Ranking Canadian universities: A quantitative approach for sustainability assessment using uD-SiM
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-19, 10:47authored byWaheed, 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
Other education and training not elsewhere classified