CS/INFO 6702 Topics in Computational Sustainability

Computer Science and Information Science

Spring 2010

Cornell University

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�

� 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.). Oxford University Press. Moilanen, 2009.

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. Cambridge University Press.

Resource Economics. Conrad, J. 1999. Cambridge University Press.

� Background Info on the State of the Planet

� Natural Resource Protection

� Economics and Human Behavior

� Energy Resources

� Human-Built Systems and Land Use