Engineering education in sustainable development / guest editors Didac Ferrer-Balas and Karen Mulder.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ferrer-Balas.

Mulder, Karen.

Series:

International journal of sustainability in higher education ; v.6, no. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Environmental aspects.

Education, Higher.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (107 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This e-book on "Engineering education in sustainable development" contains six papers that were presented at the conference with the same title that took place at Barcelona, 27-29 October 2004. The purpose of this conference – the third in the series - is to explore the way future technologists are educated and the impact of their education in addressing global sustainability issues. One of the main outputs of the EESD II conference was the Barcelona Declaration on Engineering Education in Sustainable Development. This declaration [published in the Features section of this e-book] refers to t

Contents:

CONTENTS; EDITORIAL BOARD; Guest editorial; Sustainability: necessity for a prosperous society; Embedding sustainable development at Cambridge University Engineering Department; Learning about environmental issues; Introduction of sustainable development in engineers' curricula; Engineering sustainable solutions program; Development education and engineering; News; Books and resources; Diary; Feature;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-50916-3

9786610509164

1-84544-431-0

OCLC:

62470522