The development of a GIS-based model for campus environmental sustainability assessment

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Alshuwaikhat, Habib M ^a   Abubakar, Ismaila R ^b   Aina, Yusuf A ^c   Adenle, Yusuf A ^a   Umair, Muhammad ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c YANBU INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Campus operations; GIS; Green house gas emissions; Indicator framework; KFUPM; Sustainability assessment

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GIS; GREENHOUSE GAS; LAND USE CHANGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 85015917975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su9030439     Document Type: Article

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