Assessment of the Sustainability of Public Housing Projects in Ogun State, Nigeria: A Post Occupancy Evaluation Approach
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MCSER Publishing, Rome -Italy
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As the emphasis on sustainability increases among architects and construction professionals, the various ways for achieving
sustainability in physical development projects have continued to engage the attention of scholars and researchers across the
globe. However, in the context of housing in a developing country like Nigeria, there is a paucity of empirical studies on the
sustainability of public housing projects. Therefore, this study aimed at identifying and analyzing the sustainability features of
public housing projects in urban areas of Ogun State, Nigeria. A survey of 517 residents in nine public housing estates was
conducted between December 2009 and February 2010 in the study area. With the aid of structured questionnaire, interview
guide and observation schedule; data were collected and analyzed using descriptive statistics and content analyses. Findings
show that public housing projects in the study area were evaluated to be sustainable in terms of affordability and building forms
responding to site and climatic conditions. The projects were however found to be unsustainable in the use of asbestos-based
materials, inadequate provision of domestic spaces and lack of basic social infrastructural facilities. The paper concludes that
to achieve sustainability in public housing in Nigeria, there is a need for public housing developers to pay adequate attention to
users’ domestic space and basic social infrastructural facilities need in the design, construction and management of housing
projects
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