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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450749203321

Titolo

Engineering education in sustainable development [[electronic resource] /] / guest editors Didac Ferrer-Balas and Karen Mulder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2005

ISBN

1-280-50916-3

9786610509164

1-84544-431-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (107 p.)

Collana

International journal of sustainability in higher education ; ; v.6, no. 3

Altri autori (Persone)

Ferrer-Balas

MulderKaren

Disciplina

607.1

Soggetti

Education, Higher - Environmental aspects

Sustainable development

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; EDITORIAL BOARD; Guest editorial; Sustainability: necessity for a prosperous society; Embedding sustainable development at Cambridge University Engineering Department; Learning about environmental issues; Introduction of sustainable development in engineers' curricula; Engineering sustainable solutions program; Development education and engineering; News; Books and resources; Diary; Feature;

Sommario/riassunto

This e-book on "Engineering education in sustainable development" contains six papers that were presented at the conference with the same title that took place at Barcelona, 27-29 October 2004. The purpose of this conference – the third in the series - is to explore the way future technologists are educated and the impact of their education in addressing global sustainability issues.  One of the main outputs of the EESD II conference was the Barcelona Declaration on Engineering Education in Sustainable Development. This declaration [published in the Features section of this e-book] refers to t