Abstract
The relationship between students' perceptions of the University of Pretoria's on-campus green spaces and attention restoration
Highlights
The present study's ndings indicate that students spending their free time on campus between lectures prefer to spend this time in green spaces
Green spaces do rejuvenate students suffering from mental fatigue, and help to lower their stress levels and enhance their quality of life
The study further showed that spaces, such as botanical gardens that consist of a variety of trees, plants, and shrubbery, are deemed more restorative than spaces that facilitate socialisation. these ndings cannot be generalised, supporting literature suggests that the experiences of green spaces on university campuses are similar globally
Summary
Speake, Edmondson, & Nawaz (2013) conducted research to determine where students at Liverpool Hope University in England chose to spend their free. 156 Ruth M Liprini, Nicoleen Coetzee time. The researchers discovered that more than half of their participants chose to spend their free time in green spaces near classrooms. In a similar study done by Liprini (2014) at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, 80.4% of the participants indicated that they preferred to spend their free time outdoors in green spaces. Landscape designers perceive green spaces as part of soft landscapes that include trees, shrubs, ground cover, and gardens (Shah, Kale & Patki, 2002). On the other hand, refer to the built environment, such as paved surfaces, buildings, walkways, and so forth (Shah et al, 2002)
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