Water conservation as a tool to support sustainable practices in a Brazilian public university

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 98-106

  Marinho, Maerbal ^a   Gonçalves, Maria Do Socorro ^a   Kiperstok, Asher ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b Clean Technology Network of Bahia TECLIM PEI UFBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian universities; Higher education; Sustainable practices; Sustainable universities; Water conservation

Indexed keywords

BRAZILIAN UNIVERSITIES; FINANCIAL SAVINGS; HIGHER EDUCATION; PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES; SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES; SUSTAINABLE UNIVERSITIES; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS; UNIVERSITY CAMPUS;

RESEARCH; STUDENTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOOLS; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER CONSERVATION;

EID: 84887228476     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.06.053     Document Type: Article

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