An evaluation of the public housing estates beneficial
sustainability factors in the Niger delta of Nigeria

Ihuah, PW; Eaton, D

Abstract

Sustainability of public (social) housing estates is fundamental to all stakeholders within and external to that
estate environment. It determines and influences the outlook of the built environment and whether it has an
appropriate and effective post-construction management practice. The public (social) housing estates provided,
however, have had the pitfalls of sustainability, such that the issues that bring about sustainable housing estates
are not well understood and integrated into a desirable state. The imperative to meet the Millennium
Development Goals and sustainable development agenda in terms of housing needs, accessibility and
affordability is diminished. This paper aims to evaluate public (social) housing estates beneficial sustainability
factors in the Niger Delta of Nigeria. The paper used both qualitative and quantitative approaches in data
collection and analysis. The findings indicate that the identification, understanding, and inclusion of the
sustainability factors were negligible in the current practice. It further reveals that the importance and relevance
of these factors in achieving sustainable housing estates were predicted to be very high. The paper further shows
that these beneficial factors have strong relationships to continuous successful inflows and outflows of benefits.
Therefore, more effort is needed in their integration in the housing management approach. The paper
recommends that while the implementation of the sustainability factors are all feasible; transparency,
accountability, partnership and good governance should be considered as underpinning these sustainability
factors’ successful implementation in sustaining social (public) housing estates and the benefits.

Citation

sustainability factors in the Niger delta of Nigeria. ˜The œbuilt & human environment review, 7(1), 1-17

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Nov 8, 2014
• Deposit Date: Nov 18, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 5, 2016
• Journal: The Built and Human Environment Review
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 1-17
• Publisher URL: http://www.tbher.org/index.php/tbher/article/view/118/81
• Related Public URLs: http://www.tbher.org/index.php/tbher/issue/archive
• Additional Information: Funders : The Built and Human Environment Review