scholarly journals Development of a progressive green university campus maturity assessment tool and framework for Malaysian universities

2019 ◽  
Vol 266 ◽  
pp. 01018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christy P. Gomez ◽  
Ng Yin Yin
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
University Campus ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
Green Campus ◽  
Managerial Experience ◽  
Level Of Importance ◽  
Rating Criteria

Globally there is an increasing focus on green and sustainability practice within university campuses. However, this is not the case in Malaysia. This paper proposes a green maturity framework for Malaysian universities based on having identified criteria for achieving greener university campus relevant to Malaysian context. Additionally, obstacles faced by universities in the development of green university campuses are identified. Two sets of questionnaire survey forms were used to collect data. The questionnaire for identifying green campus rating criteria to form the Green University Campus Maturity (GUCM) Assessment Tool based on 9 categories was distributed to GBI facilitators. The criteria’s weightage for scoring was based on the average level of importance as decided by the respondents. The questionnaire for identifying the obstacles faced by universities (Areas to Address) was categorized into economic, organizational and social/behavioural/technical and distributed to the respective Department of Sustainable Development staff in public universities. Lack of relevant managerial experience in implementing green university projects and lack of funding were found to be the main obstacles in the development of green university campus. The GUCM Assessment Tool alongside the Areas to Address can be used as a county-specific GUCM framework for achieving progressive sustainability attainment by Malaysian universities.

scholarly journals Breastfeeding-Friendly Policies And Programs In Selected Public Universities In Ghana

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred Yao Gbagbo ◽  
Jacqueline Nkrumah
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Cape Coast ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
Policy Program ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Policies And Programs ◽  
Childcare Policy

Abstract Background The United Nations through its Sustainable Development Goals 3 and 5 has championed Women empowerment for exclusive breastfeeding through various action plans and expected the concept to be decentralized through locally mandatory implementation of various institutional policies and programs in member Countries. Using Kabeer’s empowerment concept, the authors in this paper assessed the availability and implementation of breastfeeding policies and programs in selected public universities in Ghana. MethodsThe study design was an integration of descriptive, exploratory, and case study using an unstructured interview guide developed by the authors for qualitative data collection. Thematic analysis of data on breastfeeding experiences was done yielding three main categories (breastfeeding policy and programs, support, and views on breastfeeding) emerged during data analysis. The in-depth interviews of respondents lasted 60 minutes. The University of Cape-Coast Ethics Review Board gave ethical approval for the study. ResultsAlthough Ghana has ascribed to various international conventions on childcare and developed policies enshrined in its labour law to support breastfeeding, none of the universities in this study has a formal breastfeeding/childcare policy/program and there are no future policy plans for on-campus facilities to enhance breastfeeding. Financial cost emerged as a major challenge hindering the universities from implementing a policy/program in this regard, hence nursing mothers continue to make personal but challenging arrangements for breastfeeding on university campuses.Conclusions The finding that formal breastfeeding-friendly policy/program was unavailable in the various universities in Ghana reflects negative implications for childcare, hence achieving the Sustainable Development Goals 3 and 5 in Ghana. The authors recommend formal breastfeeding-friendly policies/programs as a criterion for accreditation of universities in Ghana to enhance childcare.

scholarly journals The Interrelationship Between Restorative Environments and Visual Preferences in University Campus Landscapes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasser Farghaly ◽  
◽  
Nermine Aly Hany ◽  
Yasmin Moussa
Keyword(s):  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Campus Planning ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Restorative Environments ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Visual Preferences ◽  
Landscape Character

Educational settings are considered some of the most mentally depleting environments since they require high concentration, creativity, and efficiency. University campuses clearly portray these environments. Therefore, there is an immense need for campus settings where users can take outdoor breaks to restore and redirect their attention. Well-designed outdoor landscapes can have restorative effects on users, and in turn increase their concentration and overall productivity. This interdisciplinary research explores key literature on restorative concepts and visual preferences from the field of environmental psychology. It also examines the restorative campus landscape character from an urban design perspective. However, there are no coherent frameworks that correlate the three dimensions: restorative landscape design concepts, visual landscape preferences, and appropriate campus planning strategies. Therefore, the research summarizes the key literature findings, and merges the three parameters into a comprehensive assessment tool designed explicitly for university campuses. The paper concludes with a proposed tool (framework) that can provide guidelines to help landscape architects and planners to design restorative campus open spaces and recognize their insufficiencies.

scholarly journals Developing the Ecological Footprint Assessment for a University Campus, the Component-Based Method

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 9928
Author(s):  
Salah Vaisi ◽  
Hooshmand Alizadeh ◽  
Werya Lotfi ◽  
Saleh Mohammadi
Keyword(s):  
Human Activities ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Human Impacts ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Resource Depletion ◽  
University Campus ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
Waste Production ◽  
The Impact

Global warming has become an increasing challenge due to the impact of human activities on the environment. In this regard, university campuses with various activities and departments have a great impact on the environment. Ecological Footprint Analysis (EFA) is a natural resource depletion assessment tool, with a high level of accuracy, that measures the impact of human activities on the environment. Considering the Ecological Footprint (EF) capabilities, this study developed a method to assess the environmental impacts of a university campus using component-based parameters. The goals of the study are to explore the effective components of EF and to propose some policy guidelines to diminish the human impacts on the environment on university campuses. Five components, including natural gas and electricity consumption, water and food usage, and waste production, were measured in a survey from 2013 to 2016 at the building scale. The mean EF of the campus was 16,484 global hectares (gha). Fossil fuel energy had the highest level of environmental impact with 70.73%, followed by waste production and food and water usage with 26.87%, 1.28%, and 1.12%, respectively. The results demonstrate that the EF Index (EFI) of the case study campus was −0.82, which reveals an unsustainable performance. The EF results were illustrated on an Ecological Footprint Map (EFM), which shows the east and west parts of the camps were more unsustainable.

Bhaktapur Tourism

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-55
Author(s):  
Bharat Prasad Badal
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Economic Dimension ◽  
Sustainable Tourism Development ◽  
One Year

Development in this age of sustainable development is sustainable development itself and tourism development is sustainable development of tourism. The present paper investigates the development of tourism from the socio economic indicators of sustainable tourism of Bhaktapur. Bhaktapur is an open museum and central hub of Tourism. To explore the Economic dimension of Bhaktapur Sustainable Tourism Development through Employment that focuses Number, type and duration of jobs, Gender equity, Business viability, Expenditure, Arrivals, Profitability, and Satisfaction. And to analyze the Social dimension of Bhaktapur Sustainable Tourism Development through Quality of Life that focuses Resident Empowerment, Congestion and crowding, Community attitudes to tourism, Access to amenities, and Changes in crime rate, the study has been conducted. The primary information is based on multiple sources of societal learning like field visits in course of doing researches, observation of various sites, General Household Questionnaire Survey, focus on group discussions, interactive seminars and a number of interactions and interviews with the experts of tourism sector in Bhaktapur. General Household Questionnaire Survey of purposively selected cluster of Dattatraya Square area was conducted on 157 households. Among five clusters Dattatrya Square was purposely selected for the study. Actual spending and length of stay of foreign tourists have been increasing in Nepal. Altogether from socio economic perspective 13 programsare recommended from the study to the local government of Bhaktapur Dattatrya. It needs around265 lakhs and timeline is not more than one year. Five times of these 13 projects and 265 lakhs can double the visitors in coming years.

scholarly journals Special Solicitude: Religious Freedom at America’s Public Universities

Laws ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
William E. Thro
Keyword(s):  
First Amendment ◽  
Religious Freedom ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Religious Organizations ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Religious Expression ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Government

Rejecting the Obama Administration’s argument that the First Amendment requires identical treatment for religious organizations and secular organizations, the Supreme Court held such a “result is hard to square with the text of the First Amendment itself, which gives special solicitude to the rights of religious organizations.” (Hosanna-Tabor, 565 U.S. at 189). This “special solicitude” guarantees religious freedom from the government in all aspects of society, but particularly on public university campuses. At a minimum, religious expression and religious organizations must have equal rights with secular expression and secular organizations. In some instances, religious expression and religious expression may have greater rights. The Court’s 2020 decisions in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, and Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru, reinforce and expand the “special solicitude” of religion. Indeed, Espinoza and Our Lady have profound implications for student religious groups at America’s public campuses. This article examines religious freedom at America’s public universities. This article has three parts. First, it offers an overview of religious freedom prior to Espinoza and Our Lady. Second, it briefly discusses those two cases. Third, it explores the implications of those decisions on America’s public campuses.

scholarly journals Bioclimatic and Regenerative Design Guidelines for a Circular University Campus in India

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8238
Author(s):  
Noemi Bakos ◽  
Rosa Schiano-Phan
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Regenerative Design ◽  
Governmental Institutions ◽  
Social Environmental

To transform the negative impacts of buildings on the environment into a positive footprint, a radical shift from the current, linear ‘make-use-dispose’ practice to a closed-loop ‘make-use-return’ system, associated with a circular economy, is necessary. This research aims to demonstrate the possible shift to a circular construction industry by developing the first practical framework with tangible benchmarks for a ‘Circular University Campus’ based on an exemplary case study project, which is a real project development in India. As a first step, a thorough literature review was undertaken to demonstrate the social, environmental and economic benefits of a circular construction industry. As next step, the guideline for a ‘Circular University Campus’ was developed, and its applicability tested on the case study. As final step, the evolved principles were used to establish ‘Project Specific Circular Building Indicators’ for a student residential block and enhance the proposed design through bioclimatic and regenerative design strategies. The building’s performance was evaluated through computational simulations, whole-life carbon analysis and a circular building assessment tool. The results demonstrated the benefits and feasibility of bioclimatic, regenerative building and neighbourhood design and provided practical prototypical case study and guidelines which can be adapted by architects, planners and governmental institutions to other projects, thereby enabling the shift to a restorative, circular construction industry.

STRATEGIES, CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GREEN CAMPUS IN UiTM PERAK

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (16) ◽  
Author(s):  
Haryati Mohd Isa ◽  
Daljeet Singh Sedhu ◽  
Nor Suzila Lop ◽  
Kushairi Rashid ◽  
Othman Mohd Nor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Technology Policy ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Green Technology ◽  
Sustainable Environment ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Green Campus ◽  
Financial Awareness ◽  
Method Approach

Green initiatives have become a phenomenon globally now. This has taken seriously all parties regarding the process of environmental sustainability. Sustainable Development Goals had been used as a guideline towards this agenda. The Malaysian government issued the Green Technology Policy in July 2009 to accelerate the national economy and promote sustainable development. Meanwhile, green technology has been applied to universities in Malaysia to achieve green campus status under the UI Green Metric. Numerous universities in Malaysia have begun to take this issue seriously, including UiTM Perak. Three research objectives had been developed; (1) to determine strategies in promoting green campus in UiTM Perak, (2) to identify challenges in implementing green campus in UiTM Perak and (3) to recommend solutions to overcome the challenges in implementing green campus in UiTM Perak. A qualitative method approach by using a semi-structured interview with the Green Campus Committee had been adopted. The data is analysed using content analysis. The research revealed that despite several green initiatives implemented by UiTM Perak, there are also challenges occurring. Among them are financial, awareness and knowledge. To overcome these challenges, the management of UiTM Perak had outlined several actions to be taken. In conclusion, the green campus initiative can give many benefits towards a sustainable environment in UiTM Perak. Indeed, this agenda needs support by all parties.

scholarly journals Sustainable Retirement Living: What Matters?

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jake Barker ◽  
Bo Xia ◽  
George Zillante
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Energy Supply ◽  
Household Waste ◽  
Public Acceptance ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Cost Of Energy ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Survey Approach

There is a growing demand for sustainable retirement villages in Australia due to an increasing number of ageing population and public acceptance of sustainable development. This research aims to gain a better understanding of retirees’ understanding about sustainable retirement living and their attitudes towards sustainable developments via a questionnaire survey approach. The results showed that the current residents of retirement villages are generally very conscious of unsustainable resource consumption and would like their residences and community to be more environmentally friendly and energy efficient. The cost of energy supply is a concern to majority of respondents. However there is a certain level of concerns from residents too on the extra cost of going green in their residence. Education is required to residents about recycling household waste and how to use available facilities. A better understanding of retirees’ awareness and attitudes towards sustainability issues helps to improve the sustainable developments of retirement villages in the future.

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