Education for sustainable development at Universities in Japan

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 202-216

  Kitamura, Yuto ^a   Hoshii, Naoko ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Education; Japan; Learning; Sustainable development; Teaching; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954409650     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676371011058514     Document Type: Article

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