Resident's water accessibility towards sustainability: The case of informal settlements of JOS Metropolis, Nigeria

• Main Authors: Veronica Yilret Nanle, Normah Abdul Latip, Rehmat Karim
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Malaysia Institute of Planners 2022
• Subjects: TD201-500 Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/35747/1/ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/35747/2/FULLTEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/35747/; https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v20i23.1153

This study is aimed at determining the type of relationship that exists among variables that affect informal residents access to water in the study area. A structured closed ended questionnaire was prepared and administered to a sample of 382 respondent’s, mostly women and girls in five informal settlements of Jos Metropolis. Results from the study revealed that the β and p values of the predictors are as follows; cost and affordability (β=0.113, p=0.014), Intermittent water supply (β =0.045, p -0.190, Physical distance (β=0.365, p<0.001) and lastly Queuing for water (β=0.151, p=0.002). Out of the four-hypothesis developed, cost and affordability, physical distance and queuing for water have a significant negative effect on resident’s access to water. This study therefore contributes a significant gap in methodology by determining the relationship among variables, using PLS-SEM for regression analysis, which is entirely a different method from what was used in previous studies. Hence, presents the novelty of this study.