Developing a quantitative tool for sustainability assessment of HEIs

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 355-368

  Waheed, Bushra ^a   Khan, Faisal I ^a   Veitch, Brian ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Decision making; Driving force pressure state effect exposure action (DPSEEA); Sustainability; Sustainability index (SI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053308635     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676371111168278     Document Type: Article

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