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Analyses of total economic benefit of improved solid waste management in Lagos city: a DC-CVM approach

Waste management is a major economic burden that consumes significant proportion of municipalities' budgets in many parts of the world. Materials that are wasted and abandoned as waste due to inefficient utilisation of limited resources. This study aims to establish a clear rationale for making...

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Main Authors: Sharaai, Amir Hamzah, Onukogu, Humphrey Francisco, Abd Manaf, Latifah, Mathew, Nitanan Koshy, Adamu, Abdullahi
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spelling my.upm.eprints.1119972024-09-10T02:44:46Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/111997/ Analyses of total economic benefit of improved solid waste management in Lagos city: a DC-CVM approach Sharaai, Amir Hamzah Onukogu, Humphrey Francisco Abd Manaf, Latifah Mathew, Nitanan Koshy Adamu, Abdullahi Waste management is a major economic burden that consumes significant proportion of municipalities' budgets in many parts of the world. Materials that are wasted and abandoned as waste due to inefficient utilisation of limited resources. This study aims to establish a clear rationale for making waste management a priority, by providing an organized and logical set of steps to determine the economic benefit of improvement on management of solid waste management in Lagos city. Multi-stage probability was employed in sampling techniques in selecting target respondents using face-to-face method of questionnaire administration in this study. The questionnaire data col­lected were analysed with the aid of computer software pages including SPSS version 23, NLOGIT version 5.0 econometric software. The result obtained revealed the importance of demographic variables, which include age, income, family size and years in the area, house ownership as well as bid amount as important determinants of willingness to pay. The result also shows that the households were willing to pay an average amount of N 4112.73 for improved solid waste management in Lagos. The study result provides policy guide on the optimal amount the households will be willing to pay for management of solid waste. Kalpana Corporation 2024-06 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/111997/1/Journal%20Artikel_AHS.pdf Sharaai, Amir Hamzah and Onukogu, Humphrey Francisco and Abd Manaf, Latifah and Mathew, Nitanan Koshy and Adamu, Abdullahi (2024) Analyses of total economic benefit of improved solid waste management in Lagos city: a DC-CVM approach. Indian Journal of Environmental Protection, 44 (6). pp. 534-541. ISSN 0253-7141 https://www.e-ijep.co.in/44-6-534-541/
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description Waste management is a major economic burden that consumes significant proportion of municipalities' budgets in many parts of the world. Materials that are wasted and abandoned as waste due to inefficient utilisation of limited resources. This study aims to establish a clear rationale for making waste management a priority, by providing an organized and logical set of steps to determine the economic benefit of improvement on management of solid waste management in Lagos city. Multi-stage probability was employed in sampling techniques in selecting target respondents using face-to-face method of questionnaire administration in this study. The questionnaire data col­lected were analysed with the aid of computer software pages including SPSS version 23, NLOGIT version 5.0 econometric software. The result obtained revealed the importance of demographic variables, which include age, income, family size and years in the area, house ownership as well as bid amount as important determinants of willingness to pay. The result also shows that the households were willing to pay an average amount of N 4112.73 for improved solid waste management in Lagos. The study result provides policy guide on the optimal amount the households will be willing to pay for management of solid waste.
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author Sharaai, Amir Hamzah
Onukogu, Humphrey Francisco
Abd Manaf, Latifah
Mathew, Nitanan Koshy
Adamu, Abdullahi
spellingShingle Sharaai, Amir Hamzah
Onukogu, Humphrey Francisco
Abd Manaf, Latifah
Mathew, Nitanan Koshy
Adamu, Abdullahi
Analyses of total economic benefit of improved solid waste management in Lagos city: a DC-CVM approach
author_facet Sharaai, Amir Hamzah
Onukogu, Humphrey Francisco
Abd Manaf, Latifah
Mathew, Nitanan Koshy
Adamu, Abdullahi
author_sort Sharaai, Amir Hamzah
title Analyses of total economic benefit of improved solid waste management in Lagos city: a DC-CVM approach
title_short Analyses of total economic benefit of improved solid waste management in Lagos city: a DC-CVM approach
title_full Analyses of total economic benefit of improved solid waste management in Lagos city: a DC-CVM approach
title_fullStr Analyses of total economic benefit of improved solid waste management in Lagos city: a DC-CVM approach
title_full_unstemmed Analyses of total economic benefit of improved solid waste management in Lagos city: a DC-CVM approach
title_sort analyses of total economic benefit of improved solid waste management in lagos city: a dc-cvm approach
publisher Kalpana Corporation
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