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    Qudsia Kalsoom

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Kalsoom, Q. (2019). Attitude Change to Sustainable Development. In: Leal Filho, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63951-2_160-1

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