Teaching industrial ecology at Dalian University of Technology: Toward improving overall eco-efficiency

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 978-989

  Geng, Yong ^a   Mitchell, Bruce ^b   Zhu, Qinghua ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Curriculum; Eco efficiency; Education; Industrial ecology; Pedagogy

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LEARNING; CIRCULAR ECONOMY; CLEANER PRODUCTION; CRITICAL REFLECTIONS; DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY; DESIGN FOR ENVIRONMENT; ECO-EFFICIENCY; ECO-INDUSTRIAL PARK; ENGLISH LANGUAGES; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; GRADING SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL SYMBIOSIS; INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT; LIFE-CYCLE MANAGEMENT; ORAL PRESENTATIONS; RESEARCH PAPERS; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEACHING METHODOLOGIES; TEACHING MODULE;

CURRICULA; ECOLOGY; EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRY; PARKS; RESEARCH; STUDENTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

TEACHING;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; RESOURCE DEPLETION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 75649131787     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2009.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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