Education for sustainability: Developing a postgraduate-level subject with an international perspective

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-15

  Buchan, Graeme D ^a   Spellerberg, Ian F ^a   Blum, Winfried E h ^b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Curriculum development; Masters degrees; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845737540     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676370710717553     Document Type: Article

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