Residents’ perception of the consequences of industrial activities in Ilupeju, Southwestern Nigeria.

Ihinegbu, Christopher , Nwosu, Ijeoma and Nnamchi, Hyacinth C. (2020) Residents’ perception of the consequences of industrial activities in Ilupeju, Southwestern Nigeria. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 30 (8). pp. 951-970. DOI 10.1080/10911359.2020.1767012.

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Abstract

This study examined the residential perceptions of industrial activities in Ilupeju, Lagos, Nigeria. The relevance of distance decay theory, which postulates that the magnitude of effects of the outputs from an industrial establishment would decrease with increasing distance from the point of origin, was tested in the study. Global Positioning System was used to capture the coordinates of the identified firms in Ilupeju. Additionally, two different sets of structured questionnaire were designed; the first set, which was distributed among the industrialists, sought information on the types of waste generated among others while the second set was randomly distributed among the residents and was used to elicit information on the types of pollution emanating from the industries, socioeconomic benefits, among others. The result shows that there is a significant variation in the perceived effects as people living within 0.5 km to the industrial sites claimed to suffer more pollution than those living 1.5 km away from the industrial sites, which is consistent with the distance decay theory. On the other hand, the distance decay theory cannot explain socioeconomic impacts such as increase in living costs, among others as they are felt around the study area irrespective of distance away from the industrial sites.

Document Type: Article
Keywords: Residential perceptions, industrial pollution, industrial activities, distance decay, ilupeju, Nigeria
Research affiliation: OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB1 Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics > FB1-ME Maritime Meteorology
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: No
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Date Deposited: 17 Sep 2020 11:34
Last Modified: 08 Feb 2023 09:27
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/50539

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