Statistical Analysis of Informal Settlements and Environmental Management in Mbale Municipality, Uganda
The study examined the impact of informal settlement on environmental management. Selfadministered questionnaire and interview guide were used to gather information from one hundred and forty-five household respondents and seven key informants in Namatala ward. The data collected were then analyse...
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| author | Mustafe, Hassan Abdi Nafiu, Lukman Abiodun George Stanley, Kinyata |
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| description | The study examined the impact of informal settlement on environmental management. Selfadministered
questionnaire and interview guide were used to gather information from one hundred and forty-five
household respondents and seven key informants in Namatala ward. The data collected were then analysed with
the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences. The study identified the socioeconomic effects of informal
settlements which include road inaccessibility, poor waste collection, and poor waste disposal, inadequate open
space for dumping, and rapid production of waste and community conflicts. Results indicated that environmental
management in informal settlements depend on community role. Findings have shown that a strong positive
relationship exist between community role and environmental management which is statistically significant.
Results have also revealed that community role and education level of community have 42.2% effect on
environmental management in informal settlement which is statistically significant. The study recommends that
community should play roles in managing the environment and identify possible strategies to improve
environmental management in informal settlements. Therefore, there is a need to sensitize the local community
on environmental education in order to improve environmental management in informal settlements. Local
governments should implement community infrastructure upgrading. NGOs and local governments need to
conduct domestic waste minimization campaign. There is also need to provide economic incentives to the poor in
urban community. Local officials at all levels should cooperate so as to make easy the inspection of developments
during construction. |
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| spelling | oai:idr.kab.ac.ug:20.500.12493-4862024-01-17T04:47:46Z Statistical Analysis of Informal Settlements and Environmental Management in Mbale Municipality, Uganda Mustafe, Hassan Abdi Nafiu, Lukman Abiodun George Stanley, Kinyata Informal Settlements; Environmental Management; Community Role; Strategic The study examined the impact of informal settlement on environmental management. Selfadministered questionnaire and interview guide were used to gather information from one hundred and forty-five household respondents and seven key informants in Namatala ward. The data collected were then analysed with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences. The study identified the socioeconomic effects of informal settlements which include road inaccessibility, poor waste collection, and poor waste disposal, inadequate open space for dumping, and rapid production of waste and community conflicts. Results indicated that environmental management in informal settlements depend on community role. Findings have shown that a strong positive relationship exist between community role and environmental management which is statistically significant. Results have also revealed that community role and education level of community have 42.2% effect on environmental management in informal settlement which is statistically significant. The study recommends that community should play roles in managing the environment and identify possible strategies to improve environmental management in informal settlements. Therefore, there is a need to sensitize the local community on environmental education in order to improve environmental management in informal settlements. Local governments should implement community infrastructure upgrading. NGOs and local governments need to conduct domestic waste minimization campaign. There is also need to provide economic incentives to the poor in urban community. Local officials at all levels should cooperate so as to make easy the inspection of developments during construction. Kabale University 2021-05-13T10:32:20Z 2021-05-13T10:32:20Z 2020 Article 2250-0588 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/486 application/pdf International Journal of Research in Engineering, IT and Social Sciences |
| spellingShingle | Informal Settlements; Environmental Management; Community Role; Strategic Mustafe, Hassan Abdi Nafiu, Lukman Abiodun George Stanley, Kinyata Statistical Analysis of Informal Settlements and Environmental Management in Mbale Municipality, Uganda |
| title | Statistical Analysis of Informal Settlements and Environmental Management in Mbale Municipality, Uganda |
| title_full | Statistical Analysis of Informal Settlements and Environmental Management in Mbale Municipality, Uganda |
| title_fullStr | Statistical Analysis of Informal Settlements and Environmental Management in Mbale Municipality, Uganda |
| title_full_unstemmed | Statistical Analysis of Informal Settlements and Environmental Management in Mbale Municipality, Uganda |
| title_short | Statistical Analysis of Informal Settlements and Environmental Management in Mbale Municipality, Uganda |
| title_sort | statistical analysis of informal settlements and environmental management in mbale municipality uganda |
| topic | Informal Settlements; Environmental Management; Community Role; Strategic |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/486 |
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