Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Walter Leal Filho

• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020
• Disciplina: 338.927
• Soggetto topico: Higher education; Environmental policy; Sociology; Civil law; Teaching; Higher Education; Environmental Policy; Sociology, general; Civil Law; Teaching and Teacher Education
• Persona (resp. second.): Leal FilhoWalter
• Nota di contenuto: Environmental resources and sustainable development -- ESD Pedagogies -- Estate Management and sustainable development -- Innovation in sustainable development -- Knowledge Management and sustainable development -- Leadership and sustainability -- Long-Term Planning and sustainable development -- Networking for sustainable development -- Online classes and sustainability,definiton and relevance -- Professional Development and sustainability -- Programme Evaluation -- Purchasing policy for sustainable development -- Resource Efficiency and sustainability -- Risk assessment and sustainable development -- Risk Management for sustainable development -- Self-management of sustainability processes -- Stakeholder analysis through sustainability issues -- Sustainability Barriers -- Sustainability in Higher Education Declarations -- Sustainability Office -- Sustainability perceptions -- Sustainable transportation methods -- Transition Management techniques for sustainable development -- Waste Management strategies for sustainable development -- Carbon footprint assessments and sustainable development -- Carbon neutrality and sustainable development -- Climate finance and sustainable development -- Common but Differentiated Responsibilities (CBDR) and sustainable development -- Conscious consumption and sustainable development -- Conservation and sustainable development -- Continuous improvement and sustainability -- Cradle-to-Cradle and sustainable development -- Cradle-to-Grave and sustainable development -- Divestment and sustainable development -- Economic equity and sustainable development -- Environmental justice and sustainable development -- Environmental Policy Statement and sustainable development -- Externalities in sustainability processes -- Facilities management and sustainable development -- Grassroots activism and sustainable development -- Green house gases and sustainable development -- Holistic approaches and sustainable development.
• Sommario/riassunto: This encyclopedia serves as a tool to support universities across the world to implement sustainable development in higher education in a number of key areas, such as: 1. Policy-making, visioning, structures, management and strategies 2. Teaching, learning and competencies 3. Research and transformation 4. Campus greening, design, operations and carbon impacts 5. Students and stakeholders´ initiatives and involvement The encyclopedia will be of special interest to administrators and managers at higher education institutions; academic staff (e.g. lecturers, professors, researchers); technical staff and students. Also, other groups working outside higher education, but interested on the theory and practice of sustainable development, will find its contents useful.
• Titolo autorizzato: Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education
• ISBN: 3-319-63951-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910410018903321
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