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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Main Authors: Mohit, Mohammad Abdul, Sule,, Abass Iyanda
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Published: AMER-ABRA, FSPU, CEBS, UiTM, Shah Alam, Malaysia 2016
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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
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