HERITAGE BUILDINGS CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY: A CORRELATION ANALYSIS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11113/mjce.v27.15922Keywords:
Conservation, correlation, environmental sustainability, heritage buildings, stakeholders.Abstract
The study evaluated twenty conservation principles and sixteen environmental sustainability concerns, with a view to advancing the knowledge of heritage building conservation and integration of environmental concerns for sustainable development in Nigeria. The objectives are to; evaluate the level of use of the principles, integration of environmental concerns and the relationship between the use of the principles and the concerns. This study adopted the exploratory survey design approach using structured questionnaires purposively administered on 145 stakeholders resulting in 138 valid responses. Data were analysed using descriptive, severity index, Kruskal-Wallis and Correlation analysis. The study concluded that conservation policies/principles have not been optimally utilized for heritage buildings conservation. It was also concluded that about 62% of the environmental concerns attained significant integration level, with 38% below the cut off value of 0.6. The study also concluded that stakeholders’ views vary concerning the usage of the conservation principles, but have a common opinion about the integration of environmental concerns. The current level of use of majority of the conservation principles do not significantly influence the integration of environmental concerns, as only very few concerns correlated with usage of conservation principles. It is recommended that stakeholders should improve the current use of conservation policies/principles, establishing a balanced approach between the heritage conservation principles and sustainability concerns, with emphasis on principles which could have more influence on the integration of environmental concerns. Heritage building conservation should be a continuous and dynamic process involving proper planning and development for enhanced community livelihood/benefits.References
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