Urbanization and Implication of House Water Supply in Ogbomoso, Southwest, Nigeria
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2017-09
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Department of Architecture, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria
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The world is becoming increasingly urbanized and Nigeria is not left out. One of the indicators of human developments is housing and as such, water is needed by households for survival. This paper assesses sources of water used by residents as well as the implications on their health at the fringe of Ogbomoso, Southwest, Nigeria. Multistage sampling technique was used and Oke-Adunni community was purposely selected for the study as it has large concentration of staff and students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology. The area was captured with google earth and two hundred and twenty two inhabited houses were found. Questionnaire was the instrument for data collection which was administered using total enumeration technique. The information collected includes socio-economic and demographic characteristics as well as sources of water supply. The study utilized both descriptive and inferential statistical analyses.
More than three-fifths (66.22%) of the respondents were male and the most significant source of water used by residents was well (63.29%). Distance travelled by house owners to sources of water was as high as 5.06 meters, and the most significant socio-emotional health associated with this was stress (30.00%). Correlation analysis between the sources of water of respondents and disease prevalence showed that rain water had very strong positive correlation with typhoid, diarrhea and dysentery, while well and water vendor only had positive correlation with dysentery and diarrhea. Recommendations were therefore, proffered towards solving the problems associated with water in the area.
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Sources of water, Water supply, residents, urbanization, Ogbomoso