Basic Residential Neighborhood Infrastructure Financing in Nigeria Urban Cities: Community Development Associations (CDAS)-Based Approach
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2021-06-08
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EnPress
Abstract
The study examined the community-based approach to finance basic public infrastructures in
residential neighborhoods. The primary objectives of the study were to determine the condition
of public infrastructures, the level of community engagement, the modalities of financing and the
prominent influencing factors. The study adopted convenience sampling and questionnaire survey
techniques. A total of 120 questionnaires were administered to residents of selected high-income
communities (HICs) and low/medium-income communities (L/MICs), out of which 48 (80%) and
52 (86.67%) were retrieved, respectively, and analyzed. The study deployed descriptive statistics
of mean and standard deviation models and mean weighted score to analyze the data. The study
found that the residents were satisfied with the security of the neighborhoods but deplored the
state of the public potable water infrastructure in both communities. However, the residents in the
HICs enjoy a better condition of road infrastructure compared with L/MICs. The residents in both
communities indicated a high level of involvement in the financing of public infrastructures, with
major engagement in security and waste disposal/management infrastructures. However, the HICs
engaged more in road grading/maintenance, while the provision of community potable water was
given as a priority by the L/MICs. The major mode of financing basic communal infrastructures is
through membership levy/contribution, and prominent influencing factors are cooperation among
members, fundraising and income status. Therefore, while private-sector support funds, such as
from the CDAs, help in cushioning the effects of basic infrastructure decay, governments at all
levels should provide an enabling environment that will motivate mutual communal relationships
through integrated infrastructure policies.
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Infrastructure, Community, Community-based approach, Infrastructure provision