Impact of Quality and Usage of Outdoor Spaces on Sustainable Campus Environment in Akure, Nigeria

Ikudayisi Ayodele Emmanuel; Adegbehingbe Victor Olufemi

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Impact of Quality and Usage of Outdoor Spaces on Sustainable Campus Environment in Akure, Nigeria

Ikudayisi Ayodele Emmanuel, Adegbehingbe Victor Olufemi

Published in American Journal of Environmental Protection (Volume 6, Issue 5)

Received: 28 February 2017 Accepted: 1 April 2017 Published: 29 August 2017

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Sustainable academic environment has multiple benefits of fostering conducive living and learning as well as shaping student’s behavioural pattern towards sustainability practice in their future endeavours. Although an academic environment entails the interface of indoor and outdoor spaces, the outdoor spaces have received little research attention especially in Nigeria. This study focused on outdoor sustainability by examining the qualities, adequacy and level of usage of campus outdoor spaces and its infrastructures. An instrument tagged “Campus Outdoor Spaces Questionnaire (COSQ)” was used to collect relevant data from Four hundred and Ten (410) students drawn from six (6) Schools in Federal University of Technology Akure, (FUTA) Nigeria. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics including frequency chart, mean score and standard deviation. The study found that the students perceived the campus outdoor spaces as well landscaped, well maintained and safe; however, they opined that the outdoor furniture, sport facilities and lighting are grossly inadequate, more importantly; the outdoor spaces lack facilities that could support learning and social connectivity. Hence, recommendations were made on strategies towards achieving sustainable campus environments, urging universities to implement outdoor projects that support learning, students’ interaction and ultimately foster sustainable environment.

Published in	American Journal of Environmental Protection (Volume 6, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajep.20170605.11
Page(s)	105-111
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Campus, Environment, Outdoor Spaces, Students’ Perception, Sustainable Development

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Ikudayisi Ayodele Emmanuel, Adegbehingbe Victor Olufemi. Impact of Quality and Usage of Outdoor Spaces on Sustainable Campus Environment in Akure, Nigeria. Am J Environ Prot. 2017;6(5):105-111. doi: 10.11648/j.ajep.20170605.11

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Ikudayisi Ayodele Emmanuel

Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria
Adegbehingbe Victor Olufemi

Department of Architecture, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria

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