Engineering education in sustainability development / Guest editor, Carel Mulder.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mulder, Carel.

Series:

International journal of sustainability in higher education ; v. 5, no. 3.

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. No. 3 ; Vol. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development.

Engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (103 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Scholars and professionals committed to fostering sustainable development have urged a re-examination of the curriculum and restructuring of research in engineering-focused institutions of higher learning. This article will address the following themes and questions: How can multi- and trans-disciplinary teaching and research coexist in a meaningful way in today's university structures? Does education relevant to sustainable development require its own protected incubating environment to survive, or will it otherwise be gobbled up and marginalized by attempting to instil it throughout the trad

Contents:

CONTENTS; EDITORIAL BOARD; Abstracts and keywords; Guest editorial; Major challenges to engineering education for sustainable development; Advances in education transformation towards sustainable development at the Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona; Implementing a program in sustainability for engineers at University of Technology, Sydney; Integrating SD into engineering courses at the Delft University of Technology; A sustainable development course for environmental engineers in Kyrgyzstan; Learning about environmental issues in engineering programmes

Arsenic mitigation and social mobilisation in BangladeshNews; Books and resources; Diary; Feature

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-51466-3

9786610514663

1-84544-207-5

OCLC:

70728380