Defining sustainability metric targets in an institutional setting

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-117

  Rauch, Jason N ^a   Newman, Julie ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Higher education; Measurement; Sustainable development; Targets; United States of America; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 69649094512     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676370910945927     Document Type: Article

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