Keffi, Musa Adamu and Gambo, MJ. and Usman, H. (2024) Effect of Basic Amenities Provision and Residents Satisfaction on Willingness to live in Public Housing Estate Lafia, Nasarawa State. British Journal of Environmental Sciences, 12 (5). pp. 1-13. ISSN 2054-6351 (print), 2054-636X (online)
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It has been testified that international concerns have been growing over the weakening housing conditions in urban areas of developing nations and the issues of poor housing excellence is therefore a global phenomenon. The study aimed to evaluate the effect of basic amenities provision on willingness to live in public housing estate Lafia, with a view to suggest ways to improve on the level of satisfaction with basic amenities provided in the study area. The study adopted descriptive design and quantitative approach and the study used questionnaire survey from 500 household heads, the study adopted stratified random sampling technique and SPSS software version 22centrs was used for data analysis and the results were presented in tables. The study concludes by demonstrating 13.6% of the willingness to live is influenced by the basic amenities provision and resident’s satisfaction which means that basic amenities provision and residents’ satisfaction have medium effect size on willingness to live in the study and amenity provision and satisfaction have a statistically insignificant effect on the willingness to live with P-value 0.191 and 0.232 > 0.05. The study recommended that the government should increase healthcare centres by building a new clinics or hospitals, or expand existing ones, to bring medical care closer to residents living in 500 housing estate. The study recommended that the government should upgrade or improve infrastructure in existing markets, including proper sanitation, waste management to ease the situation of market facilities in the study area.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Professor Mark T. Owen |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Aug 2024 13:47 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Aug 2024 13:47 |
| URI: | https://tudr.org/id/eprint/3293 |
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