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

Sustainability practices at higher education institutions in Asia

“…This study’s findings further support earlier research in the context of Bangladesh (Hoque et al , 2017). The researchers found that environmental sustainability practices were very limited in institutions of Bangladesh.…”

“…Recent studies indicate that private universities in the country are more likely to offer education focused on sustainability due to the financial support they receive, the infrastructure, the ability to make decisions in a shorter period, and the ease of promoting changes, reforms, or restructuring, unlike public universities that depend only on the support of public policies (Zahid et al, 2020). This study's findings further support earlier research in the context of Bangladesh (Hoque et al, 2017). The researchers found that environmental sustainability practices were very limited in institutions of Bangladesh.…”

“…As Alam et al (2021) argued, the mushrooming in the private university sector has resulted in a sustainability crisis, even though both public and private sector universities do not emphasise it. In this context, and in order to meet the global benchmark in Bangladesh, a formal education policy on sustainability is recommended (Hoque et al, 2017).…”

Sustainable Transportation on University Campus: A Case at UiTM Selangor, Puncak Alam Campus, Malaysia and Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia

“…Nevertheless, this could not have started without a meaningful top-level institutional commitment to improve its sustainability performance record. As such the role of various stakeholders right from students to policy makers should play a critical role in maximizing the sustainable transportation effort (Akar et al, 2013;Cattaneo et al, 2018;Hoque et al, 2017;de Sousa et al, 2016). This is achieved through informing people about their transportation choices, emphasizing the benefits of alternative transportation, and making the use of alternative transportation part of the mainstream culture of the campus.…”

“…This particular shift of modal split or in other word, more dependency on public transport or non-motorized vehicles have reduced the potential air pollution impacts of road transportation in megacities. However, the benefits associated with such policies in these megacities are likely to be overwhelmed in the next two decades by further growth in vehicular traffic, due to continued reliance on private transport (Hoque et al, 2017;de Sousa et al, 2016). By contrast, in many of the developing economies, even elementary anti-pollution policies are lacking and the situation gives little hope for improvement, particularly with more rapid population growth than in the advanced economies.…”