ASSESSMENT OF THE SATISFACTION LEVELS OF PEOPLE WITH COMMERCIAL BUILDING ENVIRONMENT: A STUDY OF KPAKUNGU COMMUNITY MINNA, NIGER STATE, NIGERIA
Odaudu, Ugbede Sunday & Musa Shehu Gajale
Department of Architecture
Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Nigeria
Email: arcodauduugbede@yahoo.com; musashehugajale@gmail.com
Corresponding author: Odaudu, Ugbede Sunday
ABSTRACT
One of the problems Nigeria is facing is unsatisfied commercial building environment leading to low level of productivity and which in turns affecting the economy of our nation. Development control is a mechanism put in place to maintain standard and it is an aspect of planning that is difficult to operate in the country in terms of realization of its aim and expected objectives. The aim of this research work is to assess the different levels of satisfaction of the people with respect to the commercial building environment where they are staying. Interviews were conducted with 100 people of the study area to know the different levels of their satisfaction with their commercial building environment using systematic random sampling method that took in to consideration the total population parameters, which made it possible to measure their different levels of satisfaction with their commercial building environment. The results showed that a very large number of people are not satisfied with their commercial building environment and therefore, leading to low productivity in their places of work and suggested that government should enforce the laws and regulations guiding the development of the commercial building environment and also putting them in to practice.Key Words: Building Environment, Development Control, Planning, Productivity
