| Abstract: | Several studies have shown a positive relationship between high quality outdoor environments and users' health.Education of agricultural professionals also demands high quality outdoor environments in order to promote students' wellbeing, which in turn supports scientific researches. This study analyzed relationship between students' actual uses and campus outdoor environments, identified what environmental characteristics that students prefered, how they used and why they participated in the outdoor activities. The results could be used as guidance of campus design and management. Investigation of three universities in Harbin provided 686 valid questionnaires. The results suggested that health awareness effectively promoted students' use frequencies of outdoor environments. Environment with natural and cultural characteristics, especially undulating landform, vibrant plants and landmarks in a serpentins design style attracted more uses. Female students showed more preferences on social interaction activities than males. Students who had good economic consumption levels and participated in outdoor activities frequntly in childhood prefered to join all the kinds of activities after university enrollment. |
