The Contribution of Universities Towards Education for Sustainable Development

The book gathers inputs from universities and research organizations working on matters related to sustainable development in a variety of contexts. It also provides a platform for the dissemination of information on the latest initiatives, paving the way for technology transfer and networking. Furt...

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Other Authors: Leal Filho, Walter (Editor), Dibbern, Thais (Editor), de Maya, Salvador Ruiz (Editor), Alarcón-del-Amo, María-del-Carmen (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer Nature Switzerland 2024, 2024
Edition:1st ed. 2024
Series:World Sustainability Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 12. Energy Consumption Evaluation for an Experimental Supermarket Located ona University Campus (Thiago Toledo Viana Rodrigues)
  • Chapter 13. Mapping the environmental quality of university campus areas for the needs of blue-green infrastructure planning (Jan Kopp, Jiří Preis)
  • Chapter 14. The Effect of Architectural Parameters on the Risk of Infection by Airborne Diseases in Classrooms (Pedro Carmo e Souza)
  • Chapter 15. Implementation of a transversal and multidisciplinary sustainability project for the development of student’s final projects at the Engineering School of Bilbao, UPV/EHU (Spain) (Esther Acha)
  • Chapter 7. A Guide on Environmental Education: Current Pedagogical Problems and Recommendations for its Implementation in the University English Classroom (Estefanía Sánchez Auñón)
  • Chapter 8. The integration of ESD in geography syllabi at higher education level in Malta (Rebecca Cassar and Mark Mifsud)
  • Chapter 9. Ecological Design as Framework of the Sustainable Systems (MS3) Curriculum: A Historical Review of Achievements, Challenges and Community Outreach in Architecture for Sustainability (Bruno Borsari)
  • Chapter 10. Environmental sustainability in traditional university libraries: contributions from bim/bes integration to the thermal performance and books conservation (Carolina Vaz)
  • Chapter 11. Implementing sustainability programs in universities – An overview of evolution and challenges from a global and Brazilian perspective (Gustavo José Rodrigues Lopes)
  • Chapter 1. Are the UN SDGs being implemented in geography courses at Spanish universities? (Carlos Martínez-Hernández)
  • Chapter 2. Contributing to food security and sovereignty: Promoting sustainable production, using as an example the standardization of the conditions of a low energy consumption process for the dehydration of strawberry flakes in México (Abraham Juárez Ma. del Rosario)
  • Chapter 3. Towards Sustainable Mining Operations: Optimizing Thermal and Environmental Conditions for Underground Workers Using CFD Analysis (Juan Carlos Baltazar Vera)
  • Chapter 4. Education for sustainable development in Higher education institutions (Gemma Tejedor)
  • Chapter 5. Fieldwork Resource Pack as a tool in the teaching of Chemistry and Education for Sustainability in Secondary Schools (Nadine Sciortino)
  • Chapter 6. Sustainability in Higher Education Institutions and the Brazilian Environmental Agenda in Public Administration (Laís Viera Trevisan)