Higher Education and Sustainability : Opportunities and Challenges for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals.

The book provides descriptions of experiences from research and educational sustainability projects and the role HEIs can play together with contributions presenting a variety of initiatives showing how SDGs are being implemented. The book promotes the theoretical and practical understanding on this...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Azeiteiro, Ulisses, Davim, J. Paulo
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Milton : CRC Press LLC, 2019.
Colección:Higher Education and Sustainability series.
Temas:
Education, Higher > Environmental aspects > Cross-cultural studies.
Environmental education > Cross-cultural studies.
Sustainable development > Cross-cultural studies.
Enseignement supérieur > Aspect de l'environnement > Études transculturelles.
Développement durable > Études transculturelles.
TECHNOLOGY > Electricity.
TECHNOLOGY > Engineering > Industrial.
TECHNOLOGY > Environmental Engineering & Technology.
Environmental education
Sustainable development
Cross-cultural studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The book provides descriptions of experiences from research and educational sustainability projects and the role HEIs can play together with contributions presenting a variety of initiatives showing how SDGs are being implemented. The book promotes the theoretical and practical understanding on this thematic and disseminates knowledge and international research and cooperation. Contributions cover the role of SDGs in advancing implementation of sustainable development, sustainability in higher education, the role of universities in sustainable development, new paths towards sustainable development and e-learning contributions. Features Focuses on theoretical and practical understanding on Sustainability, Higher Education and SDGs to disseminate knowledge and promote research and cooperation Includes lessons learned from sustainability research and educational challenges presenting case studies, technological developments, outputs of research and studies, best practices and examples of successful projects Discusses relevant and international perspectives on sustainability, higher education and SGDs Presents local and international contributions on a variety of initiatives showing how SDGs are being implemented
Descripción Física:1 online resource (343 pages)
ISBN:9781351368360
1351368362
9781315150161
1315150166
9781351368353
1351368354
9781351368346
1351368346
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