TY - JOUR
T1 - An overview of university level sustainable transportation curricula in North America and Europe
AU - Wu, Yen Chun J.
AU - Lu, Chung Cheng J.
AU - Lirn, Taih Cherng
AU - Yuan, Chih Hung
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to express our gratitude to the editor and the reviewers for their constructive comments and kind assistance in improving the quality of our manuscript. This project was made possible by financial support provided by the National Science Council of Taiwan under the Project No. NSC-100-2628-S-110-006-MY4. Special thanks go to Mr. Kung-Chu Valent Liu for his invaluable assistance in data collection.
PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - This paper analyzes the public content on the websites of targeted universities in North America and English speaking-Europe to examine their commitment to education in sustainable transportation. Analyzing about 5000 shows that most of them were worth three credits, more sustainable transportation courses were offered to graduate students than to undergraduates, lecturing was the most common teaching method, and, on average, North American universities offered more sustainable transport courses than did their European counterparts. Finally, the environmental issue was emphasized and discussed far more than the economic and social issues in the sustainable transport context.
AB - This paper analyzes the public content on the websites of targeted universities in North America and English speaking-Europe to examine their commitment to education in sustainable transportation. Analyzing about 5000 shows that most of them were worth three credits, more sustainable transportation courses were offered to graduate students than to undergraduates, lecturing was the most common teaching method, and, on average, North American universities offered more sustainable transport courses than did their European counterparts. Finally, the environmental issue was emphasized and discussed far more than the economic and social issues in the sustainable transport context.
KW - Content analysis
KW - Education
KW - Environmental curricula
KW - Sustainable transportation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.trd.2013.10.006
DO - 10.1016/j.trd.2013.10.006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84887509984
VL - 26
SP - 27
EP - 31
JO - Transportation Research, Part D: Transport and Environment
JF - Transportation Research, Part D: Transport and Environment
SN - 1361-9209
ER -
