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The Effects of Physical and Social Characteristics on Residents' Perception on Neighbourhood Quality in the Urban Environment

Olusola Oladapo Makinde

Abstract


There are growing concerns about neighborhood lowliness in public housing developments, which affect residents’ wellbeing. Three major neighbourhood components that comprise the socio-economic characteristics of the residents, physical, and social characteristics of neighbourhoods were identified and assessed for this study. A questionnaire survey was used to acquire primary data. Five, representing 16.7% of estates, were randomly selected from thirty public housing estates in the urban area of Ibadan. Subsequently, using a systematic sampling technique, questionnaires were administered to 985 (20%) of households out of a total of 4,922 households in the selected estates. Data collected was analysed using percentages, Relative Importance Indices and Multiple Regression Analyses. The results showed that 74.5% were homeowners, while renters, inheritors, and government allotters had 22.7 and 2.8%, respectively. The results on the perception of physical characteristics indices (PCI) show that Alalubosa estate had the highest value with 4.23 PCI, while the social characteristics indices (SCI) revealed that Old Bodija estate had the highest value of 4.09 SCI. The results of regression analyses show that PCI and SCI were significant to residents' perception of neighbourhood quality where P-value < 0.00 probability level. The study confirmed the linear relationship and level of significance among the three factors.

 

Doi: 10.28991/HEF-2020-01-03-03

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Keywords


Neighbourhood; Neighbourhood Quality; Determinant; Housing Development.

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