Gasu, M B (2020) Residents' satisfaction with the use of green infrastructure in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria. African Journal of Built Environment Research, 4(1), pp. 1-19. ISSN 2414-0236
Abstract
Uncontrolled urbanization, particularly in developing cities, has exerted enormous pressure on green infrastructure, which has led to their conscious and unconscious conversion to other land uses. This study investigates the residents' satisfaction and awareness on the use of green infrastructure (GI) with a view to creating a functional environment. Primary data were obtained from field observations where 166 pretested questionnaires were administered in a stratified random sampling manner on the respondents while secondary data were obtained from conventional sources. Data analysis made use of computations of the Residents' Satisfaction Index (RSI) and principal component analysis. Results revealed that RSI was highest at 2.60; lowest at 1.93 and average at 2.29, while the deviations from the mean of the highest and the lowest RSI were +0.31 and -0.04. The factor analysis generated four underlying dimensions of the respondents' view on GI, which made good conceptual sense and explained a total variable of 72%of the observed variance. The factors on GI were named as; awareness (28%), management (20%), provision (13%) and type (11%). The planning implication is that efforts should be made to increase residents' satisfaction on variables with low RSI on GI to promote recreation, environmental awareness, beauty, flood reduction and the fight against climate change to uphold an environment that is in harmony with nature.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | climate change; green infrastructure; Nigeria; poverty; principal component analysis; questionnaire survey; residents' satisfaction index; urbanization |
| Index terms: | climate change, dimension, computation, sampling, factor analysis, questionnaire, environmental awareness, principal component analysis, survey, green infrastructure, land use, Nigeria, secondary data, poverty, deviation, satisfaction, data analysis, conversion, variance, urbanization |
| Subjects: | manufacturing engineering, Geography, measurement and scaling, sociology, statistical analysis, data collection methods, computational methods, climate science, urban planning, real estate economics, sustainability and resilience, environmental behaviour, data analysis and analytics, health monitoring assessment and metrics, project delivery, financial and cost management |
| Topics: | Engineering Principles, Research Practice, Project Management, Geographical Context, Health and Safety, Cost Management, Sustainability, Governance, Ethics, Urban Studies, Digital Applications |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCEA |
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