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