Advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals through Publishing

Advancing the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals through Publishing

ASCE is a signatory of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Publishers Compact. The participating organizations strive to develop sustainable practices and act as champions, by publishing books and journals that will help inform, develop, and inspire action.

ASCE's civil engineering research supports the following Sustainable Development Goals. Click on the icons below to see a curated selection of highly relevant content from the ASCE Library.

ASCE has long fostered the advancement of women in civil engineering with their first women member in 1927. However, women only account for about 15% of the engineers in the United States, so it is vital to identify obstacles and ways to improve recruitment.

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UN SDG Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

Access to clean and safe water is critical to public health and economic prosperity. Civil engineering research can help address our aging water infrastructure and assist utilities in keeping pace with the regulatory requirements needed for compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act.

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UN SDG Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy

Finding alternative and renewable energy sources like wind, solar, thermal, and hydro power will help the global community combat climate change.

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UN SDG Goal 9: Industry, Innvotion and Infrastructure

Safe, sustainable, and lasting infrastructure solutions that meet economic and environmental concerns, build resilience, and ensure the ongoing maintenance of existing structures are critical for society.

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UN SDG Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Civil engineers are committed to finding ways to ensure the resilience and sustainability of our growing urban infrastructure to make cities safe spaces for our future generations.

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Robust civil engineering research can provide the necessary know-how to build resilient and sustainable infrastructure in the face of global climate change.

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Interdisciplinary research is more important than ever for finding sustainable, nature-based solutions to combat desertification, reverse land degradation, and halt biodiversity loss.

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In an effort to broaden the discovery and understanding of sustainable development goal and climate change research, ASCE sponsors both a Sustainable Development Goals Showcase and Climate Change Knowledge Cooperative (CCKC). The videos below also provide insight on climate change initiatives in the civil engineering space. Research made simple.

Journal Video Content

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Read the paper in the Journal of Bridge Engineering:
A Roadmap for an Integrated Assessment Approach to the Adaptation of Concrete Bridges to Climate Change

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Read the paper in the Journal of Management in Engineering:
A Life Cycle Risk Management Framework for Green Building Project Stakeholders

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Read the paper in the Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment:
Future Projection of Extreme Rainfall for Flood Management due to Climate Change in an Urban Area

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Read the paper in the Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering:
Review of Innovative Harbor Breakwaters for Wave-Energy Conversion

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Read the paper in the Journal of Cold Regions Engineering:
Climate Change Challenges for Flexible Pavement in Canada: An Overview

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Read the paper in the Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management:
Accounting for Climate Change Uncertainty in Long-Term Dam Risk Management

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Key ASCE Sustainability Books

Cover of Field Guide to Environmental Engineering

Field Guide to Environmental Engineering for Development Workers: Water, Sanitation, and Indoor Air
Foreword by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
James R. Mihelcic, Ph.D.; Lauren M. Fry; Elizabeth A. Myre; Linda D. Phillips; and Brian D. Barkdoll, Ph.D., P.E.

black cover with cityscape in sunshine entitled Integrating Resilience and Sustainability into Civil Engineering Projects

Integrating Resilience and Sustainability into Civil Engineering Projects
Infrastructure Resilience Publication IRP 6
Edited by Caroline Field, P.E., and Chris Zawislak, P.E.

blue cover with crane entitled Sustainable Procurement for Infrastructure

Sustainable Procurement for Infrastructure
Edited by Nancy Kralik, P.E., and Jeremy Chrzan, P.E.

Cover art for Engineering for Sustainable Communities

Engineering for Sustainable Communities: Principles and Practices
Edited by William E. Kelly, Ph.D., P.E.; Barbara Luke, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE; and Richard N. Wright, Ph.D., NAE