scholarly journals Perception and Knowledge on Climate Change: A Case Study of University Students in Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bezon Kumar ◽  
Arif Ibne Asad ◽  
Purnima Banik
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
University Students ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The University ◽  
Change Problem

This paper mainly investigates the perception and knowledge on climate change of the university students in Bangladesh. To carry out this study, primary data are collected from 370 students and uses several statistical methods. Perception and knowledge on the causes, effects and mitigation ways of climate change problems, and perceived duties to combat against climate change are analyzed with descriptive statistics. This paper finds that deforestation is the main cause of global warming and climate change and, the effects of climate change is very serious on people’s health. Majority portion of the students think that it is difficult to combat against climate change problem because it has already been too late to take action. Besides this study also finds that government is crucially responsible for combating against climate change problem. The study calls for government mainly besides industry and youths to aware people about the causes, effects, mitigation ways of climate change so that they can contribute to the sustainable development by mitigating climate change problem.

scholarly journals How Effectively are University Students Tested? A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-66
Author(s):  
Jane Kembo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
University Students ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Academic Mobility ◽  
The World ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
The University

Testing and examining go on in higher education all the time through continuous assessments and end semester examinations. The grades scored by students determine not only academic mobility but eventually who get employed in the job market, which seems to be shrinking all over the world. Those charged with testing are often staff who have higher qualifications in their subject areas but are not necessarily teaching or examination experts. Against this background, the researcher wanted to find out what was happening at selected university across three schools: Social Studies, Education and Science. The university is fairly young having been awarded its charter twenty years ago. The paper asked two questions namely, at what levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy are lecturers asking examination questions? Secondly, do the level and balance of questions show growth in examining skills? The study evaluated over 1039 questions from randomly selected examination papers from the Examinations Office for the academic years from 2014/15 to 2017/18 (three academic years). A guide from the list of verbs used in Anderson s (revision of Bloom was used to analyze the questions. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the trends in testing for each year. ANOVA and t-tests were used to find out if there were significant differences between numbers across categories and within categories. The results of the study show that most examination questions are at the levels of remember (literal) and knowledge (understand). In 2016/17 and 2017/18 academic years, there were significant differences in the percentage of questions examined in these two categories. However, it seems from the study, that testing or examining skills do not grow through the practice of setting questions. There is need for examiners to be trained to use the knowledge in setting questions that discriminate effectively across the academic abilities of students they teach.

scholarly journals The concept of sustainable development as the foundation for changing education in the North

2021 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 00048
Author(s):  
Vasiliy Savvinov
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The North ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Northern Territories ◽  
The University

The article reveals the experience of the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in Russian universities based on the case study of North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU). The article presents a comparative analysis of strategic programs to manage the development of universities in the North of Russia and the northern countries of Europe and America in the context of global changes and growing uncertainty of the environment. It shows NEFU’s groundwork for the implementation of the sustainable development model of the northern territories and justifies the key principles and the directions of change in the academic and innovative activities of the university related to the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

scholarly journals INCREASING AWARENESS CAPACITY OF DISASTER POTENTIAL AS A SUPPORT TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL (SDG) 13 IN LAMPUNG PROVINCE

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Indra Jaya Wiranata ◽  
Khairunnisa Simbolon
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Provincial Government ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Prone Area ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Government

<p>Global policies on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) address several aspects of environmental life and climate change. There are still challenges that many regions do not pursue the achievement of sustainable development goals which means that SDGs cannot simply and automatically be achieved in several regions due to different contexts and different geographic backgrounds. Extreme climate change can cause natural disasters that have the potential to cause losses and even claim victims. Thus, Lampung, which is a disaster-prone area, is interesting to be studied whether the government and the community's efforts to realize potential disasters have been accomplished properly. This research explains the efforts that have been and need to be done by Lampung Province in responding to potential disasters through a policy brief in order to motivate the government to pay more attention to climate change and natural disasters. This research is a type of qualitative research with primary data that will be taken by using interview techniques and literature review. The survey was conducted by random sampling the people of Lampung regarding the level of awareness of potential disasters. The data will also be obtained by using Google Trend. The results of this research indicate that the efforts of the Lampung Provincial Government such as mitigation, emergency response, reconstruction, rehabilitation, disaster risk assessments, and support from the epistemic community.</p>

scholarly journals A Review of Geospatial Information of Carbon Stocks for Forestry Management, Environmental Protection and Spatial Planning: A Case Study of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia

Land Science ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. p34
Author(s):  
Laode Muhammad Golok Jaya
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Carbon Stocks ◽  
Geospatial Information ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Forestry Management

Climate change and the global warming have become an important issue at the present. Some of previous research showed the importance of studies on the sources of global warming and carbon emissions. Our attention needs to be paid to carbon monitoring worldwide. Therefore, the information about the distribution and the characteristic of carbon stocks has become very strategic matter particularly for sustainable development. This paper aims to analyze the utilization of Geospatial Information of Carbon Stocks (GICS) for forestry management, environmental protection, and spatial planning with the case study in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. The method was descriptive analytic to compose several regulations related to geospatial data and information and their connetion to forestry management in Indonesia, environmental protection, and spatial planning. The results of the analysis showed that the principle of sustainable development must be supported by accurate data and information in accordance with the objectives of sustainable development. For the sustainable development, the GICS is functioning in the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Low-Emission Development Strategy (LEDS).

scholarly journals Assessmentof the sensitivity of rural fresh water and sanitation to the climate change – a case study in Can Gio district

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 214-224
Author(s):  
Ngoc Tuan Le
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Fresh Water ◽  
Water And Sanitation ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Development Objectives ◽  
Assessing Sensitivity

This work aimed at calculating and assessing sensitivity (S) to the climate change (CC) of the rural fresh water and sanitation (RFWS), a case study in Can Gio for the period of 2014 – 2025, by index (via 12 indicators), survey, and professional adjustment methods. Results showed that, in 2014, the S index of the whole district was 40.7 (medium low level), ranging from 29–58 among 7 communes (according to medium low to medium high levels). Binh Khanh had the highest S index, 58 points (2014), followed by An Thoi Dong, Tam Thon Hiep, and Long Hoa. For the period of 2020–2030, S indices of the district tend to decrease (35.3 and 33.9, respectively), ranging from low to medium low levels among the communes. This work also reviewed strengths and weaknesses in the sensitivity to CC of RFWS in the local, pointing out and prioritizing 7 defected links as the basis for establishing solutions to mitigate the S to CC of the system, serving the sustainable development objectives of the local.

scholarly journals A New Approach to Sustainable Development Solution for Global Climate Change Problem

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serdar Altınok ◽  
Emine Fırat ◽  
Esra Soyu
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Political Ecology ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Economic Productivity ◽  
Development Approach ◽  
Change Problem

Globalization notion is encountered not only economically, but also politically, culturally, technologically and ecologically. Environmental problems seen national at first glance can cause regional and subsequently global problems. Climate changes create regional, social and economic problems in terms of effects thereof. Many factors such as continuation of rapid population growth, proliferation of water problems, increase of global warming and irrevocable habits of countries can lead to world pollution and impairment of environment. Industrialization, population growth and excessive consumption tendency on the one hand and need for balanced use of natural sources such that energy can meet needs of future generations on the other hand has rendered “environment” and “development” subjects substitute for each other. While increase of welfare and happiness of people are aimed with economic development, socio-economical costs caused by global climate change threaten this welfare cycle. A variety of sources extinct due to global warming and some of them cannot be effectively used in a desirable level. This situation prevents economic productivity. Global climate change problem should be reevaluated with not only conventional sustainable development approach but also in a global plane containing new political ecology notions such as “environmental justice” and “climate justice”. For this purpose, each of us has a role to play and also, novel law and policies are required that will lead global-scale solutions. In this study, relationship between global climate change and sustainable development approach will be handled within the scope of a new tendency.

scholarly journals The Price of Farmland as a Factor in the Sustainable Development of Czech Agriculture (A Case Study)

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 5622
Author(s):  
Tomáš Seeman ◽  
Karel Šrédl ◽  
Marie Prášilová ◽  
Roman Svoboda
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Soil Erosion ◽  
Interest Rates ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Significant Growth ◽  
Legislative Changes

Each year, around 2% of the four million hectares of farmland in Czechia changes owners. However, after years of significant growth in prices, a slowdown in pace and demand is expected. Rising interest rates, a strengthening of the crown and legislative changes in 2018 have influenced the price of farmland. Yet the prices of farmland in Czechia are a third of those in the countries of Western Europe, and so it still represents an interesting opportunity for investors. Currently, land is bought primarily by the farmers who work it. In Czechia, 80% of farmers farm on hired land, and rent increases are starting to be an issue for many of them. The return on the investment in agricultural land is currently around 50 years for an owner and 25 years for a farmer working the land. As research has shown, the price of farmland is an important factor in the sustainable development of agriculture in Czechia, along with the greening of production and the fight against soil erosion and the effects of climate change.

The Sustainable Development Goals From a Social Work Perspective in the COVID-19 Pandemic Period

2022 ◽  
pp. 326-341
Author(s):  
Hatice Öztürk ◽  
Bilge Abukan ◽  
Filiz Yıldırım
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals

The COVID-19 pandemic is an ecosocial and global crisis caused by human actions. With the pandemic, poverty and inequalities have gradually deepened; in particular, the acceleration of digitalization in the pandemic period has revealed digital inequalities. In addition, problems such as poverty, climate change, global warming, and social and environmental sustainability concerns constitute obstacles to achieving sustainable development goals. Social workers play an active role in the achievement of sustainable development goals; as such, they should also be able to critically evaluate the associated processes and results. In such an evaluation, it is important that social workers adopt an ecosocial approach that centers on people and nature. Based on this, in this study, sustainable development and related goals are evaluated from a critical point of view, discussing them in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of this analysis, the degrowth approach is recommended as an alternative to sustainable development.

scholarly journals A Holistic Approach to Integrate and Evaluate Sustainable Development in Higher Education. The case study of the University of the Basque Country

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Estibaliz Saez de Camara Oleaga ◽  
Idoia Fernandez Fernandez ◽  
Nekane Castillo-Eguskitza
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Basque Country ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Practical Case ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Education Model ◽  
The University

This paper presents a practical case illustrating how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda have been designed and articulated in the context of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Even though there is a widespread formal adherence of universities to the SDGs, there is a lack of solid commitment to go beyond the compartmentalization of their implementation and to contribute to a holistic approach. The EHUagenda 2030 is a roadmap to move towards an integrated, verifiable and pragmatic contribution to this international agenda. It describes the UPV/EHU's contribution to 12 of the 17 SDGs, with the addition of its own commitment to linguistic and cultural diversity (SDG 17 + 1), along with the three sectoral plans: the Equality Campus, the Inclusion Campus and the Planet Campus. It also describes the refocus of its education model IKD i3; i3 is ikaskuntza x ikerketa x iraunkortasuna, Basque for learning x research x sustainability. Additionally, it includes the UPV/EHU&rsquo;s Panel of Sustainable Development Indicators, which addresses the technical aspects of monitoring the implementation of the SDGs. The systematic methodology used in this process (mapping; mainstreaming; diagnosis and definition and, finally, estimation) and presented in this paper could be replicated in other universities yet to embark on this integration. The steps and findings presented here can also be applied to other organizations and help the integration process.

Study on Ecological Footprint of Campus Paper Consumption

2014 ◽  
Vol 556-562 ◽  
pp. 6587-6590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Sun ◽  
Guo Bao Song ◽  
Shu Shen Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Ecological Footprint ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Forest Land ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Footprint Model ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year

With the recognition of sustainable development improving gradually, low carbon campus construction has become a trend in international society. The ecological footprint model is a kind of effective method to measure the sustainable development and have some reference for low carbon campus study. Our case study is the ecological footprint of paper consumption in Dalian University of Technology, China. The results show that nearly 481.60 hm2 of ecologically productive lands were needed to support paper consumption and this means that the land consumed by the university is 2.28 times larger than its physical or built-up land. Within 2011 academic year, the reused paper flow was added up to 237.69 tons, of which library contributed the most with 164.98 tons and the remaining 72.71 tons came from secondhand books obtained from last academic year 2010, finally saved nearly 578.33 hm2 of forest land.

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