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Title
Harnessing the impacts of schools: new insights for sustainable community development
Description
This dissertation explores the unique role schools play in contributing toward a sustainable future for their communities. This was undertaken by first conducting a thorough review and analysis of the literature on the current utilization of schools as agents of sustainable development, along with an evaluation of schools engaging in this model around the United States. Following this, a framework was developed to aid in the assessment of school-community engagements from the perspective of social change. Sustainability problem solving tools were synthesized for use by schools and community stakeholders, and were tested in the case study of this dissertation. This case study combined methods from the fields of sustainable development, transition management, and social change to guide two schools in their attempts to increase community sustainability through addressing a shared sustainability problem: childhood obesity. The case study facilitated the creation of a sustainable vision for the Phoenix Metropolitan Area without childhood obesity, as well as strategic actions plans for each school to utilize as they move forward on addressing this challenge.
Date Created
2013
Contributors
- Lawless, Tamara Hope (Author)
- Golub, Aaron (Thesis advisor)
- Redman, Charles (Committee member)
- Schugurensky, Daniel, 1958- (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Topical Subject
Resource Type
Extent
x, 153 p. : ill. (some col.)
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
Primary Member of
Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.20836
Statement of Responsibility
by Tamara Hope Lawless
Description Source
Viewed on Mar. 12, 2014
Level of coding
full
Note
thesis
Partial requirement for: Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2013
bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-111)
Field of study: Sustainability
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- 2021-08-30 01:37:38
- 3 years 2 months ago
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