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Using Higher Education-Community Partnerships to Promote Urban Sustainability

Using Higher Education-Community Partnerships to Promote Urban Sustainability by Carina Molnar, Thor Ritz, Benjamin Heller, and William Solecki USES would work as an operationally reflective initiative whereby curricula and place based learning opportunities would vary on a year or semester basis. Students and researchers will work with local stakeholders to identify relevant and timely projects that directly serve community needs, as defined by the USES board. he search for greater sus- that this population accounts for a dis- achieving sustainability goals, a crucial tainability opportunities proportionate share of greenhouse gas question is: How can sustainability con- must include a focus on emissions, it is the projection of future cepts, research, and emerging technolo- cities and the process urban growth that is even more pro- gies be rapidly integrated into the eve- T of global urbanization. vocative. The United Nations estimates ryday practice and life of urban places? How cities are built today and the life- that by 2050, the world’s urban popula- In this paper, we argue that institu- style of urban residents will influence tion is expected to almost double (from tions of higher education (e.g., univer- the extent to which sustainability goals 3.45 billion to 6.3 billion as a medium sities and colleges), especially those http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development Taylor & Francis

Using Higher Education-Community Partnerships to Promote Urban Sustainability

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Taylor & Francis
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1939-9154
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10.1080/00139157.2011.539944
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by Carina Molnar, Thor Ritz, Benjamin Heller, and William Solecki USES would work as an operationally reflective initiative whereby curricula and place based learning opportunities would vary on a year or semester basis. Students and researchers will work with local stakeholders to identify relevant and timely projects that directly serve community needs, as defined by the USES board. he search for greater sus- that this population accounts for a dis- achieving sustainability goals, a crucial tainability opportunities proportionate share of greenhouse gas question is: How can sustainability con- must include a focus on emissions, it is the projection of future cepts, research, and emerging technolo- cities and the process urban growth that is even more pro- gies be rapidly integrated into the eve- T of global urbanization. vocative. The United Nations estimates ryday practice and life of urban places? How cities are built today and the life- that by 2050, the world’s urban popula- In this paper, we argue that institu- style of urban residents will influence tion is expected to almost double (from tions of higher education (e.g., univer- the extent to which sustainability goals 3.45 billion to 6.3 billion as a medium sities and colleges), especially those

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Published: Dec 30, 2010

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