The Role of Green Areas in University Campuses …
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Fig. 5 Occurrence evolution of the events at the green areas of the campus
questions linked to SDG 15 (Bridgewater et al. 2015), especially by encouraging
more interaction between the academic community and the green areas.
4.2 Events Promoted by the University in the Green Areas
of the Campus
Over the last 15 years, the events held by the institution in the green areas of the
campus have increased and were mostly focused on serving the local community,
as shown in Fig. 5. It shows not only a gradual intensification on the promotion
of events over the last 15 years, but also a significant increase in occurrence from
the year 2014, which registered a 7-fold increase in relation to the previous year.
To identify the events that contributed most to this increase, Fig. 6 was elaborated,
presenting the evolution of events by theme.
According to Fig. 6, the increase of the events registered in 2014 was justified by
the occurrence of several events and the Arte & Literatura Project, both destined to
the local community. Still, the Farm Markets (with ecological and solidarity economy
fairs) that reached the end of 2017 with 12 events, reveal the growth of a “sustainable
trend” by the institution and its academics who started to buy organic products.
Table 7 describes the percentage of occurrence of events by theme.
The most frequently promoted events are the ones classified as miscellaneous;
second is the Arte & Literatura Project and third, the ecological and solidarity economy fairs. The various events are mostly promoted to integrate the academic or local
community into the university campus and are related to camps, picnics, scavenger
hunts, trails and activities that do not fit into the previous classifications.
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10
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25
30
35
Numver of events
Year
Fig. 5 Occurrence evolution of the events at the green areas of the campus
questions linked to SDG 15 (Bridgewater et al. 2015), especially by encouraging
more interaction between the academic community and the green areas.
4.2 Events Promoted by the University in the Green Areas
of the Campus
Over the last 15 years, the events held by the institution in the green areas of the
campus have increased and were mostly focused on serving the local community,
as shown in Fig. 5. It shows not only a gradual intensification on the promotion
of events over the last 15 years, but also a significant increase in occurrence from
the year 2014, which registered a 7-fold increase in relation to the previous year.
To identify the events that contributed most to this increase, Fig. 6 was elaborated,
presenting the evolution of events by theme.
According to Fig. 6, the increase of the events registered in 2014 was justified by
the occurrence of several events and the Arte & Literatura Project, both destined to
the local community. Still, the Farm Markets (with ecological and solidarity economy
fairs) that reached the end of 2017 with 12 events, reveal the growth of a “sustainable
trend” by the institution and its academics who started to buy organic products.
Table 7 describes the percentage of occurrence of events by theme.
The most frequently promoted events are the ones classified as miscellaneous;
second is the Arte & Literatura Project and third, the ecological and solidarity economy fairs. The various events are mostly promoted to integrate the academic or local
community into the university campus and are related to camps, picnics, scavenger
hunts, trails and activities that do not fit into the previous classifications.