OUTDOOR

This study was carried out to examine the assessment and impact of outdoor seating area in campus environment using the Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Benin as case study. To guide the study, three questions were raised and descriptive research design was used for the research work. The population of the study was students from the Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Benin from which a sample size of 50 random respondents was taken. The reliability of the research instrument was determined using the test retest reliability measure and simple percentage technique was used for data analysis. Findings from the survey conducted reveals that larger percentage of respondents strongly agreed that outdoor seating area has impact on students academics, physical and mental health, and social interactions. Most of the respondents agreed that infrastructures such as outdoor seats, lightings, green areas etc. are inadequate and also agreed with the need to construct new outdoor seating areas and renovate existing ones in the campus.

This study was carried out to assess the outdoor recreational behavior and preference of residence in Ikpoba – Okha Local Government area of Edo State. The descriptive survey research method was adopted for the study. The instrument for data collection was structure questionnaire; the simple random sampling technique was used to select a total of four hundred (400) residents from Ikpoba – Okha LGA. The data obtained were analyzed using frequency count and simple percentage, based on the
analyzed data and review of related literatures the following major important points were summarized as follows; only a few of the residence in Ikpoba – Okha LGA regularly go for picnics with friends as a form of recreational activity. They do not played much of tennis as a sport for recreation during their leisure time but rather did more of football. A handful of the residence go for camping activities as a recreational activity. Based on the findings of the study, the following recommendations were made; to increase the level of participation in outdoor recreation activities, there should be increased level of advertisement and public enlightenment by those who operate recreational centers and the government, entry fees to various recreational facilities should be made as affordable as possible so individuals at the different levels of social stratification participate, measures should be put in place to prevent harassment of any kind that may occur on recreation grounds.