Abstract: The study seeks to evaluate the issues and challenges posed by disposal of solid waste on the built environment in general and specifically on property values by exploring its impact on the inhabitants, the building structures as well as the Old Bodija neighborhood, Ibadan, South West, Nigeria. Literature hinged on the framework of healthy city concept is used as a standard for quality while closed and open-ended questions were administered on randomly sampled 87 residents of Old Bodija, Ibadan randomly and evaluated using simple descriptive analysis. Results revealed that values of buildings, as well as the physiological welfare of residents, cannot be isolated from the building and the environment in which they live vis-à-vis their waste disposal methods. The study proposes improved waste collection system, provision of properly designed waste disposal points to enhance separation and recycling, refining waste levying system, adequate funding for waste disposal, review and enforcement of environmental and health laws with corresponding policy statements to help achieve the Healthy City Concept of the United Nations.
Keywords: building structure, solid waste, property, values.
Title: Solid Waste Management and Property Values: Issues and Challenges in Old Bodija, Ibadan, Nigeria
Author: ADENIRAN AYO A., ELEGBEDE O.T., OGUNDIRAN A.A.
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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