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Ranking Canadian universities: A quantitative approach for sustainability assessment using uD-SiM
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posted on 2023-05-19, 10:47 authored by Waheed, B, Faisal KhanFaisal Khan, Veitch, B, Hawboldt, KThis 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.
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Publication title
International Journal of Sustainable EngineeringVolume
5Issue
4Pagination
357-373ISSN
1939-7038Department/School
Australian Maritime CollegePublisher
Taylor & Francis LtdPlace of publication
United KingdomRights statement
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