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Oleksandra Khalaim, Ph.D., graduated with a degree in Economics (2006), a master’s degree in Economics (2007), a master’s degree in Environmental Sciences (2010), and a Ph.D. in Ecology and Environmental Sciences (2017). Post-doctoral research was completed at Uppsala University (2020). Her current research interests include education for sustainable development, climate change education, and transformative learning methods in higher education, climate change adaptation and management of urban green areas.
The role of universities in shaping the future of society cannot be underestimated, as current students could become the potential leaders of tomorrow. Therefore, universities should serve as a basis for preparing future socio-ecological skills and values essential for a sustainable living, by reorienting current unsustainable ways of thinking and doing. This paper discusses the critical role that the Change Project Approach plays in creating the social transformation processes and actions required to reach the ambitions of the Sustainable Development Goals, enabling sustainable development in interdisciplinary university teaching. The Change Project Approach intervention has been highlighted in the university cases from the Baltic Sea region that have demonstrated important efforts to reorient university curricula. Through the Education for Sustainable Development course for teachers of Baltic University Programme, the purpose of the intervention is to stimulate the integration of sustainability education approaches into university teaching and learning. It demonstrates how sustainability competences may be acquired through learning initiatives, feasible to replicate within and across university departments and university institutions.
Oleksandra Khalaim; Tatjana Tambovceva; Lovísa Eiríksdóttir; Shepherd Urenje. Change Project Approach for Reorienting University Teaching Towards the Implementation of Sustainability Principles. World Sustainability Series 2021, 253 -273.
AMA StyleOleksandra Khalaim, Tatjana Tambovceva, Lovísa Eiríksdóttir, Shepherd Urenje. Change Project Approach for Reorienting University Teaching Towards the Implementation of Sustainability Principles. World Sustainability Series. 2021; ():253-273.
Chicago/Turabian StyleOleksandra Khalaim; Tatjana Tambovceva; Lovísa Eiríksdóttir; Shepherd Urenje. 2021. "Change Project Approach for Reorienting University Teaching Towards the Implementation of Sustainability Principles." World Sustainability Series , no. : 253-273.
The frequency of extreme heat effects has recently increased in European cities due to climate change. The problem appears to be critical in urban areas where manmade structures significantly alter the temperature balance, thus highlighting the importance of sustainable management and proper inventory of urban green zones. Based on this, the paper provides a case study on using a combination of open-access and low-cost urban greenery inventory methods that could be used by municipal governments and private land managers to estimate the contribution of urban trees to the mitigation of urban heat impacts. The research focuses on the urban greenery inventory of courtyards in high-rise residential districts of the city of Kyiv (Ukraine), aiming to estimate the adapting potential of urban vegetation against heatwaves. Visual and thermal satellite images of Kyiv enabled us to estimate how the density of buildings and greenery is distributed and analyze the surface temperature in residential districts. A UAV thermal imaging survey was made in four selected locations with varying vegetation coverage, followed by leaf-based field instrumental analysis of photosynthetic activity in selected city tree species at hot temperatures. In addition, 16 portable temperature and humidity sensors were installed in shaded and sunlight-exposed areas of the locations in focus to assess the microclimate formation impact of trees in a high-rise residential courtyard. The Ukrainian legislation on the management of green spaces in cities was reviewed to find out whether it promotes the shaping of comfortable microclimates in residential districts; follow-up recommendations were made on how to improve the applicable provisions.
Oleksandra Khalaim; Olena Zabarna; Taras Kazantsev; Ihor Panas; Oleksandr Polishchuk. Urban Green Infrastructure Inventory as a Key Prerequisite to Sustainable Cities in Ukraine under Extreme Heat Events. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2470 .
AMA StyleOleksandra Khalaim, Olena Zabarna, Taras Kazantsev, Ihor Panas, Oleksandr Polishchuk. Urban Green Infrastructure Inventory as a Key Prerequisite to Sustainable Cities in Ukraine under Extreme Heat Events. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (5):2470.
Chicago/Turabian StyleOleksandra Khalaim; Olena Zabarna; Taras Kazantsev; Ihor Panas; Oleksandr Polishchuk. 2021. "Urban Green Infrastructure Inventory as a Key Prerequisite to Sustainable Cities in Ukraine under Extreme Heat Events." Sustainability 13, no. 5: 2470.