Using a spare time university for climate change education

Climate Change Management

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 193-204

  Glantz, Michael H ^a   Kelman, Ilan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate change education; Distance learning; ICT for development; Information and communication technologies; Spare time university

Indexed keywords

EID: 84967278612     PISSN: 16102002     EISSN: 16102010     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-10751-1_16     Document Type: Chapter

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