Influence of Livelihood Assets on Attitude Towards Solid Waste Sanitation: A Case of Okobaba, Lagos, Nigeria

Edith Egbimhanlu Alagbe,Augustine Omoniyi Ayeni,Olusegun Adegboyega Alagbe,Modupe Elizabeth Ojewumi,Okocha Dumebi Sophia

doi:10.1088/1757-899x/1107/1/012104

Edith Egbimhanlu Alagbe, Augustine Omoniyi Ayeni + Show 3 more

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/1107/1/012104

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Abstract

Land form, management policy and socio-economic characteristics have been identified as factors responsible for poor solid waste management. This study examined the influence of livelihood assets on waste sanitation/disposal behaviour in Lagos Metropolis: a case study of Okobaba. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to obtain data for analysis. From the data collected and analyzed descriptively, efforts were made to identify and examine the respondents’ socio-economic characteristics, waste sanitation characteristic, livelihood assets and the connection between livelihood assets and waste sanitation behaviour of people in the area under study. The research result established the existence of variations in the waste disposal characteristics of respondents in the area under study. Therefore, it is recommended that a deliberate policy to provide livelihood assets or conditions that will improve access to better livelihood capacity, adequate for low-income households to meet their basic psychological livelihood needs. This is imperative in ensuring attitudinal change towards waste management and advancement to a second-order need like environmental sanitation.

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The deteriorating quality of the urban environment in the developing countries is closely linked to the issue of poor management of solid waste management
Land form, management policy and socio-economic characteristics have been identified as factors responsible for poor solid waste management
This study examined the influence of livelihood assets on waste sanitation/disposal behaviour in Lagos Metropolis: a case study of Okobaba

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The deteriorating quality of the urban environment in the developing countries is closely linked to the issue of poor management of solid waste management. Besides population growth and increasing waste generation, there are other socio-economic dynamics like the scale of development, urbanization, poverty, over-crowding that are compounding the problem of waste management and compromising the quality of urban life in Lagos despite calculated efforts by the state government to reduce, reuse, recover and recycle wastes generated within the Lagos [8,9] and Uyo [10]. These dynamics are more pronounced in the low-income communities of Lagos metropolis, making it a threat to city dwellers, planners and other stakeholders. The aim of this study, is to examine how livelihood strategies of residents correlate with the choice of waste disposal in low-income communities in Lagos metropolis using Okobaba as a case study

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