| 英文摘要 |
This study aimed to understand the perceptions of students toward the functions of urban forests in campus and park areas and to explore the relationship between personal values and forest functions. Data were collected from 149 valid questionnaires out of 159 distributed to students at the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Chung Hsing University.The 5-point Likert scale was used to measure the importance of forest functions and recognition of personal values by the list of values (LOV) scale. Repeated measure analysis of variance (RM-ANOVA) was used to analyze the forest functions for each type of urban forest. On the other hand, the same forest functions between campus and park areas were compared by the paired-sample t-test. The regression model was used to analyze the relationship between forest functions and personal values. The results showed significant differences among forest functions for each urban forest type by RM-ANOVA. The sort of forest functions displayed the same pattern in these two areas, where the item of ''beautification and greening of the environment'' obtained the highest score (4.51 and 4.71 for campus and park areas, respectively), and ''cultural meaning'' with the lowest score (3.87 and 3.91 for campus and park areas, respectively). According to a paired-sample t-test, a higher score was displayed for most forest functions in park-type urban forests than in campus-type urban forests. Moreover, the results of regression models built in this study can be used to predict forest functions by personal values, regardless of park-type and campus-type urban forests. |