Pub Date : 2017-12-16DOI: 10.51200/jbimpeagard.v3i2.1043
Eutropio B. Gayloa, Elizar M. Elmundo, Emelita J. Torayno2, Renante D. Taylaran
Upland rice is mostly grown in extremely diverse marginal upland ecosystems with highly degraded, infertile and acidic soils. The responses of selected upland rice varieties (Dinorado, Speaker, Ma. Gakit, and Cabuyok) to vermicast, Bio-N, and its combination were evaluated under Jasaan soil series in Claveria, Misamis Oriental from September 2013 to January 2014. The study was laid out following a 3 x 4 factorial in split-plot design with three replications. The Bio-N, vermicast and its combination served as the main plot while the upland rice varieties as the subplot. No synthetic chemical fertilizers and pesticides were used. Served application of vermicast, Bio-N and its combination did not influence the relative chlorophyll content of the leaves and dry matter accumulation of upland rice varieties before heading. It also did not influence the number of spikelets per panicle, weight per panicle, 1000 seeds weight and grain yield of the selected upland rice varieties. However, the significant effect of vermicast and Bio-N applied in combination revealed only at approximately three weeks after heading. Among the upland rice varieties, the grain yield of Speaker variety tended to be higher compared with other varieties. Results suggest that the farmer could either use vermicast, Bio-N, or in combination depending on the availability of the materials, and opt to use Speaker upland rice variety for its yield advantage.
{"title":"PHYSIOLOGICAL AND AGRONOMIC RESPONSES OF UPLAND RICE (Oryza sativa L.) VARIETIES GROWN ORGANICALLY UNDER JASAAN SOIL SERIES","authors":"Eutropio B. Gayloa, Elizar M. Elmundo, Emelita J. Torayno2, Renante D. Taylaran","doi":"10.51200/jbimpeagard.v3i2.1043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51200/jbimpeagard.v3i2.1043","url":null,"abstract":"Upland rice is mostly grown in extremely diverse marginal upland ecosystems with highly degraded, infertile and acidic soils. The responses of selected upland rice varieties (Dinorado, Speaker, Ma. Gakit, and Cabuyok) to vermicast, Bio-N, and its combination were evaluated under Jasaan soil series in Claveria, Misamis Oriental from September 2013 to January 2014. The study was laid out following a 3 x 4 factorial in split-plot design with three replications. The Bio-N, vermicast and its combination served as the main plot while the upland rice varieties as the subplot. No synthetic chemical fertilizers and pesticides were used. Served application of vermicast, Bio-N and its combination did not influence the relative chlorophyll content of the leaves and dry matter accumulation of upland rice varieties before heading. It also did not influence the number of spikelets per panicle, weight per panicle, 1000 seeds weight and grain yield of the selected upland rice varieties. However, the significant effect of vermicast and Bio-N applied in combination revealed only at approximately three weeks after heading. Among the upland rice varieties, the grain yield of Speaker variety tended to be higher compared with other varieties. Results suggest that the farmer could either use vermicast, Bio-N, or in combination depending on the availability of the materials, and opt to use Speaker upland rice variety for its yield advantage.","PeriodicalId":304648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of BIMP-EAGA Regional Development","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127300075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-12-16DOI: 10.51200/jbimpeagard.v3i2.1038
A. Kato
This paper will give an overview of the human resource　development programs taking place at the National　Institute of Technology, Fukushima College (henceforth NCT-FC). Explanation will be given on how these programs correspond to the rising human resource issues which are common all over Japan. Focus will be on matters dealing with local community revitalization and globalization, and on matters which are specific to local communities in Fukushima:　such as the decommissioning of the nuclear power plant, the implementation  of  renewable energy,  and environmental rehabilitation.  Finally, we will look at how NCT-FC develops its human resource programs to meet the general needs of Japanese communities as well as the specific needs of the local communities.  The topic of human resources is an emergent issue especially when it pertains to the sustainable development of small local Japanese communities. Tertiary education will play an important role in the revitalize of these communities.
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Pub Date : 2017-12-16DOI: 10.51200/jbimpeagard.v3i2.1036
James M. Alin, Datu Razali Datu Eranza
This paper investigated why sea cucumber farming -Agropolitan balat (Holothuria Scabra spp.) Mapan-Mapan in Pitas, Sabah funded by taxpayers’ money was not successful in term of economic returns. Between the first (2013) and third year of this project (2015) the authors visited the site more than 20 times. Primary data particularly on sales were collected by interviewing participants of the project. Details on costing for constructing sea cucumber cages (or enclosure) was provided by the joint venture company. Economic returns from each cage were calculated using Profit Loss analysis. Results are as follows; firstly, the marginal return from two inputs of farming i.e. capital and physical labor was increasing in the beginning of Round 1 but it was diminishing from February, 2014 all the way to the end of Round 1. Secondly, the expected Break Even in round 2 (Year 3) did not materialized due to; (i) incentive to work among participants was severely affected by subsidization and (ii) they were not motivated to put efforts or take any precautionary measures to minimize losses during the annual monsoon months.Â
{"title":"AGROPOLITAN SEA CUCUMBER FARMING IN MAPAN -MAPAN, PITAS SABAH: BIG SPENDING SMALL SUCCESS","authors":"James M. Alin, Datu Razali Datu Eranza","doi":"10.51200/jbimpeagard.v3i2.1036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51200/jbimpeagard.v3i2.1036","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigated why sea cucumber farming -Agropolitan balat (Holothuria Scabra spp.) Mapan-Mapan in Pitas, Sabah funded by taxpayers’ money was not successful in term of economic returns. Between the first (2013) and third year of this project (2015) the authors visited the site more than 20 times. Primary data particularly on sales were collected by interviewing participants of the project. Details on costing for constructing sea cucumber cages (or enclosure) was provided by the joint venture company. Economic returns from each cage were calculated using Profit Loss analysis. Results are as follows; firstly, the marginal return from two inputs of farming i.e. capital and physical labor was increasing in the beginning of Round 1 but it was diminishing from February, 2014 all the way to the end of Round 1. Secondly, the expected Break Even in round 2 (Year 3) did not materialized due to; (i) incentive to work among participants was severely affected by subsidization and (ii) they were not motivated to put efforts or take any precautionary measures to minimize losses during the annual monsoon months. ","PeriodicalId":304648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of BIMP-EAGA Regional Development","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123298960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-12-15DOI: 10.51200/jbimpeagard.v3i1.1032
Datu Razali Datu Eranza, Andy Lee Chen Hiung
This paper provides an insight on the impact of religiosity and sustainability awareness on the campus impact sustainability. The nature of this study was to explore the relationships, and using the survey questionnaire for primary data collection. The research question for this research was “Do religiosity and sustainability awareness affecting the campus impact sustainability?†Convenience sampling technique was applied to sample more than 150 students at the Faculty of Business, Economics, and Accountancy, in Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS). Adaptation of three different questionnaires were used to construct the questionnaire of this research. General measures of religiosity refer to its intensity, salience, and importance in the individuals, and mostly are self-report on single item on the subjective importance of religion or the salience of religious identity. For better measurement in religiosity, the authors have adopted the Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS) questionnaire developed by Stefan Huber and Odilo W. Huber. The Scale is a set of 15 items measurement on centrality, importance or salience of religious meanings in personality. Four questions were developed to measure the awareness and concern of students about the environmental sustainability. Third part of the questionnaire is a 26-items questionnaire by McNulty. Apart from it, the authors have also included several demographic factors to investigate whether the gender and parent’s education level would influence the variables.Â
研究了宗教信仰和可持续性意识对校园影响可持续性的影响。本研究的目的是探讨两者之间的关系，并使用调查问卷进行原始数据收集。本研究的研究问题是€œDo宗教信仰和可持续发展意识对校园影响可持续性的影响?便捷抽样技术应用于马来西亚沙巴大学(UMS)商业、经济和会计学院的150多名学生。本研究采用三种不同问卷的改编方法来构建问卷。宗教虔诚度的一般测量是指其在个人中的强度、显著性和重要性，大多数是关于宗教主观重要性或宗教身份显著性的单项自我报告。为了更好地测量宗教虔诚度，作者采用了Stefan Huber和Odilo W. Huber开发的宗教虔诚度中心性量表(CRS)问卷。该量表由15个项目组成，测量宗教意义在人格中的中心性、重要性或显著性。设计了四个问题来衡量学生对环境可持续性的认识和关注。问卷的第三部分是McNulty的26题问卷。除此之外，作者还纳入了几个人口因素来研究性别和父母的教育水平是否会影响variables.Â
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Pub Date : 2017-12-15DOI: 10.51200/jbimpeagard.v3i1.1024
Sofiah Kadar Khan, I. Chi Chen
The article extends the literature of organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) by providing support for the development of construct towards OCB. There has been extensive studies directed towards understanding OCB. Empirical studies have confirmed the positive relationship among OCB and organisational performance. This article proposed a framework based on past literatures engaging emotional exhaustion and work life balance as variables predicting occupational commitment moderated by supportive organisational culture towards OCB. The propositions made by identifying work stressors which will weaken the effect of positive work behaviour.
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Pub Date : 2017-12-15DOI: 10.51200/jbimpeagard.v3i1.1033
Izan Jaafar, T. Ibrahim, Noor Hayati Mat Ila, Nor Syuhada Mohd Zaki
Waste Management problem became the most challenging issues with the increasing of global population. Universities as higher educational institution should create knowledge, take a lead on environmental protection and sustainability practices for promoting public awareness on adapting the concept of sustainability for a better quality of living as well as integrate sustainability in their educational and research programs. In the aspect of solid waste management, solid waste audit need to be conducted for the determination of the total amount of waste generation, the current practise of waste management and waste characterization hence specific improvement can be identified and implemented. Cafeterias have been known to generate multiple waste such as biodegradable waste, recyclable waste and non-recyclable waste. Therefore this study was conducted to determine the generation, characterization and current management practices of waste produced within cafeterias and food kioks currently operating within Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT). The study involves distribution of questionnaires to 370 respondents, representative numbers based on UMT population of UMT that has reached 10900 and characterization of solid waste produced by the respected cafeterias and food kiosks for the duration of two weeks. The results found that the total generation of solid waste was 1753kg with average 125kg generation per day. Waste classification were 59% (food waste), 21 % (papers), 13% (plastics), 4 % (tin/aluminium), 1.3% (polystyrene), 1.2%Â (Glass) and 0.02% (Others). Estimation of the average waste generation was determined through weighted process using scale machine. The weighted waste were segregated according to their type and categories. The survey conducted found that majority of respondent have knowledge about solid waste management (>80%) but still lack of awareness towards solid waste management in cafeteria and food kiosk whether simply by recycling and separating. The survey also suggests that UMT community to bring their own containers for take away and to participate more in solid waste awareness programme. The high proportion of organic waste more than 60% exceeding the typical 40% national generation indicated a strong urge to place organic waste compost bin in cafeteria so that the highly generated organic waste can be utilized and converted into compost whilst reduce waste disposal cost.Â
{"title":"WASTE AUDIT IN UMT CAMPUS : GENERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF WASTE IN CAFETERIA AND FOOD KIOSK","authors":"Izan Jaafar, T. Ibrahim, Noor Hayati Mat Ila, Nor Syuhada Mohd Zaki","doi":"10.51200/jbimpeagard.v3i1.1033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51200/jbimpeagard.v3i1.1033","url":null,"abstract":"Waste Management problem became the most challenging issues with the increasing of global population. Universities as higher educational institution should create knowledge, take a lead on environmental protection and sustainability practices for promoting public awareness on adapting the concept of sustainability for a better quality of living as well as integrate sustainability in their educational and research programs. In the aspect of solid waste management, solid waste audit need to be conducted for the determination of the total amount of waste generation, the current practise of waste management and waste characterization hence specific improvement can be identified and implemented. Cafeterias have been known to generate multiple waste such as biodegradable waste, recyclable waste and non-recyclable waste. Therefore this study was conducted to determine the generation, characterization and current management practices of waste produced within cafeterias and food kioks currently operating within Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT). The study involves distribution of questionnaires to 370 respondents, representative numbers based on UMT population of UMT that has reached 10900 and characterization of solid waste produced by the respected cafeterias and food kiosks for the duration of two weeks. The results found that the total generation of solid waste was 1753kg with average 125kg generation per day. Waste classification were 59% (food waste), 21 % (papers), 13% (plastics), 4 % (tin/aluminium), 1.3% (polystyrene), 1.2% (Glass) and 0.02% (Others). Estimation of the average waste generation was determined through weighted process using scale machine. The weighted waste were segregated according to their type and categories. The survey conducted found that majority of respondent have knowledge about solid waste management (>80%) but still lack of awareness towards solid waste management in cafeteria and food kiosk whether simply by recycling and separating. The survey also suggests that UMT community to bring their own containers for take away and to participate more in solid waste awareness programme. The high proportion of organic waste more than 60% exceeding the typical 40% national generation indicated a strong urge to place organic waste compost bin in cafeteria so that the highly generated organic waste can be utilized and converted into compost whilst reduce waste disposal cost. ","PeriodicalId":304648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of BIMP-EAGA Regional Development","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133662694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-12-15DOI: 10.51200/jbimpeagard.v3i1.1031
Shahida Mohd Sharif, Izyan Ayuni Mohamad Selamat, Januarius Gobilik
Campus sustainability is a movement that requires a significant engagement from various campus stakeholders. Students as the biggest stakeholders have to play a meaningful role as the implementers, and academicians, on another side, must feel free to address campus sustainability issues and inspire the students to get involved in making the campus sustainability movement a reality. In 2013, Universiti Malaysia Sabah established an EcoCampus Management Centre to lead the sustainability movement to a higher level. The goal of the university is becoming an EcoCampus by 2018. Thus, in parallel with the goal of the movement, the Horticulture and Landscaping Programme (HG35), Faculty of Sustainable Agriculture (FSA), UMS has set out one of the Programme learning outcomes as to produce graduates who could grasp the concepts and principles of sustainable horticulture and landscaping. Several HG35 academicians and Key Persons appointed by the UMS authority had implemented the EcoCampus Core Values and Key Elements in teaching and learning activities. In this paper, the authors share their experience in integrating the sustainability movement in teaching and learning process for Garden Planning and Management course. A project-based learning (PBL) named EcoProject was structured to empower the students of the course to create something that could achieve the goal of the sustainability movement and most importantly is meaningful to them. The assessment is designed to allow the students (1) to integrate a variety of knowledge and skills pertaining to horticulture and landscaping in their projects, 2) to give a platform to the students to explore and adopt a sustainable initiative in FSA campus creatively, and 3) to foster a sense of belonging to the sustainability movement introduced by the University. The performance of the students was then evaluated using a Likert scale. At the end of the project, the students produced several distinctive art installations, for example, a lath house, that is, a shelter made of 1000 recycled 1.5L transparent plastic water bottles functioning as a plant nursery especially for acclimatising young seedlings before field planting. The EcoProject assessment had demonstrated that sustainability movement could be harmoniously integrated into teaching and learning activities in higher education institutions. The project had inspired the students to be creative and confident to engage in a sustainability movement, and this experience is expected to stay with them once graduated.Â
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Pub Date : 2017-12-15DOI: 10.51200/jbimpeagard.v3i1.1029
Izyan Ayuni Mohamad Selamat, Shahida Mohd Sharif, Januarius Gobilik
A development of green infrastructure (GI) on university compound has been acknowledged as one of the foundations of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), an initiative that could provide various benefits to the campus community. The present study shared the experience of the Faculty of Sustainable Agriculture, UMS in the development of GI, namely, a rooftop garden as a medium for ESD. The project was divided into four phases: formation of planning and management team, participatory planning, site inventory and analysis, and GI design and development. The planning and management team involved academic staff and students interested in the project. In the participatory planning, the team members took part in a discussion on strategies to achieve the development of GI as a medium for ESD including taking part in mini training on hard and softscaping at several locations on the campus. This discussion and training prepared the team members for the site inventory and analysis. In the latter, the roof area of the administrative building was finally selected for the GI development. The selected roof area was originally built as an observatory area but was found to have an archetypal problem associated with the urban environment: absence of vegetation, intense solar radiation, and unfit for multifunctional usage. Based on those factors, during the GI design and development phase, the problems were solved using sustainable landscape approaches, for example, increasing the vegetative cover, reducing the solar radiation and glare, and fitting the area with an efficient irrigation system. At the end of the project, the participants had been exposed directly to the keys to identifying environmental issues and their solutions, and by this way, they were carrying out sustainable initiatives on campus environment. The project signifies the potential of GI development in empowering the campus community towards sustainable development and achieving the objectives of ESD.Â
{"title":"GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AS EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MODEL IN UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH","authors":"Izyan Ayuni Mohamad Selamat, Shahida Mohd Sharif, Januarius Gobilik","doi":"10.51200/jbimpeagard.v3i1.1029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51200/jbimpeagard.v3i1.1029","url":null,"abstract":"A development of green infrastructure (GI) on university compound has been acknowledged as one of the foundations of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), an initiative that could provide various benefits to the campus community. The present study shared the experience of the Faculty of Sustainable Agriculture, UMS in the development of GI, namely, a rooftop garden as a medium for ESD. The project was divided into four phases: formation of planning and management team, participatory planning, site inventory and analysis, and GI design and development. The planning and management team involved academic staff and students interested in the project. In the participatory planning, the team members took part in a discussion on strategies to achieve the development of GI as a medium for ESD including taking part in mini training on hard and softscaping at several locations on the campus. This discussion and training prepared the team members for the site inventory and analysis. In the latter, the roof area of the administrative building was finally selected for the GI development. The selected roof area was originally built as an observatory area but was found to have an archetypal problem associated with the urban environment: absence of vegetation, intense solar radiation, and unfit for multifunctional usage. Based on those factors, during the GI design and development phase, the problems were solved using sustainable landscape approaches, for example, increasing the vegetative cover, reducing the solar radiation and glare, and fitting the area with an efficient irrigation system. At the end of the project, the participants had been exposed directly to the keys to identifying environmental issues and their solutions, and by this way, they were carrying out sustainable initiatives on campus environment. The project signifies the potential of GI development in empowering the campus community towards sustainable development and achieving the objectives of ESD. ","PeriodicalId":304648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of BIMP-EAGA Regional Development","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114813787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-12-15DOI: 10.51200/jbimpeagard.v3i1.1030
Othman Ahmad, Md. Nazrul Islam, A. Chekima, Zakariah Aris
In large campuses such as UMS and NTU, students need to move at long distances. The transportation of choice has been public transportation. The most common is in the form of buses. Buses need bus stops at strategic locations and only travel at intervals. Although buses are the most eco-friendly among all the transportation systems within a campus, alternative technologies had been studied to improve it further. Self-driving technologies are the most promising. Combined with sharing technologies such as Uber share, self-driving cars offer the most promising solution. Self-driving technologies are already under active development. Campus application should be the first choice for deployment. Campus environment is a private environment so is well controlled. The maps and network infrastructures are well established so will allow reliable self-driving technologies to be used within the campus only. It is therefore surprising that there are few trials involving self-driving transportation systems in a campus environment. There are various possibilities but all these should be overcome in order to have a truly eco-friendly environment within the campus. Electrical shared self-driving cars allow eco-friendly mass transportation of people because electricity is a clean energy. Sharing allows full utilisation of the vehicles unlike other modes of transportation. Mobile apps and GPS allow pickup of passengers at any safe place instead of just at designated places. Because self-driving cars have no drivers, small vehicles may be used economically without the added costs of an extra non-paying passenger and salary of the driver for each vehicle. The lack of any driver also makes it safer for the students especially female students. Although there are still issues of safety among current self-driving technologies as had been shown by the accidents suffered by Tesla cars running on even semi-autonomous modes, safety within the campus should be much better and there is no need for full certification from the transportation authorities. Operating within the campus environment allow operators to operate without the strict licencing requirements of the public transportation environment. Safety can still be ensured by restricting the operation of the self-driving vehicles within clearly marked roads in the campus, enforcing safe speed limits such as the 50 km/hr imposed by Google and restricting operations in clear weather and daytime only. With remote operators and emergency buttons, even the semi-autonomous modes that are within the capabilities of current hardware, self-driving ride-sharing cars should be possible.
{"title":"SELF-DRIVING TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR ECO-CAMPUS","authors":"Othman Ahmad, Md. Nazrul Islam, A. Chekima, Zakariah Aris","doi":"10.51200/jbimpeagard.v3i1.1030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.51200/jbimpeagard.v3i1.1030","url":null,"abstract":"In large campuses such as UMS and NTU, students need to move at long distances. The transportation of choice has been public transportation. The most common is in the form of buses. Buses need bus stops at strategic locations and only travel at intervals. Although buses are the most eco-friendly among all the transportation systems within a campus, alternative technologies had been studied to improve it further. Self-driving technologies are the most promising. Combined with sharing technologies such as Uber share, self-driving cars offer the most promising solution. Self-driving technologies are already under active development. Campus application should be the first choice for deployment. Campus environment is a private environment so is well controlled. The maps and network infrastructures are well established so will allow reliable self-driving technologies to be used within the campus only. It is therefore surprising that there are few trials involving self-driving transportation systems in a campus environment. There are various possibilities but all these should be overcome in order to have a truly eco-friendly environment within the campus. Electrical shared self-driving cars allow eco-friendly mass transportation of people because electricity is a clean energy. Sharing allows full utilisation of the vehicles unlike other modes of transportation. Mobile apps and GPS allow pickup of passengers at any safe place instead of just at designated places. Because self-driving cars have no drivers, small vehicles may be used economically without the added costs of an extra non-paying passenger and salary of the driver for each vehicle. The lack of any driver also makes it safer for the students especially female students. Although there are still issues of safety among current self-driving technologies as had been shown by the accidents suffered by Tesla cars running on even semi-autonomous modes, safety within the campus should be much better and there is no need for full certification from the transportation authorities. Operating within the campus environment allow operators to operate without the strict licencing requirements of the public transportation environment. Safety can still be ensured by restricting the operation of the self-driving vehicles within clearly marked roads in the campus, enforcing safe speed limits such as the 50 km/hr imposed by Google and restricting operations in clear weather and daytime only. With remote operators and emergency buttons, even the semi-autonomous modes that are within the capabilities of current hardware, self-driving ride-sharing cars should be possible.","PeriodicalId":304648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of BIMP-EAGA Regional Development","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126237380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2017-12-15DOI: 10.51200/jbimpeagard.v3i1.1028
Datu Razali Datu Eranza, Andy Lee Chen Hiung, Tini Maizura Mokhtar
This paper is an opinion piece on the initial assessment of the comprehension of Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) students’ knowledge about UMS EcoCampus programs in the context of campus sustainability, and their suggestions for green initiatives. A total number of more than 350 students were sampled. The students were divided into a working group and worked on abstracts related to campus sustainability. A total number of 35 groups were formed as units of analysis for this study. The assessment process was conducted in four meetings over a one-month period after lecture. For data collection, the 35 working groups were required to come up with an abstract for each group, and the abstracts were being reviewed by several experts in campus sustainability or personnel familiar with the activities organized by UMS EcoCampus Management Centre. The result suggested that some of the students understood the general concepts of sustainability and some were uncertain about it. The uncertainty is mainly due to the context of ‘campus’ sustainability. The sustainability knowledge of students was mostly on recycle and reuse, electronic technology usage in substituting conventional management practices, and “go green†campaigns. Based on the findings, the result indicates that students of UMS would have to be given more exposure on campus sustainability, and it is best to include sustainability element into course syllabus. By then in the near future, the graduates will be “greener†and susceptive to the concept of sustainability.
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