A review of commitment and implementation of sustainable development in higher education: Results from a worldwide survey

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 108, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-18

  Lozano, Rodrigo ^a,b   Ceulemans, Kim ^c   Alonso Almeida, Mar ^d   Huisingh, Donald ^e   Lozano, Francisco J ^f   Waas, Tom ^g   Lambrechts, Wim ^c,h   Lukman, Rebeka ^i,j   Hugé, Jean ^h  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ORGANISATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^f SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

ⁱ Nigrad Dd   (Slovenia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

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Author keywords

Commitment; Declarations; Higher education for sustainable development (HESD); Implementation; The higher education institution system

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; RECORDS MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMMITMENT; DECLARATIONS; HIGHER EDUCATION; HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS; IMPLEMENTATION;

PLANNING;

EID: 84938208169     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.09.048     Document Type: Article

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