CS/INFO 6702
Topics in Computational Sustainability
Computer
Science and Information Science
Spring 2010
Instructor:
Carla Gomes
Faculty
Team: Jon Conrad, Steve Ellner, Carla Gomes, and Mary Lou Zeeman
Teaching
Assistants: Bistra Dilkina and
Georgios Piliouras
Web
page: http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Courses/cs6702/2010sp/
Suggested Readings
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Books
The Computational
Structure of Life Cycle Assessment. Series
Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science, vol. 11, R. Heijungs,
Sangwon Suh.
Springer, 2002.
Dynamic models in biology. Ellner, S. and J. Guckenheimer. 2006. Princeton University Press.
Spatial
Conservation Prioritization Quantitative Methods and Computational Tools. A., Kerrie A. Wilson, and
Hugh Possingham (Eds.).
Understanding and Reducing Persistent Poverty in Africa. Barrett, C. and P. Little, and M. Carter (Eds.). 2007Routledge.
Mathematical Bioeconomics: The Optimal Management of Renewable Resources, (Second Edition), Clark, Colin W. 1990. John Wiley & Sons, A Wiley Interscience Publication, New York.
The worldwide crisis in fisheries.
Clark, C. 2006.
Resource Economics. Conrad,
J. 1999.
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Background
Info on the State of the Planet
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Economics
and Human Behavior
· Human-Built
Systems and Land Use