The need for inclusion of environmental education in undergraduate engineering curricula

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 126-137

  Abdul Wahab, Sabah A ^a   Abdulraheem, Mahmood Y ^b   Hutchinson, Melanie ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b Regional Office for West Asia   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Engineering; Pollution; Production; Students; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986135951     PISSN: 14676370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14676370310467140     Document Type: Article

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