Integrating environmental sustainability into universities

Higher Education

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-90

  Ralph, Meredith ^a   Stubbs, Wendy ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barriers; Drivers; Education for sustainability; Environmental sustainability; Integration; Universities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892437070     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-013-9641-9     Document Type: Article

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