The Pacific way: Sustainability in higher education in the South Pacific Island nations

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 130-140

  Corcoran, Peter Blaze ^a   Koshy, Kanayathu Chacko ^b  

^a FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Higher education; Oceania; Pacific region; Regional development; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952149770     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676371011031856     Document Type: Article

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