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Networking the Sustainable Campus Awards: Engaging with the Higher Education Institutions in Developing Countries

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Handbook of Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development in Higher Education

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In order to promote sustainability in higher education institutions, different sustainable campus awards have been established to foster best practices and encourage networking among universities. However, the impact and engagement with the awards have not been similar especially between developed and developing countries. This paper reviews the major sustainable campus awards on two fronts; the coverage of different dimensions of campus sustainability and the spatial distribution of award winners. It also examines the impacts of the awards within the local context of Saudi Arabia as a case study of developing countries. The findings show the gap in the aspects covered by these awards and the spatial distribution of winners. This paper concludes with recommendations on how to improve both the engagement and networking of these award bodies with higher education institutions and the coverage of campus sustainability awards in developing countries.

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Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge the support of the National Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation (MAARIFAH), King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology through the Science & Technology Unit at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia (Award number: 14-BUI109-04).

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of City and Regional Planning, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

    Habib M. Alshuwaikhat & Bilal Saghir

  2. College of Architecture and Planning, University of Dammam, Dammam, 31451, Saudi Arabia

    Ismaila Rimi Abubakar

  3. Yanbu Industrial College, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia

    Yusuf A. Aina

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Correspondence to Habib M. Alshuwaikhat .

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  1. FTZ-ALS, HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Department of Environment, University of the Aegean , Mytilene, Greece

    Constantina Skanavis

  3. Business and Economics, NECE, University of Beira Interior , Covilhã, Portugal

    Arminda do Paço

  4. School of Architecture and Design, RMIT University , Melbourne, Australia

    Judy Rogers

  5. Manchester Metropolitan University , Manchester, United Kingdom

    Olga Kuznetsova

  6. Department of Life Sciences, Centre for Functional Ecology, University of Coimbra , Coimbra, Portugal

    Paula Castro

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Alshuwaikhat, H.M., Abubakar, I.R., Aina, Y.A., Saghir, B. (2017). Networking the Sustainable Campus Awards: Engaging with the Higher Education Institutions in Developing Countries. In: Leal Filho, W., Skanavis, C., do Paço, A., Rogers, J., Kuznetsova, O., Castro, P. (eds) Handbook of Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development in Higher Education. World Sustainability Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47889-0_7

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