Teaching Urban Sustainability: A Study Abroad Perspective
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Study Abroad–Trends and Benefits
3. Experiencing Edinburgh
4. Sustainability in History
4.1. Part I: The Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
4.2. Part II: Walking through a Landscape That Doesn’t Yet Exist
5. Student Response
5.1. Experiential Learning
5.2. Sustainability Practices
5.3. Sustainability in Scotland and Beyond
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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1 | McKee et al. (2017) point out the importance of spatial nuance when talking about “UK housing policy,” for the Scottish Parliament has had devolved control of housing policy, since its reconstitution at the turn of the millennium. Despite this, the dominant ideals and policies in Scottish housing policy at the time when the Craigmillar regeneration project was formulated were virtually synonymous with policy across the rest of the UK. |
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Buckley, G.; Paul, T.; Kallin, H.; Cornell, H. Teaching Urban Sustainability: A Study Abroad Perspective. Soc. Sci. 2019, 8, 254. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci8090254
Buckley G, Paul T, Kallin H, Cornell H. Teaching Urban Sustainability: A Study Abroad Perspective. Social Sciences. 2019; 8(9):254. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci8090254
Chicago/Turabian StyleBuckley, Geoffrey, Tawny Paul, Hamish Kallin, and Harriet Cornell. 2019. "Teaching Urban Sustainability: A Study Abroad Perspective" Social Sciences 8, no. 9: 254. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci8090254