Skip to Main Content
The University of Massachusetts Amherst

Sustainability

Growing healthier communities based on sustainable energy use, agricultural production, building design, economic development and more.

Selected Books at the UMass Libraries

Finding Books at the UMass Libraries

Use the Library Catalog to locate books at the UMass (and Five College) Libraries

Below are examples of Subject Headings that may be used in searching the library catalogs (and many databases as well):

Agricultural Conservation
Architecture and Society
Buildings – Environmental aspects
City Planning – Citizen Participation
Common Good

Dwellings – Energy conservation

Ecological Houses

Garden Cities
Green Products
Greenbelts
Green Roofs (Gardening)
Greenways
House Construction – Environmental aspects
Human Geography

Open Spaces
Personal Space
Public Spaces

Renewable Energy Sources

Sustainable Architecture

Sustainable Buildings

Sustainable Development
Urban Homesteading

Facilitate great discussions with these booklets:

An e-text book

An open text book.