The implementation of sustainability initiatives on campuses is an essential component of
promoting sustainability in the higher education context. In addition to reflecting an
awareness of environmental issues campus programmes demonstrate how seriously universities
take sustainability at the institutional level.There is a lack of truly interdisciplinary
publications that comprehensively address the issue of campus greening and there is an even
greater need for publications that do so at a truly international level. This book meets these
needs. It is one of the outcomes of the ¿Second Symposium on Sustainability in University
Campuses¿ (SSUC-2018) which was jointly organised by the University of Florence (Italy)
Manchester Metropolitan University (UK) the Research and Transfer Centre ¿Sustainable
Development and Climate Change Management¿ and the ¿European School of Sustainability Science
and Research¿ at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany) in cooperation with the
Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP).The book showcases
examples of campus-based research and teaching projects regenerative campus design low-carbon
and zero-carbon buildings waste prevention and resilient transport among others. Ultimately
it demonstrates the role of campuses as platforms for transformative social learning and
research and explores the means by which university campuses can be made more sustainable.The
aims of this publication are as follows:¿ to provide universities with essential information on
campus greening and sustainable campus development initiatives from around the world ¿ to share
ideas and lessons learned in the course of research teaching and projects on campus greening
and design especially successful initiatives and good practice and¿ to introduce
methodological approaches and projects intended to integrate the topic of sustainable
development in campus design and operations.This book gathers contributions from researchers
and practitioners in the field of campus greening and sustainable development in the widest
sense from business and economics to the arts administration and the environment and
hailing from Europe Latin America North America and Asia.
