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Towards Green Campus Operations

Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development Initiatives at Universities

  • Describes campus greening initiatives in a comprehensive and interdisciplinary way
  • Covers social sciences, economics, business, education and environmental sciences
  • Provides universities with a sound basis to promote sustainability efforts on campus

Part of the book series: World Sustainability Series (WSUSE)

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Table of contents (59 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Concepts and Reflexions on Campus Greening

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Reflections on Sustainable Practices: Analyzing Teaching, Research, Extension and Management of a Brazilian Public University

      • Carolina Sampaio Marques, Nathália Rigui Trindade, Rodrigo Reis Favarin, Suelen Geíse Telocken, Marcelo Trevisan
      Pages 41-56
    3. Sustainable Brazilian Universities: Composition of Characteristics, Indicators and Performance Parameters

      • Eduardo Lopes Marques, Luis Antonio Verona, Ubiratã Tortato
      Pages 57-72
    4. The Application of Eco-efficiency in University Buildings: Policies and Decision-Making Processes

      • Marcos Antonio Leite Frandoloso, Albert Cuchí i Burgos, Eduardo Grala da Cunha
      Pages 141-158
    5. Organic Waste Composting and Vermicomposting as Sustainable Practice in Higher Education Institutions

      • Jacqueline Rogeria Bringhenti, Adriana M. Nicolau Korres, Ana Maria Maniero Moreira, Solange Martone Rocha, Wanda M. Risso Günther
      Pages 159-173
    6. Evaluation of Sustainable Bin for Recyclable Solid Waste

      • Jacqueline R. Bringhenti, Adriana M. N. Korres, Rodrigo Varejão Andreão, Wanda M. Risso Günther
      Pages 175-183
    7. Assessment of Outdoor Comfort Conditions Based on the Application of a Participative Model in Open Urban Spaces

      • Leonardo Marques Monteiro, Jun Okamoto Junior, Erika Vanoni Peixoto, Júlio Sevarolli Assis, Karina Miyuki Suzuki, Alessandra R. Prata-Shimomura
      Pages 185-196
    8. Diagnosis of Chemical and Special Waste Management in a Higher Education Institution: A Methodology for Data Acquisition and Processing

      • Renata Martins Pacheco, Ariane Laurenti, Bruno Eduardo dos Santos Silva, Iascara Mattes, Sara Meireles
      Pages 205-217
    9. Socio-environmental Agenda: A Planning Instrument to Improve Sustainable Development in University Campi

      • Maria F. C. Lemos, Luiz F. G. Rego, Melissa C. Antunes, Renata A. Lopes, Thais C. C. de Abreu
      Pages 235-250
    10. The Role of Universities to Promote Sustainable Practices and Climate Change Adaptation: Analysis of the 22 Conferences of the Parties Using Text Mining

      • Issa I. Berchin, Sthefanie A. da Silva, Flávio Ceci, George M. Gabriel, Talita C. Anhalt, José B. S. O. A. Guerra
      Pages 251-278

About this book

Matters related to sustainable development, albeit global in nature, are best handled at the local level. This line of thinking is particularly true to the higher education context, where the design and implementation of sustainability initiatives on campuses can demonstrate how a given university translates the principles of sustainable development into practice, at the institutional level. Yet, there is a paucity of specific events where a dialogue among sustainability academics and practitioners concerned with a) research, projects b) teaching and c) planning and infra-structure leading to campus greening takes place, so as to allow a transdisciplinary and cross-sectoral exchange of ideas and experiences on the issues, matters and problems at hand. It is against this background that this book has been prepared. It is one of the outcomes of the “First Symposium on Sustainability in University Campuses” (SSUC-2017) organised by the University of São Paulo in Brazil, Manchester Metropolitan University (UK), the Research and Transfer Centre “Applications of Life Sciences” of the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany), and the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP). 
 
This book showcases examples of campus-based research and teaching projects, regenerative campus design, low-carbon and zero carbon buildings, waste prevention, and resilient transport, among others. It also demonstrates the role of campuses as platforms for transformative social learning and research, and explores the means via which university campuses can be made more sustainable. 
The aims of this publication are as follows: 
 
i. to provide universities with an opportunity to obtain information on campus greening and sustainable campus development initiatives from round the world;
 
ii. to document and promote information, ideas and experiences acquired in the execution of research, teaching and projects on campus greening and design, especially successful initiatives and good practice; 
 
iii. to introduce methodological approaches and projects which aim to integrate the topic of sustainable development in campus design and operations. 
 
This book entails contributions from researchers and practitioners in the field of campus greening and sustainable development in the widest sense, from business and economics, to arts, administration and environment.

Editors and Affiliations

  • FTZ-ALS, HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  • Business School, PUCPR, Curitiba, Brazil

    Fernanda Frankenberger

  • USP, São Paulo, Brazil

    Patricia Iglecias, Roberta Consentino Kronka Mülfarth

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eBook USD 129.00
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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