What has to be learnt for sustainability? A comparison of bachelor engineering education competences at three European universities

Sustainability Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-27

  Segalàs, Jordi ^a   Ferrer Balas, D ^a   Svanstrom M ^b   Lundqvist, U ^b   Mulder, K F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Competences; Education; Engineering; Europe; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 64449086665     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-009-0068-2     Document Type: Article

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