SPACE STANDARDS AND VEHICULAR CIRCULATION IN THE DESIGN OF INTEGRATED SERVICE STATION, ABEOKUTA

Fuel service stations have evolved over time and now incorporated a number of integrated and associated services. The increased scope available at service stations tends to exert pressure on space availability and vehicular management in such facilities. This paper assessed the adoption of space management best practices, in order to design an integrated service stations in Abeokuta, a rapidly growing city in Southwest Nigeria with a view to improving upon the present standards, also to those relating to circulation of vehicles in service stations. It strived to achieve this by ascertaining the extent to which vehicular traffic and congestion occur in the studied service stations; identifying the factors that are responsible for vehicular congestion and obstruction of sales services in the service station; assessing the spatial management strategies adopted in the service stations, assessing the extent to which the spatial management strategies adopted influences vehicular circulation in the service stations and embed these findings in the proposed design. The selected study area for this project is Abeokuta in Ogun State. The design proposal was sited along President Boulevard Road, Adjacent M.K.O. Abiola stadium, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The study is a descriptive quantitative and qualitative research and it evaluates the adoption of space standards and vehicular circulation in 4 filling/service stations. The observed prevailing space standards were evaluated alongside prescribed best practices recommended by urban planning authorities. A census sampling was used in selecting the users. Data was collected between July, 2021 and August, 2021 using observation guides and questionnaire. They were analysed using the Statistical Program of Social Sciences, version 26.0, and presented in tables and figures. The results from the mean rankings revealed that most existing integrated service stations fall short of prescribed benchmarks mainly due to the desire of property owners to maximize land use, targeted at optimizing income and profit often to the detriment of good environmental planning. The findings informed subsequent design of integrated service stations in the study area. In addition, it provided necessary baseline data for environmental planners and development control practitioners in the study area. These findings were incorporated into the proposed design

Assessment of Residential Satisfaction for Sustainability in Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) Housing Estates in Lagos State, Nigeria

Approaches towards public housing has been noted as Government-sponsored over time, the government have been accorded the responsibility of provision of safe, secure, sanitary, accessible and affordable housing for its citizens, both for low, medium and high incomes. Also in the fulfilment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Goal 11; which seeks to make towns, cities and settlements an inclusive habitation that is safe, resilient and sustainable for all categories of people by the year 2030. However, due to various limiting factors, the government have run short of meeting this expectation and in order to bridge this gap, it has brought about the Private-Public Partnership (PPP) schemes to meeting mass housing provision. However, the success of Public-Private Partnership is dependent on certain socio-economic variations. This study assessed the residential satisfaction amongst residents of selected two public-private partnership housing estates in Lagos State, Nigeria. With a view to understanding the performance of the estates in meeting residents housing needs. This is done by identify the socio-economic and demographic characteristics of residents, examining the physical characteristics of housing units in the PPP housing estates and identifying the factors that influence occupants’ satisfaction with the PPP housing estates.The data were analysed using descriptive statistics and categorical regression analysis. The result showed that the housing situations are generally satisfactory to the residents. The residents were mostly satisfied with their housing unit features, followed by their neighborhood environment and least satisfied with the maintenance practices. The study revealed that the residents socio-economic characteristic and demographic is the most significantly predictor to the residents level of satisfaction. The study concluded that satisfaction derived by residents of the PPP housing estates studied can be improved by provision of better housing maintenance practices and effective infrastructures and services

Assessment of Residential Satisfaction for Sustainability in Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) Housing Estates in Lagos State, Nigeria

Approaches towards public housing has been noted as Government-sponsored over time, the government have been accorded the responsibility of provision of safe, secure, sanitary, accessible and affordable housing for its citizens, both for low, medium and high incomes. Also in the fulfilment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Goal 11; which seeks to make towns, cities and settlements an inclusive habitation that is safe, resilient and sustainable for all categories of people by the year 2030. However, due to various limiting factors, the government have run short of meeting this expectation and in order to bridge this gap, it has brought about the Private-Public Partnership (PPP) schemes to meeting mass housing provision. However, the success of Public-Private Partnership is dependent on certain socio-economic variations. This study assessed the residential satisfaction amongst residents of selected two public-private partnership housing estates in Lagos State, Nigeria. With a view to understanding the performance of the estates in meeting residents housing needs. This is done by identify the socio-economic and demographic characteristics of residents, examining the physical characteristics of housing units in the PPP housing estates and identifying the factors that influence occupants’ satisfaction with the PPP housing estates.The data were analysed using descriptive statistics and categorical regression analysis. The result showed that the housing situations are generally satisfactory to the residents. The residents were mostly satisfied with their housing unit features, followed by their neighborhood environment and least satisfied with the maintenance practices. The study revealed that the residents socio-economic characteristic and demographic is the most significantly predictor to the residents level of satisfaction. The study concluded that satisfaction derived by residents of the PPP housing estates studied can be improved by provision of better housing maintenance practices and effective infrastructures and services