The future we want key issues on sustainable development in higher education after rio and the un decade of education for sustainable development

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 112-129

  Filho, Walter Leal ^a   Manolas, Evangelos ^b   Pace, Paul ^c  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

Education for sustainable development; Higher education; Post Rio_20; Rio_20; Sustainability; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921029705     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJSHE-03-2014-0036     Document Type: Article

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