Sustainable Universities
Subtitle: An Overview to Sustainability in Higher Education Buildings
Publisher: PUBLisH.MY
Published: Oct,19, 2011
Place of publication: The United States
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 92
ISBN-13: 9781466488007
Description: The field of Sustainable Development and the concept of the Sustainable University have attracted the attention of many academicians around the globe, and have thrown up a number of important questions. This book has the answers to all these important questions: What is Sustainable Development and what constitutes a Sustainable University? Where did the story of Sustainable Development begin, and where are we now? And finally, of course, how do we measure whether a university is considered sustainable or not? In answering the above questions, the authors have compiled definitions, concepts, and the history of both Sustainable Development (SD) and Sustainability in Higher Education (SHE). They highlight the related theories and identify the many components of the Sustainable University, focusing on the various assessment tools used throughout the world.
Table of contents: title: ACKNOWLEDGMENT	5; title: LIST OF ABBRAVIATIONS	6; title: CHAPTER ONE	8; title: INTRODUCTION	9; title: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT	10; title: HISTORY OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT	12; title: 1. Pre-Stockholm	13; title: 1.1 Religious and Traditional Aspects	13; title: 1.2 Theory of Limits and SD	14; title: 1.3 Over-organized Systems Theory	15; title: 2.  From Stockholm to WCED (1972–1987)	16; title: 2.1 Club of Rome	16; title: 3. Post WCED-(1987–2011)	16; title: 3.1 Kyoto Protocol and Rio	17; title: 3.2 Rio+5	17; title: 3.3 Johannesburg Summit (Rio+10)	18; title: 3.4 Bali Road Map 2007	18; title: 3.5 The 2009 Copenhagen Summit	19; title: 3.6 Full-Fledged City	20; title: CHAPTER TWO	22