Unveiling the Experience of IZTECH

2022 ◽  
pp. 155-178
Author(s):  
İpek Akpınar ◽  
Işın Can-Traunmüller ◽  
Zeynep Özçam ◽  
Sıla Özkavaf Şenalp

Izmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH), a university campus located in a rural area, establishes a different social and spatial relationship with the city and its immediate surroundings. This chapter focuses on assessing the socio-spatial sustainability of the campus before and during the pandemic, together with the evaluation of UI GreenMetric World University Rankings (GreenMetric). The study has the basis of the content analysis of IZTECH GreenMetric evaluations and a critical review of sustainability issues through questionnaire technique applied to campus users, including administrative, academic staff, and students at IZTECH. The multidimensional survey has been designed to grasp the perspectives of the campus users on the sustainability performance of the campus, and to gather some intangible data on the COVID-19 period and its impacts on the use of campus spaces. In conclusion, this chapter is going to suggest a road map to guide sustainability measures of campuses for more adaptable and resilient solutions under unexpected circumstances.

Author(s):  
Maria Do Carmo de Oliveira Alcântara ◽  
Gannabathula Sree Vani ◽  
Ana Aparecida da Silva Almeida ◽  
Cecilia Nahomi Kawagoe Suda

One of the major environmental problems today is the large quantity of residues produced daily. In the elementary and secondary schools, Tenente Rêgo Barros (ETRB), in the city of Belém (PA), about 3 tons of dry material are produced each semester in the schools’ green spaces. To dispose of this material in an environmentally friendly manner and to educate the pupils about environmental responsibility, an interdisciplinary and transversal project has been developed. The project uses composting as a method of environmental education and meaningful learning. This work aims to analyse the interests of pedagogical advisors, teachers, school employees and the parents of ETRB students, to examine the degree to which academic staff are involved. The study used two instruments to collect the data, a questionnaire and a freehand drawing subjected to content analysis. The results indicate that the community is in favor of the project but only 20% of the teachers could see the educative utility of the compost formation. About 70% of the school community saw the production of organic fertilizer as an end in itself and as a solution for the disposal of organic residue.  Most of the faculty and employees saw the formation of compost as being restricted to a scientific subject.  Hence, what is needed is a discussion by the teachers on the interdisciplinary and transversal nature of the compost formation to attain the objective of environmental education. 


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Enni Lindia Mayona ◽  
Bella Fernanda

ABSTRAKInstitut Teknologi Nasional (Itenas) merupakan salah satu perguruan tinggi yang memiliki visi untuk ikut berperan aktif dalam pembangunan berkelanjutan di lingkup nasional dan global. Pusat Studi Sumber Daya Alam dan Lingkungan (PUSDAL) Itenas menyatakan bahwa Itenas dianggap belum mampu merespon tantangan lingkungan saat ini, belum ada integrasi antara pusat studi dengan berbagai lumbung pengetahuan yang ada di jurusan, serta diperlukan perubahan institusi menuju arah pengembangan hijau. Oleh karena itu, perlu dilakukan penerapan konsep green campus dimulai dari atribut green open space menurut Program Pengembangan Kota Hijau (P2KH) oleh Kementerian Pekerjaan Umum (2017) yang peneliti anggap memiliki peranan penting dan krusial di dalam lingkungan kampus. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui potensi penerapan konsep green campus pada atribut green open space di Institut Teknologi Nasional (Itenas) Bandung. Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui observasi langsung, penyebaran kuesioner, dan wawancara, sedangkan metode analisis yang digunakan adalah distribusi frekuensi, scoring, dan komparatif, juga Metode Gerarkis dan UI GreenMetric World University Rankings 2018. Hasil dari penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Itenas memiliki beberapa lokasi potensial ruang terbuka hijau, serta civitas akademika Itenas memiliki pengetahuan dan kepedulian yang tinggi, serta peran aktif yang sangat tinggi terhadap atribut green open space.Kata Kunci: Green Campus, Green Open Space  ABSTRACTThe National Institute of Technology (Itenas) is one of the universities that has a vision to contibute in sustainable development in the national and global scope. The Center of Study for Natural Resources and Environment (PUSDAL) stated that Itenas was unable to respond to current environmental challenges, there was no integration between study centers with various knowledge in the department, and institutional changes needed towards green development direction. Therefore, it is necessary to implement the green campus concept starting from attributes of green open space according to the Green City Development Program (P2KH) by Ministry of Public Works (2017) which researchers consider to have an important and crucial role in the campus environment. This study aims to determine the potential application of the green campus concept to the attributes of green open space in National Institute of Technology (Itenas) Bandung. Data collection is done through direct observation, questionnaires, and interviews, while the analytical methods used are frequency distribution, scoring, and comparative, also the Gerarkis Method and the UI GreenMetric World University Rankings 2018. The results of the study show that Itenas has several potential locations for green open space and the academic community of Itenas have high knowledge and concern, and a very high contibution on the attributes of green open space.Keywords:Green Campus, Green Open Space


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1209
Author(s):  
Mandar Khanal

The 20,000-student Boise State University campus is located about 3 km from the center of the city of Boise. There is a significant amount of travel between the campus and the city center as students and staff travel to the city to visit restaurants, shops, and entertainment centers. Currently, people make this trip by car, shuttle bus, bike, or walking modes. Cars and shuttle buses, which share the same road network, constitute about 76% of the total trips. As road congestion is expected to grow in the future, it is prudent to look for other modes that can fulfill the travel demand. One potential mode is an aerial tramway. However, an aerial tramway is not a common mode of urban travel in the US. This research describes how the stated preference method was used to estimate demand for a mode that does not currently exist. An online stated preference survey was sent out to 8681 students, faculty, and staff and 1821 valid responses were received. Only about 35% of the respondents expressed their willingness to choose an aerial tramway for various combinations of cost and convenience of the new mode. Respondents were also found to favor convenience over cost for the new mode.


Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 459
Author(s):  
Fernando García ◽  
Francisco Guijarro ◽  
Javier Oliver

This paper proposes the use of a goal programming model for the objective ranking of universities. This methodology has been successfully used in other areas to analyze the performance of firms by focusing on two opposite approaches: (a) one favouring those performance variables that are aligned with the central tendency of the majority of the variables used in the measurement of the performance, and (b) an alternative one that favours those different, singular, or independent performance variables. Our results are compared with the ranking proposed by two popular World University Rankings, and some insightful differences are outlined. We show how some top-performing universities occupy the best positions regardless of the approach followed by the goal programming model, hence confirming their leadership. In addition, our proposal allows for an objective quantification of the importance of each variable in the performance of universities, which could be of great interest to decision-makers.


2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 1231-1247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohsin Abdur Rehman ◽  
Muhammad Kashif ◽  
Michela Mingione

The purpose of this study is to explore the extent to which MBA programmes offered by top European and Asian B-schools have a corporate social responsibility and sustainability (CSRS) orientation as per their websites. The websites of top-200 (based on the QS Global Business and Management University Rankings 2015) European and Asian B-schools were explored and content analysed to reach meaningful conclusions. The findings reveal European B-schools have much stronger CSRS orientation once compared with the Asian B-schools. Furthermore, only few B-schools promote CSRS centres on their websites which has some useful practical implications. This is the first study to explore the CSRS orientation among top-200 European and Asian B-schools based on an analysis of their respective websites. Additionally, a cross-continental comparison between European and Asian MBA programmes is unique to this study. The results have implications for global managers, in general, and business school policymakers, in specific, to embark the CSR initiatives to gain competitive advantage.


Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 1512
Author(s):  
Yaiza Cano-González ◽  
Carmen Portillo-Sotelo ◽  
María del Mar Rodríguez-del-Águila ◽  
María Paz García-Caro ◽  
Ana M. Núñez-Negrillo ◽  
...  

Objective: To determine the relationship between the characteristics and experiences of homeless persons and their state of happiness as a basis for designing appropriate social support strategies. Design: Exploratory observational study with an analytical and descriptive qualitative design. Setting: Participants were contacted, administered with questionnaires, and interviewed in the street (central and northern areas of the city) or at the “Asociación Calor y Café” center in Granada (Spain) between April 2017 and February 2018. Participants: Selected by intentional sampling, 25 participants completed questionnaires in the first study and 14 of these were administered with questionnaires and interviewed in the second study. Method: General and specific questionnaires were administered to determine the state of happiness and other variables. Descriptive statistics were followed by an analysis of the relationships between variables and the content analysis of semi-structured interviews. Results: A feeling of happiness was described by 64% of participants and confirmed by a happiness scale score of 50%. Participants who felt satisfied with their life were 4.5-fold more likely to feel happy (p = 0.021). Expectations for the future were not associated with happiness or satisfaction with life. Content analysis of interviews revealed three main themes: conditions for happiness, own happiness/unhappiness, and self-esteem. Conclusions: Many homeless people describe themselves as feeling happy and satisfied with their life. Material aspects, affective situations, daily life concerns, and self-esteem predominate in their discourse on happiness.


2020 ◽  
pp. 7-32
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Kulczyńska ◽  
Natalia Borowicz ◽  
Karolina Piwnicka-Wdowikowska

Morasko University Campus in Poznań – origin, spatial and functional structure, transport solutions The purpose of the paper is to characterize the most recently created part of the Adam Mickiewicz University – the Morasko Campus. The paper consists of three parts. The first concerns the origins and development of the campus. The second part presents its spatial and functional structure on the basis of a field inventory, while the third one – campus transport solutions based on a survey conducted among students. The history of the campus located in the northern, peripheral part of the city began with laying the foundation act and the cornerstone in 1977. The agricultural role of this area, dominant until the 1980s, has been replaced with new functions, mainly academic and scientific ones. The first university buildings were commissioned in the 1990s, and the construction boom began after 2000. A total of nine faculties (out of 21 existing) are housed in eight buildings in the campus, including exact and natural sciences, as well as a part of social sciences and humanities. To this day, neither student dormitories nor accommodation for PhD students have been constructed (although they are likely to be built), which would emphasize the academic function of the campus. The campus also comprises areas with recreational, sports, residential and other service functions (e.g. catering, beauty, hairdressing, and commercial services), which are complemented by areas that serve transport functions. Location in the northern periphery of the city, and above all the railway line for freight (the northern bypass of Poznań) separating the city from the campus, makes transport to this part of the city limited. The results of the survey revealed a lack of a safe bicycle path between the western and eastern part of the campus, insufficient number of parking places for motorists, a lack of paved roads from the north and west, only three narrow access roads for car commuters, and difficult access by public transport to the eastern and north-eastern parts. In the latter case, the planned extension of the tram line towards Umultowo after the year 2022 is expected to solve the problem. Zarys treści: Celem opracowania jest charakterystyka najmłodszej przestrzeni Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza – Kampusu Morasko. Opracowanie składa się z trzech zasadniczych części. Pierwsza część artykułu dotyczy genezy powstania i rozbudowy miasteczka uniwersyteckiego. W drugiej części przedstawiono strukturę przestrzenno-funkcjonalną kampusu w oparciu o inwentaryzację terenową, w trzeciej zaś obsługę transportową na podstawie badań ankietowych przeprowadzonych wśród studentów. Historia położonego w północnej, peryferyjnej części miasta kampusu rozpoczęła się od wmurowania aktu erekcyjnego i kamienia węgielnego w 1977 r. Dominująca do lat 80. XX w. funkcja rolnicza tego obszaru została zastąpiona przez nowe funkcje, głównie akademickie i naukowe. Pierwsze budynki dydaktyczne oddano do użytku dopiero w latach 90. ubiegłego wieku, a boom budowlany rozpoczął się po roku 2000. Swoją siedzibę znalazły tutaj nauki ścisłe i przyrodnicze, a także część nauk społecznych i humanistycznych, w sumie dziewięć wydziałów (na 21 istniejących) w ośmiu budynkach. Do dzisiaj nie wybudowano akademików czy domu doktoranta (choć istnieją realne szanse na ich powstanie), co podkreśliłoby funkcję akademicką kampusu. W strukturze kampusu wyróżnia się ponadto obszary o funkcjach rekreacyjnych, rekreacyjno-sportowych, mieszkaniowych i innych o charakterze usługowym (np. usługi gastronomiczne, kosmetyczne, fryzjerskie, handel), których uzupełnieniem są obszary o funkcjach komunikacyjnych. Położenie na północnych peryferiach miasta, a przede wszystkim linia kolejowa dla przewozów towarowych (północna obwodnica Poznania) oddzielająca miasto od kampusu sprawiają, że obsługa transportowa tej części miasta jest ograniczona. Wyniki badań ankietowych wskazują na brak bezpiecznej drogi rowerowej między zachodnią i północno-wschodnią częścią kampusu, niewystarczającą liczbę miejsc parkingowych dla zmotoryzowanych, brak utwardzonych dróg od strony północnej i zachodniej, zaledwie trzy wąskie wjazdy na kampus dla dojeżdżających samochodem czy utrudniony dojazd komunikacją publiczną do części wschodniej i północno-wschodniej. W tym ostatnim przypadku rozwiązaniem ma być planowana po 2022 r. rozbudowa linii tramwajowej w kierunku Umultowa.


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Xiaoyan Liu ◽  
Cheng Ye ◽  
Shuran Zhang

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Marathon running has become an obsession in China, with 22 marathon races in 2011 increasing to 400 in 2017. Based on the Marathon annual report in 2017, marathon races will increase to above 1900 in 2020. More and more Chinese are traveling around the country to participate marathon races, which brings tremendous opportunities for the host cities, specifically for city tourism. A well-designed marathon map can not only help runners to learn detailed information for the races, but also help the tourists to learn natural and historical spots in the city. However, marathon maps and their designs are not examined in respect to cartography.</p><p>This study focused on full marathon race maps, collected 200 maps officially published by marathon organizers, inventoried the race information included in the maps, explored how many of these maps showing natural and historical scenic spots along the race, and analyzed common design elements of the maps using Quantitative Content Analysis (QCA), see table1. The goal of this study was to determine if the maps featured only the races or if they provided additional information to encourage tourist activities. A well designed marathon map can help both to the implementation of a race and to the creation of a sense of city.</p>


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