| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 318 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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text file |
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PDF |
| Series |
Management and industrial engineering,
2365-0532
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Management and industrial engineering.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This book presents the latest advances on the incorporation of sustainability in higher education. Different aspects such as the environmental, economic and social are here discussed. Several examples illustrating how sustainability in higher education is being pursued in different countries can be found in this book. Case studies include institutions from Kosovo, Brazil, Portugal, UK, Canada and USA. |
| Contents |
Sustainability as a catalyst for change in universities: New roles to meet new challenges / Dianne P. Chambers and Clare Walker -- Interdisciplinary problem-based sustainability education: The case of the CLIMASP-Tempus Minor / Vassilios Makrakis and Nelly Kostoulas-Makrakis -- Reading the signs of sustainability in Christian higher education: Symbolic value claims or substantive organizational change? / Aaron Routhe -- Sustainable development, the significance of culture: Foundations of present practices and indigenous reflections / Madhavi Venkatesan -- The performance of Brazilian government toward sustainability in the context of RIO+20 (United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development): An analysis of the Brazilian programs and the importance of education for sustainability / Jenifer Schmitt [and 3 others] -- Institutionalizing ethics of sustainability in American universities / Fayyaz Vellani and Naveed Nanjee -- Toward sustainability through higher education: Sustainable development incorporation into Portuguese higher education institutions / Ana Marta Aleixo, Ulisses Miranda Azeiteiro and Susana Leal -- Sustainability in higher education: Linking teacher education with labor market in Kosovo / Arlinda Beka -- Academic freedom, bureaucracy and procedures: the challenge of curriculum development for sustainability / Petra Molthan-Hill, Aldilla Dharmasasmita and Fiona M. Winfield -- Sustainability and performativity / Judy Rogers -- Cool breezes, cool classes: Infusing sustainability into the curriculum at California State University Monterey Bay / John Cusick -- Confronting the challenges in integrating sustainable development in a curriculum: The case of the Civil Engineering Department at Université de Sherbrooke (Canada) / Chirjiv Kaur Anand, Véronique Bisaillon and Mourad Ben Amor -- The University of Northern British Columbia's Green Fund: Crafting a tool for sustainability transformation / Ken Wilkening -- Grass roots and green shoots: Building ESD capacity at a UK university / Srephen Scoffham -- Achieving sustainability through rooftop solar electricity generation on the college campus: A case study / Anna Green, Isha Wilson and G. Bothun. |
| Language |
English. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sustainability -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Sustainable development -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Sustainability.
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Higher & further education, tertiary education. |
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Sustainability. |
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Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General. |
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Sustainability |
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Sustainable development -- Study and teaching (Higher) |
| Added Author |
Davim, J. Paulo, editor.
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Leal Filho, Walter, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9783319237046 (DLC) 2015948734 (OCoLC)915120099 |
| ISBN |
9783319237053 (electronic bk.) |
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3319237055 (electronic bk.) |
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9783319237046 (print) |
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3319237047 (print) |
| Standard No. |
10.1007/978-3-319-23705-3 |
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