Reducing the environmental health risk of the vulnerable group in a developing country: a case study of metropolitan Lagos, Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorNwokoro, I.I.C.
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-19T14:48:14Z
dc.date.available2021-11-19T14:48:14Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.descriptionScholarly articlesen_US
dc.description.abstractThe household, workplace, outdoor and transportation environments pose risks to health in a number of different ways, from the poor quality of the air many people breathe to the hazards we face as a result of climate change. This problem is exacerbated by the high population growth rate of Metropolitan Lagos. This puts a lot of pressure on existing infrastructural and social services which further degrade the environment. Unfortunately, the poor are the most vulnerable to these health and environmental hazards. This paper focused on the social and environmental health risk factors associated with vulnerable groups in Metropolitan Lagos. Specifically, this paper reports how these factors affect the health conditions of these groups of people. Metropolitan Lagos is stratified into various neighbourhoods according to income level and density. Three low income/high density areas were selected for study. The direct observation, administration of questionnaire and Focus Group Discussion (FGD) methods of data collection were employed in addition to the use of secondary based facility data. Information were sought on environmental risk variables like the quality of water, sanitary conditions, refuse disposal types, drainage conditions, sources and intensity of air pollution and sources of energy for cooking. These variables were correlated against health indexes like morbidity and mortality. Results show a strong association between environmental factors and the health status of people especially the poor in the study area.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNwokoro, I.I.C (2007). Reducing the environmental health risk of the vulnerable group in a developing country: a case study of metropolitan Lagos, Nigeria. In C.A. Brebbia (Ed). Environmental Health Risk IV. Southampton UK Wit. Press, 269-280.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1743-3525
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.2495/EHR07028
dc.identifier.uriwww.witpress.com
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/9724
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSouthampton UK Wit. Pressen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental health factorsen_US
dc.subjectAjegunleen_US
dc.subjectAgegeen_US
dc.subjectBarigaen_US
dc.subjectAir pollutionen_US
dc.subjectLow income communitiesen_US
dc.subjectMortalityen_US
dc.subjectHealth hazardsen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCESen_US
dc.titleReducing the environmental health risk of the vulnerable group in a developing country: a case study of metropolitan Lagos, Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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