International Summer School

Global Climate Change: Environment, Technology and Society reading list

Please ensure you have read set texts prior to the appropriate teaching sessions. Relevant texts should also be brought to class.

Key Readings:

Boyle, G. (2004), ed., “Renewable Energy”, Oxford University Press, ISBN-10: 9780199261789.

Ford, A (1999), “Modeling the Environment: An introduction to system dynamics modeling of environmental systems”, Island Press, 1718 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 300, Washington, DC 20009, ISBN 1-55963-600-9

Inman, M. (2009) “Where warming hits hard”, Nature reports, Vol 3, Feb 2009, p18-21.

Lenton, T.M., Held, H,, Kriegler, E., Hall, J.W., Lucht, W., Rahmstorf, S., Schellnhuber, H.J. (2008), “Tipping elements in the Earth’s climate system”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, vol. 105, no. 6, pp. 1786-1793.

Letcher, M.T. (2009), “Climate Change: Observed Impacts on Planet Earth”. Elsevier B.V., Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP, ISBN 978-0-444-53301-2

Pelling, M. (2011), “Adaptation to Climate Change: From Resilience to Transformation”, Routledge, 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN. ISBN 978-0-415-47750-5

Stott P.A., Tett S.F.B., Jones G.S., Allen M.R., Mitchell J.F.B. and Jenkins G.J. (2000), “External Control of 20th Century Temperature by Natural and Anthropogenic Forcings”, Science, Vol. 290, no. 5499, pp 2133-2137. DOI: 10.1126/science.290.5499.2133

Supplementary Readings:

Awad, H., Kapelan, Z., and Savic, D.A. (2009), “Optimal setting of time-modulated pressure reducing valves in water distribution networks using genetic algorithms”, Proc. 10th International Conference on Computing and Control for the Water Industry (CCWI), Sheffield, UK.

Butler, D. & Davies, J.W. (2011), “Urban Drainage”, Spon Press, Chapter 5.6 ‘Climate Change’, Chapter 12 ‘Sewer Flooding’ and Chapter 25 ‘Towards Sustainable Water Management’.

Collins, J., Thomas, G., Willis, R., Wilsdon, J. (2003), “Carrots, sticks and sermons: influencing public behaviour for environmental goals”, Green Alliance, 36 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0RE.

EQUIMAR (2011), “Equitable Testing and Evaluation of Marine Energy Extraction Devices in terms of Performance, Cost and Environmental Impact”.

IPCC (2007), “Climate Change 2007: Synthesis Report. Summary for Policymakers”, An Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Approved at the IPCC Plenary XXVII, (Valencia, Spain, November 2007).

Kapelan, Z., Banyard, J.K., Randall-Smith, M., and Savic, D.A. (2011), “Asset Planning and Management”, Chapter 9 in “Water Distribution Systems” edited by D.A. Savic and J.K. Banyard, Thomas Telford, ISBN: 9780727741127.

Kerr, R.A. (2012), “A quick (partial) fix for an ailing atmosphere”, Science, 13 Jan 2012,vol. 335, no. 6065, p. 156., DOI: 10.1126/science.335.6065.156.

Lorenzoni, I., Nicholson-Cole, S., and Whitmarsh, L. (2007), “Barriers perceived to engaging with climate change among the UK public and their policy implications”

Mackay, D. (2009), “Sustainable Energy – without hot air”, UIT Cambridge. PDF available. ISBN 978-0-9544529-3-3

Mulligan, M., and Wainwright, J. (2004), “Modelling and Model Building”, In Wainwright J. & Mulligan M. (eds.), Environmental Modelling: Finding Simplicity in Complexity, West Sussex, England, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Romano, M., Kapelan, Z., and Savic, D., (2010), “Real-Time Leak Detection in Water Distribution Systems”, Proc. 11th International Water Distribution System Analysis conference, Tucson, Arizona

Savic, D.A., and Banyard, J.K. (2011), eds., “Water Distribution Systems”, ICE Publishing, Chapter 11 ‘Sustainability & Climate Change’.

Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M. Tignor and H.L. Miller (2007), “Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007”, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.

Woodward, M., Gouldby, B., Kapelan, Z., Khu, S-T., and Townend, I. (2010), “A Real Options Approach to Optimise Flood Risk Management Investments”, Proc. DEFRA Flood and Coastal Management Conference, United Kingdom