Encyclopedia of sustainability in higher education

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Encyclopedia of sustainability in higher education

Walter Leal Filho, editor

(Springer reference)

Springer, c2019

  • : set
  • v. 1
  • v. 2
  • v. 3

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"With 274 figures and 164 tables"

Vol. 1. A-F -- v. 2. G-R -- v. 3. S-Z

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This encyclopedia serves as a tool to support universities across the world to implement sustainable development in higher education in a number of key areas, spread over 5 Sections:1. Policy-making, visioning, structures, management and strategies 2. Teaching, learning and competencies 3. Research and transformation 4. Campus greening, design, operations and carbon impacts5. Students and stakeholders initiatives and involvement The encyclopedia will be of special interest to administrators and managers at higher education institutions; academic staff (e.g. lecturers, professors, researchers); technical staff and students. Also, other groups working outside higher education, but interested on the theory and practice of sustainable development, will find its contents useful.

Table of Contents

From the contents: Environmental resources and sustainable development.- ESD Pedagogies.- Estate Management and sustainable development.- Innovation in sustainable development.- Knowledge Management and sustainable development.- Leadership and sustainability.- Long-Term Planning and sustainable development.- Networking for sustainable development.- Online classes and sustainability,definiton and relevance.- Professional Development and sustainability.- Programme Evaluation.- Purchasing policy for sustainable development.- Resource Efficiency and sustainability.- Risk assessment and sustainable development.- Risk Management for sustainable development.- Self-management of sustainability processes.- Stakeholder analysis through sustainability issues.- Sustainability Barriers.- Sustainability in Higher Education Declarations.- Sustainability Office.- Sustainability perceptions.- Sustainable transportation methods.- Transition Management techniques for sustainable development.- Waste Management strategies for sustainable development.- Carbon footprint assessments and sustainable development.- Carbon neutrality and sustainable development.- Climate finance and sustainable development.- Common but Differentiated Responsibilities (CBDR) and sustainable development.- Conscious consumption and sustainable development.- Conservation and sustainable development.- Continuous improvement and sustainability.- Cradle-to-Cradle and sustainable development.- Cradle-to-Grave and sustainable development.- Divestment and sustainable development.- Economic equity and sustainable development.- Environmental justice and sustainable development.- Environmental Policy Statement and sustainable development.- Externalities in sustainability processes.- Facilities management and sustainable development.- Grassroots activism and sustainable development.- Green house gases and sustainable development.- Holistic approaches and sustainable development.

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Details

  • NCID
    BB30435841
  • ISBN
    • 9783030113513
  • Country Code
    sz
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cham
  • Pages/Volumes
    3 v. (xliv, 2104 p.)
  • Size
    26 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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