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Environmental sustainability practices in South Asian university campuses: an exploratory study on Bangladeshi universities

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Environmental sustainability practices in universities can play an important role in helping society form a sustainable future. In this study, the roles that Bangladeshi universities play in terms of sustainability practices on their campuses are scrutinized, as well as the challenges these universities face. The existing research on campus sustainability practices in Asia is reviewed, and a new exploratory study is put forth on environmental sustainability practices in the higher education institutions of a developing country—Bangladesh. The Campus Sustainability Assessment Framework used in Canadian universities was taken as basis for determining potential environmental management indicators. Results show that environmental management practices (i.e., environmental education, research, governance and operations) are present only to a very limited extent in higher education institutions in Bangladesh.

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Hoque, A., Clarke, A. & Sultana, T. Environmental sustainability practices in South Asian university campuses: an exploratory study on Bangladeshi universities. Environ Dev Sustain 19, 2163–2180 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-016-9845-0

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