark Roseland, with CSCD researcher Lena Soots, contributed the chapter on “Strengthening Local Economies” to the Worldwatch Institute’s State of the World 2007: Our Urban Future. January 2007

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Order the entire book in print or PDF copy
Order the PDF for the chapter “Strengthening Local Economies”

Towards Sustainable Communities (2005)
by Dr Mark Roseland
About the book
Toward Sustainable Communities updates

Second Growth (2005)
by Sean Markey, John Pierce, Kelly Vodden and Mark Roseland.

Papers and Reports

pdf_iconVancouver Food System Assessment
by Christiana Miewald, Herb Barbolet, Vijay Cuddeford, Fern Jeffries, Holy Korstad, Susan Kurbis, Sandra Mark, Frank Moreland (2005)

The Learning City: Urban Sustainability Education and Building Toward World Urban Forum Legacy, Website

Discussion Paper in preparation for the 2006 World Urban Forum on Sustainability.

Meg Holden, PhD and Sean Connelly, MA

Links

Aboriginal CED Publications

Student Projects