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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, K
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.

History

Publication title

International Journal of Sustainable Engineering

Volume

5

Issue

4

Pagination

357-373

ISSN

1939-7038

Department/School

Australian Maritime College

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Place of publication

United Kingdom

Rights statement

Copyright 2012 Taylor & Francis

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

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