Considerations on educating engineers in sustainability

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-155

  Boyle, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Education; Environmental engineering; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986031607     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676370410526233     Document Type: Article

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