ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFICIENCY OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY (CASE STUDY OF THE HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY
Abstract
The experience of the Hokkaido University in realization of the sustainable development principles is discussed; the efficiency of environmental policy is evaluated, as well as the anthropogenic load of the University over the environment. The Action Plan aimed at the creation of a sustainable campus which was considered by the International Association of Sustainable Higher Education to be an innovation in university management is analyzed in detail. Environmental initiatives of the University cover three basic lines, i.e. optimization of resource use, environmental education and relations with administration and business. To evaluate the anthropogenic load of the University over the environment the ecological (carbon) footprint of the campus was calculated basing on the annual University reports information (resource consumption, CO2 emissions), statistical data of the Hokkaido prefecture (areas of coniferous and broadleaved forests) and materials of Russian publications (volume conversion coefficient values). The carbon footprint of the Hokkaido University is about 1.07 gha per 1 student. The results were correlated with available data on the universities of the USA, China, Great Britain and Canada.
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Bancheva A.I. ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFICIENCY OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY (CASE STUDY OF THE HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY. Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Seriya 5, Geografiya. 2015;(2):27-32. (In Russ.)
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