Introduction to sustainable development in low- and medium income countries
o Mihelcic, J. R., Fry, L. M., Myre, E. A., Phillips, L. D., & Barkdoll, B. D. (2009, September). Field guide to environmental engineering for development workers: Water, sanitation, and indoor air. American Society of Civil Engineers.
Sustainable Development and participatory research
o Keahey, J. (2021). Sustainable development and participatory action research: a systematic review. Systemic Practice and Action Research, 34(3), 291-306.
Sustainable development and appropriate technologies
o Robert, K. W., Parris, T. M., & Leiserowitz, A. A. (2005). What is Sustainable Development? Goals, Indicators, Values, and Practice. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 47(3), 8–21. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00139157.2005.10524444
o Kuhlman, T., & Farrington, J. (2010). What is Sustainability? Sustainability, 2(11), 3436–3448. Doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/su2113436
o Patnaik, J., & Bhowmick, B. (2018). Appropriate Technology: Revisiting the Movement in Developing Countries for Sustainability. International Journal of Urban and Civil Engineering, 12(3), 308–312.
o Lohri, C. R., Rajabu, H. M., Sweeney, D. J., & Zurbrügg, C. (2016). Char fuel production in developing countries – A review of urban biowaste carbonization. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 59, 1514–1530. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2016.01.088
o Pages 8-10 from: Zabaleta, I., Bulant, N., Pfyffer, B., Rohr, M., Ivumbi, E., Mwamlima, P., Rajabu, H., & Zurbrügg, C. (2018). Pyrolysis of Biowaste in Low and Middle Income Settings. A Step-by-Step Manual. External: https://www.eawag.ch/fileadmin/Domain1/Abteilungen/sandec/publikationen/SWM/Carbonization_of_Urban_Bio-waste/slow_pyrolysis_manual.pdf
Small-scale transport technologies, logistics and value chain management
Post-harvest technologies (PHT) and value chain
o Hall, D. W., & Food and Agriculture Organization. (1970). Handling and storage of food grains in tropical and subtropical areas. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: 
Chapter 3: Losses of stored food 
Chapter 4: Factors affecting food value and deterioration 
Chapter 6: Drying methods
Draught animal power as source of energy
o Gebresenbet, G., Gibbon, D., Astatke, A. (1997). Draught Animal Power: Lessons from past research and development activities in Ethiopia and indicators for future needs. IRDC Currents,13/14, 1997, Wikstroms, Uppsala.
o O'Neill, D.H., & kemp, D.C. (1989). A comparison of work outputs of draught oxen. Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research, 43, 33-44. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-8634(89)80004-6
o Lawrence, P. R. & Pearson, R. A. (1989). Measurement of Energy Expenditure in Working Animals: Methods for Different Conditions. Draught animals in rural development, 155-165. External: https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/134382/files/PR027.pdf#page=153
Sustainable resource management: water, wastewater and solid waste
Water resource management
o Chandra S.P. Ojha, Rao Y. Surampalli, Andres Bardossy, Tian C. Zhang, Chih-Ming Kao (2017). Sustainable Water Resources Management. American Society of Civil Engineers; ISBN: 9780784414767. 
o Hanamant M. Halli, Veeresh Hatti, Gaurendra Gupta, M Raghavendra, Mahendra Prasad Meena, Raghavendra Gouda (2022). Chapter 7 - Scientific approaches for water resources management in developing countries, Editor(s): Arun Lal Srivastav, Sughosh Madhav, Abhishek Kumar Bhardwaj, Eugenia Valsami-Jones, Current Directions in Water Scarcity Research, Elsevier, 6:129-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-91838-1.00017-8
Waste management
o World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe. (‎1996)‎. Municipal solid waste management in middle- and lower-income countries : report. Copenhagen : WHO Regional Office for Europe. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/108115
o Mor, S., & Ravindra, K. (2023). Municipal solid waste landfills in lower-and middle-income countries: environmental impacts, challenges and sustainable management practices. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2023.04.014
o Massoud M, Lameh G, Bardus M, Alameddine I. Determinants of Waste Management Practices and Willingness to Pay for Improving Waste Services in a Low-Middle Income Country. Environ Manage. 2021 Aug;68(2):198-209. doi: 10.1007/s00267-021-01472-z. Epub 2021 Apr 28. PMID: 33912998.
o Kaza, S., Yao, L., Bhada-Tata, P., Woerden, F. V., & Ionkova, K. (2018). What a waste 2.0: A global snapshot of solid waste management to 2050. Overview. Washington, DC: World Bank Group. doi: https://doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-1329-0
Wastewater management
o Tilley, E. (2014). Compendium of sanitation systems and technologies. Eawag. Full version available: https://www.susana.org/en/knowledge-hub/resources-and-publications/library/details/454
o Sasse, L. (1998). DEWATS: Decentralised wastewater treatment in developing countries. BORDA, Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association. External: https://www.susana.org/en/knowledge-hub/resources-and-publications/library/details/1933
Safe technologies for nutrient recycling
o Mcconville, J., Niwagaba, C., Nordin, A., Ahlström, M., Namboozo, V., and Kiffe, M. (2020). Guide to Sanitation Resource-Recovery Products & Technologies: a supplement to the Compendium of Sanitation Systems and Technologies. 1st Edition. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Energy and Technology, Uppsala, Sweden. External: https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/21284/1/mcconville_j_et_al_210119.pdf
Small-scale renewable energy technologies
Wood fuel, charcoal, cook stoves
o Chesterman S, Neely C, Njenga M, & Kimaro A A. (2018). Sustainable woodfuel (charcoal and firewood) systems in coastal region in Tanzania. Stakeholder engagement in context analysis and planning using SHARED methodology. External: http://www.worldagroforestry.org/downloads/Publications/PDFS/B17978.pdf
o Njenga M, Sundberg C, Gitau J K, Mahmoud Y, Röing De Nowina K, Mendum R, & Karltun E. (2020). Biochar stoves for socio-ecological resilience: Lessons from small-scale farms in rural Kenya. World Agroforestry. External: http://www.worldagroforestry.org/downloads/Publications/PDFS/PB20040.pdf
o Sundberg, C., Karltun, E., Gitau, J. K., Kätterer, T., Kimutai, G. M., Mahmoud, Y., Njenga, M., Nyberg, G., Roing de Nowina, K., Roobroeck, D., & Sieber, P. (2020). Biochar from cookstoves reduces greenhouse gas emissions from smallholder farms in Africa. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 25(6), 953–967. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-020-09920-7
o https://cleancooking.org/clean-cooking-systems-strategy/current-challenges/ (7 detailed infographic pages)
Biogas
o Pager 8-13 from: Vögeli, Y., Lohri, C., Gallardo, A., Diener, S., & Zurbrügg, C. (2014). Anaerobic Digestion of Biowaste in Developing Countries—Practical Information and Case Studies. Doi: https://doi.org/10.13140/2.1.2663.1045
o Seadi, T. A., Rutz, D., Prassl, H., Köttner, M., Finsterwalder, T., Volk, S., & Janssen, R. (2008). Biogas Handbook. University of Southern Denmark. Esbjerg. External: https://www.lemvigbiogas.com/BiogasHandbook.pdf
o Rakotojaona, L. (2013). Domestic Biogas Development in Developing Countries. ENEA Consulting. External: http://www.enea-consulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Open-Ideas-Domestic-biogas-projects-in-developing-countries.pdf
o Khan, E. U., & Martin, A. R. (2016). Review of biogas digester technology in rural Bangladesh. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 62, 247–259. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2016.04.044
o Khan, E. U., Mainali, B., Martin, A., & Silveira, S. (2014). Techno-economic analysis of small scale biogas based polygeneration systems: Bangladesh case study. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 7, 68–78. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2014.03.004
o Khan, E. U., & Martin, A. R. (2015). Optimization of hybrid renewable energy polygeneration system with membrane distillation for rural households in Bangladesh. Energy, 93 , 1116–1127. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2015.09.109
Hydropower, solar, and wind energy
o Tan, D. and Seng, A. K. (2011). Handbook for Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Systems. Energy Market Authority, Singapore VIII. ISBN: 978-981-08-4462-2. External: https://policy.asiapacificenergy.org/sites/default/files/Solar_Handbook_Apr2011.pdf
o Elie Bertrand Kengne Signe, Oumarou Hamandjoda, Jean Nganhou (2017). Methodology of Feasibility Studies of Micro-Hydro power plants in Cameroon: Case of the Micro-hydro of KEMKEN, Energy Procedia, 119:17-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.07.042.
o Nor F. Yah, Ahmed N. Oumer, Mat S. Idris (2017). Small scale hydro-power as a source of renewable energy in Malaysia: A review, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 72:228-239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.01.068.
o Siddharth Joshi, Meera Karamta, Bhavya Pandya (2022).Small scale wind & solar photovoltaic energy conversion system for DC microgrid applications, Materials Today: Proceedings, 62(13):7092-7097. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.01.461.
o Tim Olsen and Robert Preus (2015). Small Wind Site Assessment Guidelines. https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy15osti/63696.pdf
Food traceability
o Bosona, T., & Gebresenbet, G. (2013). Food traceability as an integral part of logistics management in food and agricultural supply chain. Food Control, 33(1), 32–48. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2013.02.004
o Badia-Melis, R., Mishra, P., & Ruiz-García, L. (2015). Food traceability: New trends and recent advances. A review. Food Control, 57, 393–401. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2015.05.005
System Analysis of communities in low income countries with emphasis on food, water and energy resources
o Mcconville, J., Niwagaba, C., Nordin, A., Ahlström, M., Namboozo, V., and Kiffe, M. (2020). Guide to Sanitation Resource-Recovery Products & Technologies: a supplement to the Compendium of Sanitation Systems and Technologies. 1st Edition. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Energy and Technology, Uppsala, Sweden. Pages 7-11, overview of Cross-cutting issues (section X). External: https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/21284/1/mcconville_j_et_al_210119.pdf
o Meadows, Donella H. (2009). Thinking in systems : a primer. London. Please read through the book excerpts with a particular focus on pages 11-58 and 187-195 (Appendix)