Olotuah, A O and Aiyetan, A O (2006) Sustainable low-cost housing provision in Nigeria: A bottom-up participatory approach. In: Boyd, D (ed.) Proceedings of 22nd Annual ARCOM Conference, 4-6 September 2006, Birmingham, UK.
Abstract
The focus of this paper is the provision of low-cost housing in Nigeria. The paper notes the incidence of high magnitude of housing needs in Nigeria, which is symptomatic of severe shortages in adequate housing. The vast majority of Nigerians belong to the low-income group, and these generally lack the wherewithal to make effective demand of available housing stock. Adequate housing is often priced out of their economic reach, which makes the provision of low-cost housing imperative. The paper affirms that public sector intervention in this regard has been largely unsuccessful. It asserts that for low-cost housing to be sustainable it requires a bottom-up, participatory approach. This, it posits, should involve local housing cooperatives and associations, local government councils, and rural communities. This will ensure a proper definition of the real needs of the target group while inculcating cultural traditions and local distinctiveness in the housing programmes.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | bottom-up; housing; low-cost; sustainable |
| Index terms: | public sector, low-income group, low-cost housing, shortages, housing, programme, housing need, Nigeria, participatory approach, housing stock, local government |
| Subjects: | construction type, housing and residential development, administrative law, economic analysis, industry analysis, data collection methods, Geography, demography, project controls |
| Topics: | Construction Technology, Research Practice, Legal Issues, Business Strategy, Urban Studies, Geographical Context, Time Control |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCE |
N.B. Descriptive scope is a count of how many of the five facets of empirical research are indicated by the words used in title, abstract and keywords. It is not intended as a judgement on the research; merely a count of the kind of word we would expect to indicate Phenomenon, Concepts, Theoretical framing, Empirical techniques, Analytical techniques. If all five are present, then a code of “5 PCTEA” will indicate this. If you feel the coding for this record is questionable, we welcome discussion around the terms we matched or the way we categorized them. The facet you would expect may not be coded, or a facet may be coded inappropriately. This can also bear on a larger question, of which facets should be treated as defining in construction management research. Please get in touch, and we will look at it. More details here