Sustainability classifications in engineering: Discipline and approach

International Journal of Sustainable Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 258-276

  Hasna, Abdallah M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Citation; Social construction; Sustainability literacy; Sustainability science

Indexed keywords

CITATION; COGNITIVE ASPECTS; ENGINEERING COMMUNITY; ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE; KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT; SCIENCE COMMUNITY; SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; SUSTAINABILITY LITERACY; SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE; TEXTUAL ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENGINEERING; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 78649541613     PISSN: 19397038     EISSN: 19397046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19397038.2010.500743     Document Type: Article

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