Understanding and advancing campus sustainability using a systems framework

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 264-277

  Posner, Stephen M ^a   Stuart, Ralph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Campus sustainability; Complexity; Leverage points; Organizational change; Systems; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880180334     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJSHE-08-2011-0055     Document Type: Article

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