Observations of sustainability practices in Malaysian research universities: Highlighting particular strengths

Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 225-244

  Saadatian, Omidreza ^a   Salleh, Elias Ilias ^a   Tahir, Osman Mohd ^a   Dola, Kamariah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Malaysian research universities; Sustainability initiatives; Sustainable higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 76549108781     PISSN: 01287702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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