TITLE:
Cost Reduction Technique in Infrastructural Improvement Method for Slum Rehabilitation in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria
AUTHORS:
Andrew Feyaikebena Ebakpa, Akuro Ephraim Gobo, Sabastine Amauche Ngah
KEYWORDS:
Cost Reduction Technique, Infrastructural Improvement Method, Slum Rehabilitation, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria
JOURNAL NAME:
Current Urban Studies,
Vol.5 No.4,
December
28,
2017
ABSTRACT: The poor state of sanitary services is a major environmental challenge in urban
centres of Nigeria. The situation has reached a crisis proportion in the
absence of basic sanitary services like modern toilet, good sewage management
method, functional drainage system, good roads, environmentally-
friendly solid waste disposal method, potable water, electricity and social
amenities. The aim of the study is to show how infrastructural improvement
method of slum rehabilitation can be applied to reduce costs for improving
environmental quality of a major slum area in Yenagoa. Basic Research
Methodology was applied using questionnaire, direct observation and personal
interview techniques to collect data. Both qualitative and quantitative
techniques were applied to analyse data through the use of tables and charts.
The findings in the study showed that poor condition of sanitary services seriously
degrades the environmental quality of the study area. The standard of
living in the area is very poor as the people lack access to basic sanitation and
social amenities. It showed that only 2% of the households exclusively use water
closet (wc) toilet; 4% have well-maintained septic tanks; none of the
houses are on road with functional drainage system; 10% of the houses are on
tarred roads of 10 or more metres right-of-way and none of the households
use environmentally-friendly solid waste management method.