An Examination of Aesthetic Components in Urban Green Spaces and Their Educational Role in Environmental Conservation: A Case Study of Shahinshahr City

Subject Areas : Promoting and improving the culture of environmental protection

Hadis Masoumi ¹ , Mohammadali Nadi ²

1 - Department of Educational Management, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
2 - Department of Educational Management, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

Received: 2024-05-18 Accepted : 2024-12-17 Published : 2024-12-19

Keywords: Aesthetics, Green Space, Effectiveness, Education.,

Abstract :

This study aims to investigate the aesthetic components of urban green spaces in Shahinshahr and their educational role in preventing environmental degradation. A quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test design was employed. The independent variable was educational courses on identifying aesthetic components of green spaces, while the dependent variable was the effectiveness of these courses in preventing urban green space degradation. Sixty participants were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimental group received 12, 45-minute training sessions, while the control group did not. A researcher-designed questionnaire on women's environmental attitudes was used as the measurement tool. Data were analyzed using SPSS, with descriptive statistics and a covariance analysis. Results showed no significant difference between pre-test and post-test scores. The effect size of the training was 0.075, indicating that only 7.5% of the variance in attitudes towards preventing urban green space degradation was attributable to group membership or the training effect, which was considered negligible and non-significant.

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