INFLUENCE OF LIVELIHOOD ASSETS ON ATTITUDE TOWARDS SOLID WASTE SANITATION: A CASE OF OKOBABA, LAGOS, NIGERIA

Alagbe, Edith Egbimhanlu. and Alagbe, O. A. and Okocha, Dumebi and Ojewumi, M. E. and Ayeni, .A. O. (2021) INFLUENCE OF LIVELIHOOD ASSETS ON ATTITUDE TOWARDS SOLID WASTE SANITATION: A CASE OF OKOBABA, LAGOS, NIGERIA. In: International Conference on Engineering for Sustainable World, 2021, Online.

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Abstract

Land form, management policy and socio-economic characteristics have been identified as factors responsible for poor solid waste management. This study examined the influence of livelihood assets on waste sanitation/disposal behaviour in Lagos Metropolis: a case study of Okobaba. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to obtain data for analysis. From the data collected and analyzed descriptively, efforts were made to identify and examine the respondents’ socio-economic characteristics, waste sanitation characteristic, livelihood assets and the connection between livelihood assets and waste sanitation behaviour of people in the area under study. The research result established the existence of variations in the waste disposal characteristics of respondents in the area under study. Therefore, it is recommended that a deliberate policy to provide livelihood assets or conditions that will improve access to better livelihood capacity, adequate for low-income households to meet their basic psychological livelihood needs. This is imperative in ensuring attitudinal change towards waste management and advancement to a second-order need like environmental sanitation

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Engineering Sciences
Depositing User:	Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi
Date Deposited:	25 Jun 2021 11:06
Last Modified:	25 Jun 2021 11:06
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/14945

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