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are developed in the classroom, laboratories, or non-formal spaces, including the
welfares and social services (housing, transportation, food, among others).
There is an urgent demand for cities to become more sustainable. Urban areas
have expanded rapidly between 2000 and 2014. The area occupied by cities grew
at a 1.28 rate, which is greater than their population growth. Therefore, there was a
decrease in its density and an increase in the demand for urban growth management
(United Nations 2019).
One of the main challenges relays on the agreement between policies and the international sustainable development agenda complexity at a local city scale (Mccarney
2019). Accordingly, universities can play an important role applying the SDGs, and
can also use their framework as a guidance model for both diagnosis and prognosis
for their campus sustainable solutions. That can be achieved by integrating university,
the community itself and by fostering synergies among them.
5 Conclusion
The Gephi Software network analysis methodology was appropriated to verify the
adherence of USP’s environmental actions to the SDGs, but not to the ones with the
themes not directly correlated to the EP and PPs, such as SDGs 1, 5, 8, 14 and 17.
EP/USP is strongly aligned with the Sustainability in Administration, Fauna
Management and Environmental Education themes, SDGs 11, 15 and 4, respectively. The actions contemplated by the PPs on the different USP campuses have
shown correlations with the SDGs, including Flora and Fauna Conservation (SDG
11 and 15); Waste Management (SDG 12) and Water Resources Conservation (SDG
6).
Although the SDGs 1, 5, 8, 14 and 17 have not shown adherence to the USP‘s
environmental actions, the University has been providing important contributions in
other segments strictly connected to these SDGs. We have as examples the following
actions: public and tuition-free universities, gender salary equality, women commission against all kinds of violence, university for all (under-represented groups admission program), high-quality teaching and research to develop high-quality professionals, teaching and research center responsible for the aquatic life preservation,
and, finally, partnerships with international institutions for sustainability experience
exchange in Higher Education.
The data presented in this study confirm that the University of São Paulo develops
its activities based on the management of green campuses, collaborating with the
society on building sustainable communities.
Acknowledgements A special thanks to the Superintendence of Environmental Affairs
(SGA/USP) interns, technical and administrative staff, as well as professors involved, for the support
given in the activities and data gathering in this study.
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are developed in the classroom, laboratories, or non-formal spaces, including the
welfares and social services (housing, transportation, food, among others).
There is an urgent demand for cities to become more sustainable. Urban areas
have expanded rapidly between 2000 and 2014. The area occupied by cities grew
at a 1.28 rate, which is greater than their population growth. Therefore, there was a
decrease in its density and an increase in the demand for urban growth management
(United Nations 2019).
One of the main challenges relays on the agreement between policies and the international sustainable development agenda complexity at a local city scale (Mccarney
2019). Accordingly, universities can play an important role applying the SDGs, and
can also use their framework as a guidance model for both diagnosis and prognosis
for their campus sustainable solutions. That can be achieved by integrating university,
the community itself and by fostering synergies among them.
5 Conclusion
The Gephi Software network analysis methodology was appropriated to verify the
adherence of USP’s environmental actions to the SDGs, but not to the ones with the
themes not directly correlated to the EP and PPs, such as SDGs 1, 5, 8, 14 and 17.
EP/USP is strongly aligned with the Sustainability in Administration, Fauna
Management and Environmental Education themes, SDGs 11, 15 and 4, respectively. The actions contemplated by the PPs on the different USP campuses have
shown correlations with the SDGs, including Flora and Fauna Conservation (SDG
11 and 15); Waste Management (SDG 12) and Water Resources Conservation (SDG
6).
Although the SDGs 1, 5, 8, 14 and 17 have not shown adherence to the USP‘s
environmental actions, the University has been providing important contributions in
other segments strictly connected to these SDGs. We have as examples the following
actions: public and tuition-free universities, gender salary equality, women commission against all kinds of violence, university for all (under-represented groups admission program), high-quality teaching and research to develop high-quality professionals, teaching and research center responsible for the aquatic life preservation,
and, finally, partnerships with international institutions for sustainability experience
exchange in Higher Education.
The data presented in this study confirm that the University of São Paulo develops
its activities based on the management of green campuses, collaborating with the
society on building sustainable communities.
Acknowledgements A special thanks to the Superintendence of Environmental Affairs
(SGA/USP) interns, technical and administrative staff, as well as professors involved, for the support
given in the activities and data gathering in this study.