Sustaining change on a Canadian campus: Preparing Brock University for a sustainability audit

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-21

  Mitchell, Richard C ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Qualitative methods; Sustainable development; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651102323     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676371111098276     Document Type: Article

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