Low-income housing in Nigeria: a liveability investigation
This paper examined the quality of life against the backdrop of the existing environment in the public low-income housing estates. Based on the desktop literature the study used both subjective and objective measurements to investigate the liveability of the selected housing estates. Home environmen...
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| description | This paper examined the quality of life against the backdrop of the existing environment in the public low-income housing estates. Based on the desktop literature the study used both subjective and objective measurements to investigate the liveability of the selected housing estates. Home environment, neighbourhood amenities, economic vitality, social environment and civic protection were examined. The stratified random sampling was used in distributing questionnaire to household heads in all types of homes. Data were analysed with descriptive statistics and structural equation modelling (SEM). This study contributes to the existing body of knowledge in liveability studies in terms of model construct. |
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| spelling | iium-537862016-12-23T09:09:19Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/53786/ Low-income housing in Nigeria: a liveability investigation Mohit, Mohammad Abdul Sule,, Abass Iyanda HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology HT51 Human settlements. Communities This paper examined the quality of life against the backdrop of the existing environment in the public low-income housing estates. Based on the desktop literature the study used both subjective and objective measurements to investigate the liveability of the selected housing estates. Home environment, neighbourhood amenities, economic vitality, social environment and civic protection were examined. The stratified random sampling was used in distributing questionnaire to household heads in all types of homes. Data were analysed with descriptive statistics and structural equation modelling (SEM). This study contributes to the existing body of knowledge in liveability studies in terms of model construct. AMER-ABRA, FSPU, CEBS, UiTM, Shah Alam, Malaysia 2016-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/53786/1/ajebsv7n26cvr.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/53786/2/ajebsv7n26-paper.docx Mohit, Mohammad Abdul and Sule,, Abass Iyanda (2016) Low-income housing in Nigeria: a liveability investigation. Asian Journal of Environment-Behaviour Studies, 7 (26). pp. 1-5. ISSN 1394-0384 (In Press) http://aje-bs.e-ph.co.uk/index.php/ajE-Bs/article/view/136 |
| spellingShingle | HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology HT51 Human settlements. Communities Mohit, Mohammad Abdul Sule,, Abass Iyanda Low-income housing in Nigeria: a liveability investigation |
| title | Low-income housing in Nigeria: a liveability investigation |
| title_full | Low-income housing in Nigeria: a liveability investigation |
| title_fullStr | Low-income housing in Nigeria: a liveability investigation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Low-income housing in Nigeria: a liveability investigation |
| title_short | Low-income housing in Nigeria: a liveability investigation |
| title_sort | low-income housing in nigeria: a liveability investigation |
| topic | HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology HT51 Human settlements. Communities |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/53786/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/53786/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/53786/1/ajebsv7n26cvr.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/53786/2/ajebsv7n26-paper.docx |