Analysis of the Effect of the Provision of Housing Estate on Residential Housing Delivery (a Case Study of World Bank Housing Estate Owerri)
CHAPTER ONE
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The main aim of this research work is to evaluate the effect of housing estate on the residential housing provision in the Nigerian Urban cities: To achieve this aim the following objectives are set out.
- To identify the various housing estates in the study area.
- To determine the quantity (number)of houses provided through the Imo housing corporation in Owerri
- To determine the effect of these housing Estate on the residential housing provision
- To identify problems and constraints of the Imo housing corporate in the provision and management of these housing Estates.
- To recommend ways of ameliorating the problems in (4) four above with a view of providing more housing Estate in the urban area.
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
Housing as a specialized area of study has own terms or terminologies, language, registers or parlance. These terms have peculiar meanings as applicable to housing. A good understanding of these terms will enhance good comprehension of housing as an area of study. Such common housing term include
House dwelling shelter, housing, housing unit housing stock, housing estate, housing supply and housing demand etc.
Housing as we had earlier emphasized is not just four walls and a root but much more than that. In other words housing is not only a good but it also includes services. Such service as good roads, pipe- born water, electric power supply, good quality environment with educational and health facilities, good sewage disposed systems, telecommunications and so on (United Nations, 1973.)
Therefore according to the Collins co-building dictionary, housing is defined as buildings and conditions under which people live. The world Health Organization (WHO) definition on housing is as the physical and structure that man uses for shelter and the environs of the structure including all necessary services, facilities, equipment and devices needled or desired for the physically and mental health and social well –being of the family or individuals.
Housing also could be defined as a sheltering place which could expand and transform itself in time and up space according to the changing needs size and means of the rural and Urban dwellers” it also be referned to as dwelling units and in this regard may also be defined as a room or group of rooms providing complete living facilities for one house hold.
According to Oxford advanced learner’s dictionary defined housing as way of providing accommodation for people and it also considered collectively houses, flats and accommodation needed for old people.
According to the fundamental of housing by Vincent C. Ezenaju defines as a word or term that is common to many societies but most widely misunderstood especially its technical direction or meaning. Housing is therefore viewed not only as a matter of shelter (four walls and a roof) together with its supporting infrastructure but more comprehensively as an evolutionary and participatory process, is complex system of interactions between institutions and residential which give shape to human settlement.
Bringing it nearer home, housing includes supporting infrastructure services such as water supply, electricity (electric power supply) roads (transportation facilities) shopping facilities, recreational facilities and good enabling environment. Further more, institutions such as the housing corporation, mortgage financial institutions (mortgage Banks) as well as developers (whether private or public), dealers on housing including landlords estate agents buyers and sellers etc all make up the housing industry.
Housing is therefore a complex system of individuals- professionals and laymen alike, products (goods) and services as well as institutions and organisations all of which interplay to make up the system. There are buyers and sellers of housing goods and services whereby we have housing needs, demand, market, supply and stock. Housing is indeed an. interesting area of study. Housing affects virtually every individuals in any given society including the homeless and the destitute. Housing can also be described as accommodation in houses with the entire ancillary services associated with.
According to oxford advanced learner’s Dictionary of current English defined a house as “a building made for people to live in usually for one family a family and lodgers (guests). (Hornby et al, 1984). Technically, a house can be defined as a building or structural edifice comprising walls with foundations, floors roofs etc. in which man lives thereby sheltering himself from the harsh effects of weather, wild animals and then elements.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY
INTRODUCTION:
This chapter discusses the methodology adopted in this study. it explains systems particularly the step by step procedure adopted in carrying out the study and also identifies the sources of information, characteristics of the sample from the research population, instrument employed in data collection as well as the method of data collection and analysis.
SOURCES OF DATA COLLECTION
The two major sources of data collected are as follows.
- PRIMARY SOURCES
- SECONDARY SOURCES
- PRIMARY SOURCES: these are data collected from the field personal observation, oral interview and from the questionnaires returned by respondents.
- SECONDARY SOURCE: The main source of secondary data were published and unpublished materials. These include journals periodicals gazette etc as well as book.
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRSENTATION AND ANALYSIS
INTRODUCTION:
The focus of this study is the effects of provision of housing estates on residential housing delivery. In this chapter, the, data gathered in the course of the study is presented and analyzed. The data is information on the characteristic of the respondents housing conditions.
A total of one hundred and treaty questionnaires were administered to respondent. The questionnaires that were validly responded and returned were 75 seventy-five.
CHAPTER FIVE
FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATION SUMMARY AND
CONCLUSION
FINDINGS
The World Bank Housing Estate Owerri in Imo state constitutes three areas, they are state area “L”, “M”, “N” , Each of these area has 1,500 bungalows, is a total of 4,500 housing units. Also each area has five zones (zone 1,2,3,4 and 5) a total of fifteen zones (15 zones) and each zones has 300 housing units which comprises of semi detached bungalows and detached bungalows and also shops, markets Hospitals, and schools all situated in all the areas
The buildings are of strip foundation and constructed partly of brick walls and parly of sandier etc. block walls. Electricity water are connected to the estate mains and the estate enjoys a meaning central sewage (Network system).
The study discovered that there are poor management and maintenance of the estate from the government rather the individual or the residents are people who take care of the estate by themselves.
Also the study discovered that the provision of these housing estate has reduced the accommodation problems in the state and also has increases the land values which affected the neighborhood, Moreso, the study discovered that the high cost of living in the state are still the same or high due the following reasons firstly government are irrational of giving out lands or accommodation to the people especial the low in come earners, the benefactors are those that are related to the government.
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
This survey was carried out on the an analysis of the effect of the provision of Housing estate on Residential Housing Estate Owerri.
The informations on these were collected using questionnaires. A total number of 120 questionnaires were distributed to the respondents and a total number 75 was returned. The data collected was complied, organized and analyzed.
From the finding and recommendation made in chapter five therefore it is expected that the government should provide adequate and skilled manpower to properly tackle the management problem facing the estate and ensure that adequate maintenance of the estate are provided. Also since the estate sole aim of provision of these housing estate in the urban are was to check the perennial shortage of housing accommodation, ever increasing rentages in the state / country. Because of the ever rising population denotes in our major cities and towns, government should therefore divisive various methods to provide necessary accommodation to match the increase in the population growth.
Finally, the government should maintained the management policy of most public establishment favours.
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