The Role of Green Areas in University Campuses …
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Table 1 Questions of the questionnaire
Question description
1
You are: (student, professor or employee)
2
If student, which is your course?
3
If professor or employee, which is your academic unit?
4
How often do you use the green areas of the campus?
5
Which environment (green space) do you use most often?
6
Which activities do you develop/participate at the green areas of the campus?
7
Mark from 1 to 5 (being 1 the totally
disagree item and 5 totally agree according
to your opinion on the statements made)
and evaluate the green area infrastructure
THE FURNITURE: presents adequate and
sufficient seats
THE FURNITURE: presents adequate and
sufficient dustbins
THE FURNITURE: presents adequate and
sufficient lighting
The ACCESSIBILITY: presents paths, tours
and routes of easy access and inviting to use
The VISUAL COMMUNICATION:
presents identification of trees according to
their species
THE VISUAL COMMUNICATION:
presents signs/identification of the green
spaces inside the campus
8
In your opinion, how could the institution utilize better the potential of the green areas of
campus I?
Table 2 Feedback
percentage
Search group Number of
participants
Number of
respondents
Feedback %
Students
15,990
489
3.1
Professors
and
employees
2059
279
13.6
Total
18,049
768
4.3
3.2 Events Promoted by the Institution at the Green Areas
of the Campus
According the proposed methodology, the second step was a search made on the
institutional website of the university in order to verify how the green areas are being
used. In the search, 30,825 news items were verified, from June 24, 2002, when the
site began, until December 31, 2017 (University of Passo Fundo 2017b). The events
considered in this search were those that occurred in the green spaces of the main
UPF campus.
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Table 1 Questions of the questionnaire
Question description
1
You are: (student, professor or employee)
2
If student, which is your course?
3
If professor or employee, which is your academic unit?
4
How often do you use the green areas of the campus?
5
Which environment (green space) do you use most often?
6
Which activities do you develop/participate at the green areas of the campus?
7
Mark from 1 to 5 (being 1 the totally
disagree item and 5 totally agree according
to your opinion on the statements made)
and evaluate the green area infrastructure
THE FURNITURE: presents adequate and
sufficient seats
THE FURNITURE: presents adequate and
sufficient dustbins
THE FURNITURE: presents adequate and
sufficient lighting
The ACCESSIBILITY: presents paths, tours
and routes of easy access and inviting to use
The VISUAL COMMUNICATION:
presents identification of trees according to
their species
THE VISUAL COMMUNICATION:
presents signs/identification of the green
spaces inside the campus
8
In your opinion, how could the institution utilize better the potential of the green areas of
campus I?
Table 2 Feedback
percentage
Search group Number of
participants
Number of
respondents
Feedback %
Students
15,990
489
3.1
Professors
and
employees
2059
279
13.6
Total
18,049
768
4.3
3.2 Events Promoted by the Institution at the Green Areas
of the Campus
According the proposed methodology, the second step was a search made on the
institutional website of the university in order to verify how the green areas are being
used. In the search, 30,825 news items were verified, from June 24, 2002, when the
site began, until December 31, 2017 (University of Passo Fundo 2017b). The events
considered in this search were those that occurred in the green spaces of the main
UPF campus.