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Towards a preferred housing environment: examining satisfaction elements outside a dwelling unit among Ahmadu Bello University (Kongo Campus) staff, Nigeria

In this paper, we built upon findings from a housing satisfaction study (considering largely those elements which are external to the dwelling unit) among two categories of university staff (academic and non-academic). Responses are gathered from university owned housing developments at four (4)...

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Main Authors: Bello, Ashiru, Dola, Kamariah, Shaba, Suleiman A.
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Published: Faculty of Design & Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2014
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spelling my.upm.eprints.329692015-10-05T01:10:41Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32969/ Towards a preferred housing environment: examining satisfaction elements outside a dwelling unit among Ahmadu Bello University (Kongo Campus) staff, Nigeria Bello, Ashiru Dola, Kamariah Shaba, Suleiman A. In this paper, we built upon findings from a housing satisfaction study (considering largely those elements which are external to the dwelling unit) among two categories of university staff (academic and non-academic). Responses are gathered from university owned housing developments at four (4) different locations as well as private accommodations. 224 households (that is 20% of the entire staff population as at July 2011) were studied by selecting one out of five houses in each of the identified clusters. The study found that, the macro environmental effects of safety and security positively affects occupants’ overall satisfaction. However, although soft exterior landscaping is found to be generally poor in all the studied housing developments, it has no effect on the overall satisfaction. The scenario reflects the contextual level of socio-economic development; hence the study highlights the need to emphasize basic elements, particularly in response to the growing interest in fostering sustainable development through reduced material consumption. Faculty of Design & Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32969/1/TOWARDS%20A%20PREFERRED%20HOUSING%20ENVIRONMENT.pdf Bello, Ashiru and Dola, Kamariah and Shaba, Suleiman A. (2014) Towards a preferred housing environment: examining satisfaction elements outside a dwelling unit among Ahmadu Bello University (Kongo Campus) staff, Nigeria. ALAM CIPTA, International Journal on Sustainable Tropical Design Research & Practice, 7 (1). pp. 3-13. ISSN 1823-7231; ESSN: 2289-3687 http://frsb.upm.edu.my/alamcipta/index.php/alamcipta/article/view/105/pdf_4
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description In this paper, we built upon findings from a housing satisfaction study (considering largely those elements which are external to the dwelling unit) among two categories of university staff (academic and non-academic). Responses are gathered from university owned housing developments at four (4) different locations as well as private accommodations. 224 households (that is 20% of the entire staff population as at July 2011) were studied by selecting one out of five houses in each of the identified clusters. The study found that, the macro environmental effects of safety and security positively affects occupants’ overall satisfaction. However, although soft exterior landscaping is found to be generally poor in all the studied housing developments, it has no effect on the overall satisfaction. The scenario reflects the contextual level of socio-economic development; hence the study highlights the need to emphasize basic elements, particularly in response to the growing interest in fostering sustainable development through reduced material consumption.
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author Bello, Ashiru
Dola, Kamariah
Shaba, Suleiman A.
spellingShingle Bello, Ashiru
Dola, Kamariah
Shaba, Suleiman A.
Towards a preferred housing environment: examining satisfaction elements outside a dwelling unit among Ahmadu Bello University (Kongo Campus) staff, Nigeria
author_facet Bello, Ashiru
Dola, Kamariah
Shaba, Suleiman A.
author_sort Bello, Ashiru
title Towards a preferred housing environment: examining satisfaction elements outside a dwelling unit among Ahmadu Bello University (Kongo Campus) staff, Nigeria
title_short Towards a preferred housing environment: examining satisfaction elements outside a dwelling unit among Ahmadu Bello University (Kongo Campus) staff, Nigeria
title_full Towards a preferred housing environment: examining satisfaction elements outside a dwelling unit among Ahmadu Bello University (Kongo Campus) staff, Nigeria
title_fullStr Towards a preferred housing environment: examining satisfaction elements outside a dwelling unit among Ahmadu Bello University (Kongo Campus) staff, Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Towards a preferred housing environment: examining satisfaction elements outside a dwelling unit among Ahmadu Bello University (Kongo Campus) staff, Nigeria
title_sort towards a preferred housing environment: examining satisfaction elements outside a dwelling unit among ahmadu bello university (kongo campus) staff, nigeria
publisher Faculty of Design & Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate 2014
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32969/1/TOWARDS%20A%20PREFERRED%20HOUSING%20ENVIRONMENT.pdf
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