COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING QUALITY IN URBAN AND PERI-URBAN AREAS OF IBADAN, A CASE STUDY OF NEW BODIJA
Author(s): Adedoyin, A. T.
Institute(s): Estate Management and Valuation Department, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross-River State, Nigeria,
Volume 2 / Issue 2
Abstract
Housing quality is a major key for ensuring healthy living, the quality of housing an individual lives in can be synonymous with the level of health and well-being. However, housing quality tends to vary across income classes and across different locations within the City. This research work carried out a comparative assessment of residential housing quality in the urban and peri-urban areas of Ibadan. New Bodija and Ajibode in Ibadan were selected for the study and a total of 306 housing units were sampled in both neighborhoods. Findings revealed that most of the houses located in New Bodija about 90 % are more of standard structures than the houses located in Ajibode this could be because most houses located in New Bodija are professionally built with appropriate and approved building plans, while only few houses in Ajibode are professionally built with appropriate building plans. Result of hypotheses tested using Pearson Correlation also showed that there was no significant relationship between the income of respondents and the quality of housing in both residential neighborhoods. The study recommended that government has a major role to play in ensuring healthy living of the residents in the two selected neighborhoods, and government should enact laws that will enforce non-conversion of residential housing into other uses.
Number of Pages: 12
Number of Words: 4670
First Page: 13
Last Page: 25