Roles of academia in regional sustainability initiatives: outreach for a more sustainable future

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1053-1056

  Zilahy, Gyula ^a   Huisingh, Donald ^b   Melanen, Matti ^c   Phillips, Victor D ^d   Sheffy, John ^d  

^a Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

Author keywords

Community development; Regional sustainable development initiatives; Sustainable development; The Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD); University outreach

Indexed keywords

CLEANER PRODUCTION; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; FUNDING SOURCES; HIGHER EDUCATION; OUTREACH ACTIVITY; REGIONAL LEVELS; REGIONAL SUSTAINABILITY; REGIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES; THE DECADE OF EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (DESD); UNIVERSITY OUTREACH;

DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); PUBLIC POLICY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; STUDENTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEACHING;

REGIONAL PLANNING;

EID: 67349194668     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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