Towards a preferred housing environment: examining satisfaction elements outside a dwelling unit among Ahmadu Bello University (Kongo Campus) staff, Nigeria
In this paper, we built upon findings from a housing satisfaction study (considering largely those elements which are external to the dwelling unit) among two categories of university staff (academic and non-academic). Responses are gathered from university owned housing developments at four (4)...
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| description | In this paper, we built upon findings from a housing satisfaction study
(considering largely those elements which are external to the dwelling unit)
among two categories of university staff (academic and non-academic).
Responses are gathered from university owned housing developments at four
(4) different locations as well as private accommodations. 224 households
(that is 20% of the entire staff population as at July 2011) were studied by
selecting one out of five houses in each of the identified clusters. The study
found that, the macro environmental effects of safety and security positively
affects occupants’ overall satisfaction. However, although soft exterior
landscaping is found to be generally poor in all the studied housing
developments, it has no effect on the overall satisfaction. The scenario reflects
the contextual level of socio-economic development; hence the study
highlights the need to emphasize basic elements, particularly in response to
the growing interest in fostering sustainable development through reduced
material consumption. |
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| spelling | upm-329692015-10-05T01:10:41Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32969/ Towards a preferred housing environment: examining satisfaction elements outside a dwelling unit among Ahmadu Bello University (Kongo Campus) staff, Nigeria Bello, Ashiru Dola, Kamariah Shaba, Suleiman A. In this paper, we built upon findings from a housing satisfaction study (considering largely those elements which are external to the dwelling unit) among two categories of university staff (academic and non-academic). Responses are gathered from university owned housing developments at four (4) different locations as well as private accommodations. 224 households (that is 20% of the entire staff population as at July 2011) were studied by selecting one out of five houses in each of the identified clusters. The study found that, the macro environmental effects of safety and security positively affects occupants’ overall satisfaction. However, although soft exterior landscaping is found to be generally poor in all the studied housing developments, it has no effect on the overall satisfaction. The scenario reflects the contextual level of socio-economic development; hence the study highlights the need to emphasize basic elements, particularly in response to the growing interest in fostering sustainable development through reduced material consumption. Faculty of Design & Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32969/1/TOWARDS%20A%20PREFERRED%20HOUSING%20ENVIRONMENT.pdf Bello, Ashiru and Dola, Kamariah and Shaba, Suleiman A. (2014) Towards a preferred housing environment: examining satisfaction elements outside a dwelling unit among Ahmadu Bello University (Kongo Campus) staff, Nigeria. ALAM CIPTA, International Journal on Sustainable Tropical Design Research & Practice, 7 (1). pp. 3-13. ISSN 1823-7231; ESSN: 2289-3687 http://frsb.upm.edu.my/alamcipta/index.php/alamcipta/article/view/105/pdf_4 |
| spellingShingle | Bello, Ashiru Dola, Kamariah Shaba, Suleiman A. Towards a preferred housing environment: examining satisfaction elements outside a dwelling unit among Ahmadu Bello University (Kongo Campus) staff, Nigeria |
| title | Towards a preferred housing environment: examining satisfaction elements outside a dwelling unit among Ahmadu Bello University (Kongo Campus) staff, Nigeria |
| title_full | Towards a preferred housing environment: examining satisfaction elements outside a dwelling unit among Ahmadu Bello University (Kongo Campus) staff, Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Towards a preferred housing environment: examining satisfaction elements outside a dwelling unit among Ahmadu Bello University (Kongo Campus) staff, Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards a preferred housing environment: examining satisfaction elements outside a dwelling unit among Ahmadu Bello University (Kongo Campus) staff, Nigeria |
| title_short | Towards a preferred housing environment: examining satisfaction elements outside a dwelling unit among Ahmadu Bello University (Kongo Campus) staff, Nigeria |
| title_sort | towards a preferred housing environment: examining satisfaction elements outside a dwelling unit among ahmadu bello university (kongo campus) staff, nigeria |
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