Development of sustainable campus landscape criteria : an evaluation UPSI as a green campus and proposed sustainable campus landscape design for Sultan Abdul Jalil Shah Campus, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris

The term "Sustainable Campus Landscape" means implementing the capable and nature behavior into the landscape, nourish the ecosystem with biodiversity, promote quality living, introduce secure livelihood and campus pleasing. This means a campus landscape must be sustainable within environmental, social and economical. (by AASHE, page 2). The "Green Campus" means a higher education community that is improving energy efficiency, conserving resources and enhancing environmental quality by educating for sustainability and creating healthy living and learning environments. The process of sustainable campus confidence us to make changes within the individual influence by improve energy efficiency, recycle, reuse and renewable waste and conserve valuable resources. The issue is, lack of sustainability approach to reducing the negative impact of activities and making the campuses landscape more sustainable. Therefore, this study proposes a theoretical framework integration of three(3) spheres, environment, social and economic. What are the criteria to create sustainable campus landscape that can bring conducive environment? Can Sustainable Campus Landscape criteria check list been used to evaluate the campus is A Green Campus? The objective of this research is to examine the criteria of Sustainable Campus Landscape. To develop a check list base on criteria of Sustainable Campus Landscape and to evaluate on site at Campus Sultan Abdul Jalil Shah, UPSI. This study attempts to answer the question by using the Check list. Method used by identified the criteria and using the check list through site observation. The result from evaluation indicate Campus Sultan Abdul Jalil Shah, UPSI are a Green Campus