Region-wide education for sustainable development networks of universities in the Asia-Pacific

Cross-border Partnerships in Higher Education: Strategies and Issues

Volumn 9780203849262, Issue , 2010, Pages 209-227

  Nomura, Ko ^a   Natori, Yoshihiro ^b   Abe, Osamu ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84911098741     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203849262     Document Type: Chapter

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