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Ranking Canadian universities: A quantitative approach for sustainability assessment using uD-SiM
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Waheed, B and Khan, FI and Veitch, B and Hawboldt, K, Ranking Canadian universities: A quantitative approach for sustainability assessment using uD-SiM, International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, 5, (4) pp. 357-373. ISSN 1939-7038 (2012) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2012 Taylor & Francis
DOI: doi:10.1080/19397038.2011.637137
Abstract
This paper introduces a model that enables a comparison between universities based on sustainability indicators related to environmental, economic, social and educational aspects. The proposed model is based on a driving force-pressure-state-exposure-effect-action (DPSEEA) framework and is called uncertainty-based DPSEEA-Sustainability index Model (uD-SiM). The uD-SiM applies the concept of causality and develops sustainability index (SI), which is an outcome of nonlinear relationships of sustainability indicators in different stages of DPSEEA. In this paper, this fuzzy-based multi-criteria decision-making model is used to evaluate the sustainability of five Canadian universities, namely the University of British Columbia, the University of Toronto, the University of Alberta, the McGill University and the Memorial University. The final ranking results are compared with the Green report card ranking for 2010 through SI. The application of various actions and strategies that can be applied to different stages of the framework to improve sustainability in higher education institutions is also discussed.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | decision making, driving force-pressure-state-effect-exposure-action (DPSEEA); sustainability, sustainability index (SI), uncertainty, university ranking, Alberta, driving-force-pressure-state-effect-exposure-action (DPSEEA), educational aspects |
Research Division: | Education |
Research Group: | Education systems |
Research Field: | Higher education |
Objective Division: | Education and Training |
Objective Group: | Other education and training |
Objective Field: | Other education and training not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Khan, FI (Professor Faisal Khan) |
ID Code: | 120796 |
Year Published: | 2012 |
Deposited By: | NC Maritime Engineering and Hydrodynamics |
Deposited On: | 2017-08-30 |
Last Modified: | 2017-10-24 |
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