This course explores policy and planning for sustainable development. It critically examines concept of sustainability as a process of social, organizational, and political development drawing on cases from the U.S. and Europe. It also explores pathways to sustainability through debates on ecological modernization; sustainable technology development, international and intergenerational fairness, and democratic governance.
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-366j-planning-for-sustainable-development-spring-2006/