在高等教育机构发展可持续的废物管理

IF 1.6 Q4 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Nadia A. Abdulghaffar, I. Williams
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摘要

尽管采取了各种举措来促进可持续发展,以实现全球2030年议程,但对高等教育机构(HEI)实践、话语和管理的理解仍然有限。本研究确定并量化了高等教育可持续实践的发展。这是2014年在阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王大学(KAU)进行的一项探索性横断面研究,旨在确定有关废物管理的知识、态度和行为,以及如何在校园发展可持续实践。研究对象包括通过随机抽样方法招募的大学教职员和非教职员。数据通过两份封闭式问卷收集,并使用IBM社会科学统计软件包(SPSS)第20版进行分析。研究结果显示,废物管理可提高九龙农业大学在本地、国家和国际层面的声誉,从而改善其遵守法例的情况。结果还反映出,通过采取有效的技术措施,该组织所使用的能源和所消耗的材料的排放所造成的环境污染可以大大减少。该研究的结论是,当高等教育努力告知公民时,大学的可持续性可以实现;要与欧洲同行比肩还有很长的路要走。
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Development of sustainable waste management in higher education institutions
Despite the various initiatives being employed for fostering sustainability to globally achieve Agenda 2030, the understanding of the Higher Education Institutions (HEI) practices, discourse, and management remains limited. The present study identifies and quantifies the development of sustainable practices for HEI. It is an exploratory cross-sectional study conducted in 2014 at King Abdul Aziz University (KAU) to identify knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour concerning waste management and what could be done to develop sustainable practices at the campus. The study population comprised of academic and non-academic staff of KAU recruited through random sampling technique. The data was collected through two closed-ended questionnaires and analyzed using IBM Statistical Package of Social Sciences software (SPSS) version 20. The study's findings showed that waste management (WM) would improve KAU's reputation at local, national and international levels resulting in improved regulatory compliance. The results also reflected that environmental pollution caused by the emissions from the energy used and the materials consumed could considerably be reduced by the effective technical measures taken by the organization. The study concluded that sustainability in universities could be achieved when HEI works to inform citizens; there still is a long way to be at par with the European counterparts.
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AIMS Environmental Science
AIMS Environmental Science ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES-
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