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'''''An Introduction to Sustainable Development''''' is a 2007 [[Earthscan]] book<ref>{{cite journal |last=Stage |first=Jesper |year=2009 |title=An Introduction to Sustainable Development |journal=European Review of Agricultural Economics |volume=36 |issue=1 |pages=126–128 |doi=10.1093/erae/jbp008}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Harrison |first=Jennifer |year=2010 |title=Book Review: An Introduction to Sustainable Development by Peter P. Rogers, Kazi F. Jalal and John A. Boyd |journal=International Journal of Environment and Pollution |volume=41 |issue=3–4 |pages=376–378 |doi=10.1504/IJEP.2010.03327 |doi-broken-date=31 January 2024-09-13 |url=https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1504/IJEP.2010.03327}}</ref> which presents [[sustainable development]] as a process that "meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs". This textbook examines the environmental, economic, and social dimensions of sustainable development by exploring changing patterns of consumption, production, and distribution of resources. Case studies include coastal wetlands; community-based water supply and sanitation systems; and [[sustainable energy]], forest, and industrial development.<ref name=auth>[http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?tabid=1415 An Introduction to Sustainable Development]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/ROGINT.html |title=An Introduction to Sustainable Development |access-date=2008-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511193829/http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/ROGINT.html |archive-date=2008-05-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Author Peter P. Rogers is a Professor of Environmental Engineering at [[Harvard University]], USA. Co-authors Kazi F. Jalal and John A. Boyd are lecturers at Harvard's Extension School.<ref name=auth/>