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Challenges in Higher Education for Sustainability

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Editors:
  1. J. Paulo Davim

    1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

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  2. Walter Leal Filho

    1. Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

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  • Gives the reader a comprehensive knowledge of higher education research and sustainability
  • Presents innovative practices and theories in the field of higher education
  • Provides case studies of Universities in different countries
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Management and Industrial Engineering (MINEN)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Sustainability as a Catalyst for Change in Universities: New Roles to Meet New Challenges

    • Dianne P. Chambers, Clare Walker
    Pages 1-14

  3. Interdisciplinary Problem-Based Sustainability Education: The Case of the CLIMASP-Tempus Minor

    • Vassilios Makrakis, Nelly Kostoulas-Makrakis
    Pages 15-33

  4. Reading the Signs of Sustainability in Christian Higher Education: Symbolic Value Claims or Substantive Organizational Change?

    • Aaron Routhe
    Pages 35-102

  5. Sustainable Development, the Significance of Culture: Foundations of Present Practices and Indigenous Reflections

    • Madhavi Venkatesan
    Pages 103-118

  6. The Performance of Brazilian Government Toward Sustainability in the Context of RIO+20 (United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development): An Analysis of the Brazilian Programs and the Importance of Education for Sustainability

    • Jenifer Schmitt, Jéssica Garcia, João Marcelo Pereira Ribeiro, José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Guerra
    Pages 119-146

  7. Institutionalizing Ethics of Sustainability in American Universities

    • Fayyaz Vellani, Naveed Nanjee
    Pages 147-158

  8. Toward Sustainability Through Higher Education: Sustainable Development Incorporation into Portuguese Higher Education Institutions

    • Ana Marta Aleixo, Ulisses Miranda Azeiteiro, Susana Leal
    Pages 159-187

  9. Sustainability in Higher Education: Linking Teacher Education with Labor Market in Kosovo

    • Arlinda Beka
    Pages 189-197

  10. Academic Freedom, Bureaucracy and Procedures: The Challenge of Curriculum Development for Sustainability

    • Petra Molthan-Hill, Aldilla Dharmasasmita, Fiona M. Winfield
    Pages 199-215

  11. Sustainability and Performativity

    • Judy Rogers
    Pages 217-229

  12. Cool Breezes, Cool Classes: Infusing Sustainability into the Curriculum at California State University Monterey Bay

    • John Cusick
    Pages 231-246

  13. Confronting the Challenges in Integrating Sustainable Development in a Curriculum: The Case of the Civil Engineering Department at Université de Sherbrooke (Canada)

    • Chirjiv Kaur Anand, Véronique Bisaillon, Mourad Ben Amor
    Pages 247-263

  14. The University of Northern British Columbia’s Green Fund: Crafting a Tool for Sustainability Transformation

    • Ken Wilkening
    Pages 265-282

  15. Grass Roots and Green Shoots: Building ESD Capacity at a UK University

    • Stephen Scoffham
    Pages 283-297

  16. Achieving Sustainability Through Rooftop Solar Electricity Generation on the College Campus: A Case Study

    • Anna Green, Isha Wilson, G. Bothun
    Pages 299-316

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 317-318
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About this book

This book presents the latest advances on the incorporation of sustainability in higher education. Different aspects such as the environmental, economic and social are here discussed. Several examples illustrating how sustainability in higher education is being pursued in different countries can be found in this book. Case studies include institutions from Kosovo, Brazil, Portugal, UK, Canada and USA.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

    J. Paulo Davim

  • Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Challenges in Higher Education for Sustainability

  • Editors: J. Paulo Davim, Walter Leal Filho

  • Series Title: Management and Industrial Engineering

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23705-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-23704-6Published: 12 November 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37330-0Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-23705-3Published: 31 October 2015

  • Series ISSN: 2365-0532

  • Series E-ISSN: 2365-0540

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 318

  • Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Higher Education, Sustainable Development

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