Monitoring networking between higher education institutions and regional actors

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 105-113

  Mader, Marlene ^a   Mader, Clemens ^b   Zimmermann, Friedrich M ^a   Görsdorf Lechevin, Elisabeth ^a   Diethart, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Graz Model for Integrative Development; Higher education; Networking

Indexed keywords

PLANNING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CAPACITY BUILDING; EUROPEAN UNION; GRAZ MODEL FOR INTEGRATIVE DEVELOPMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS; LIFE LONG LEARNING; NETWORKING; SOLUTION-FINDING PROCESS;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84879885697     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.07.046     Document Type: Article

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