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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797415203321

Titolo

Sustainability in higher education / / edited by J. Paulo Davim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waltham, MA : , : Chandos Publishing, , [2015]

�2015

ISBN

0-08-100375-7

0-08-100367-6

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 131 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

Chandos information professional series

Disciplina

378.1

Soggetti

Universities and colleges - Environmental aspects - United States

Campus planning - Environmental aspects - United States

Environmental management - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Putting sustainable development in practice : campus greening as a tool for institutional sustainability efforts -- 2. Management education for sustainability : deriving learning formats from competence requirements -- 3. U.S. and international community-based sustainability projects for deep learning -- 4. Inculcating sustainability among first-year engineering students using cooperative problem-based learning -- 5. Sustainability in engineering education : an approach to reach significant learning and character skills.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides discussions on the exchange of information between different aspects of sustainability in higher education. This book includes chapter contributions from authors who have provided case studies on various areas of education for sustainability.