CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS’ PERCEPTION OF ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY FOR HOUSING DELIVERY IN ABUJA
CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS’ PERCEPTION OF ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY FOR HOUSING DELIVERY IN ABUJA
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2018-01
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MAKAMA, Felix Setdua
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The construction professional perception is significant to the improvement of housing delivery in Abuja, which would take Abuja to greater heights after lapses and failure of the mass housing scheme to provide sustainable housing in addition, to increase the phase of development and infrastructure in Abuja which was grossly inadequate both quantitatively and qualitatively. The research aimed at evaluating the construction professional’s perception of economic sustainability for housing delivery in Abuja. The earmarked areas selected for this research included Lugbe, Kado, Apo, Nyanya and Waru. Using a structured questionnaire administered to the professional’s in the construction, financial institution and housing owners within Abuja. The questionnaires sought the perception of respondents on the operational measures for performance assessment using profitability, effectiveness, efficiency and affordability as the assessment criteria for the economic sustainability for housing deliveryAbuja. A 65% response rate was achieved and used for analysis, while the statistical tools such as SPSS (statistical package for the social science) was used to generate the data collected from the respondents.Percentage, weighted mean, relative importance index, tables and charts were also adopted to interpret the research findings. The result indicated a very high significance for the economic of sustainable housing delivery having (RII= 0.93) and viewed it as a laudable concept, the effectiveness of sustainable housing delivery components has land acquisition with a very high significance (RII= 0.93) while for the efficiency of its inputs labour has a very high significance of (RII= 0.92). Finally for affordability of sustainable housing delivery in Abuja, land acquisition has a very high significance of (RII= 0.97) been a factor that can militate against sustainable housing affordability. The research concludes that land acquisition, sources of finance and government policies are key factors leading to unsustainable delivery of sustainable housing delivery. The research recommend that if affordability and availability of sustainable housing is to be properly and adequately addressed in Abuja, there is need for good policy initiatives
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHAMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER DEGREE IN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING,
FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA, NIGERIA
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CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS’ PERCEPTION,, ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY,, HOUSING DELIVERY,, ABUJA