A systems approach to education for sustainability in higher education

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 367-383

  Littledyke, Michael ^a   Manolas, Evangelos ^b   Littledyke, Ros Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Higher education; International; Sustainability; Systems model; University

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883677200     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJSHE-01-2012-0011     Document Type: Article

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