The roles, perspectives and limitations of environmental accounting in higher educational institutions: An emergy synthesis study of the engineering programme at the Paulista University in Brazil

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 380-391

  Almeida, C M V B ^a   Santos, A P Z ^a   Bonilla, S H ^a   Giannetti, B F ^a   Huisingh, D ^b  

^a PAULISTA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergy; Engineering; Environmental accounting; Information; University

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERICS; CURRICULA; DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INVESTMENTS;

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; EMERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTINGS; INFORMATION; SOCIAL ACTIVITIES; SUSTAINABILITY PRINCIPLES; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; UNIVERSITY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84878420401     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.03.008     Document Type: Article

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