Avaliação da percepção da arborização urbana em Fortaleza

• Autor(a) principal: Costa, Carlos Germano Ferreira
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Bezerra, Ricardo Figueiredo, Freire, George Satander Sa
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
• Texto Completo: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/64419
• topic: Áreas verdes urbanas; Educação ambiental; Percepção ambiental

The present study aimed to evaluate the perception of undergraduate students of the Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), who attend the Pici´s campus with respect to urban trees existing in the city of Fortaleza in comparison with Urban Trees in the area of the (UFC), as well as the benefits and disadvantages that urban trees brings. To do so a questionnaire was administered to 274 students. The results show the perception of these students regarding uban trees, and the analysis based on the variables gender, age, year and district of residence. The results show that the perception of the level of afforestation in Fortaleza and in the place of residence is considered regular, however the level of greening the Pici´s campus is considered good to very good. We applied statistical tests (chi-square) to the data, being observed some significant findings between the course and the perceived level of afforestatio.