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Liveability and low-income housing in Nigeria

This study examined the quality of life against the backdrop of the existing environment in the public low-income housing estates. Based on the desktop literature the study used both subjective and objective measurements to investigate the liveability of the selected housing estates. Home environm...

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Main Authors: Mohit, Mohammad Abdul, Iyanda, Sule Abbas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016
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HT51 Human settlements. Communities
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spelling my.iium.irep.512812017-10-16T07:06:20Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/51281/ Liveability and low-income housing in Nigeria Mohit, Mohammad Abdul Iyanda, Sule Abbas HT51 Human settlements. Communities This study examined the quality of life against the backdrop of the existing environment in the public low-income housing estates. Based on the desktop literature the study used both subjective and objective measurements to investigate the liveability of the selected housing estates. Home environment, neighbourhood amenities, economic vitality, social environment and civic protection were examined. The stratified random sampling was used in distributing questionnaire to household heads in all types of homes. Data were analysed with descriptive statistics and structural equation modelling (SEM). This study contributes to the existing body of knowledge in liveability studies in terms of model construct. Elsevier 2016-06-23 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/51281/1/1-s2.0-S1877042816302737-main.pdf Mohit, Mohammad Abdul and Iyanda, Sule Abbas (2016) Liveability and low-income housing in Nigeria. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 222. pp. 863-871. ISSN 1877-0428 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042816302737 10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.05.198
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topic HT51 Human settlements. Communities
spellingShingle HT51 Human settlements. Communities
Mohit, Mohammad Abdul
Iyanda, Sule Abbas
Liveability and low-income housing in Nigeria
description This study examined the quality of life against the backdrop of the existing environment in the public low-income housing estates. Based on the desktop literature the study used both subjective and objective measurements to investigate the liveability of the selected housing estates. Home environment, neighbourhood amenities, economic vitality, social environment and civic protection were examined. The stratified random sampling was used in distributing questionnaire to household heads in all types of homes. Data were analysed with descriptive statistics and structural equation modelling (SEM). This study contributes to the existing body of knowledge in liveability studies in terms of model construct.
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author Mohit, Mohammad Abdul
Iyanda, Sule Abbas
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Iyanda, Sule Abbas
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title Liveability and low-income housing in Nigeria
title_short Liveability and low-income housing in Nigeria
title_full Liveability and low-income housing in Nigeria
title_fullStr Liveability and low-income housing in Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Liveability and low-income housing in Nigeria
title_sort liveability and low-income housing in nigeria
publisher Elsevier
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url http://irep.iium.edu.my/51281/1/1-s2.0-S1877042816302737-main.pdf
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