An international Master's program in green ICT as a contribution to sustainable development

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 135, Issue , 2016, Pages 223-239

  Klimova, Alexandra ^a   Rondeau, Eric ^b,c   Andersson, Karl ^d   Porras, Jari ^e   Rybin, Andrei ^a   Zaslavsky, Arkady ^f  

^a ITMO UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN AUTOMATIQUE DE NANCY   (France)

^d LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Curriculum design and development; Environmental education; Green ICT; Interdisciplinary program; International Master's program; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CURRICULA; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD SUPPLY; PLANNING; THERMAL PROCESSING (FOODS); UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

CURRICULUM DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; GREEN ICT; INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS; INTERNATIONAL MASTER'S PROGRAM;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84990065797     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.06.032     Document Type: Article

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