The importance of green areas in everyday life in the view of first-year students at the Faculty of Food and Animal Sciences

Abstract

The fast pace of development of cities in the last decades has led to an increase in the degree of pollution and implicitly to a lower urban comfort. A viable option to slow down the negative effects of urbanization is to reintroduce green areas to cities. For this approach to be successful, it is important for the young generation to be aware of the benefits of natural and landscaped green spaces in everyday life. A questionnaire about green areas was applied to 88 students from the Faculty of Animal and Food Resources Engineering, to assess their opinion on how green areas, in different forms, can make life healthier and more beautiful. The sample was composed of 62 female and 26 male students who had to answer 15 questions in the questionnaire. Regarding the results of the survey, the presence of parks near home or workplace is highly appreciated by 57% of the respondents and there is an increase in interest among students towards new methods of expanding green spaces, they consider green facades attractive (18%), balconies decorated with plants (15%) and green roofs (11%).