Volume 59, Issue 328, April 2023

Urban flooding and waste disposal nexus: Challenges and implication for property ownership in third world nations

Peres Ofori

Department of Real Estate and Land Management, Faculty of Planning and Land Management, Simon Diedon Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies-SDD UBIDS Wa, Ghana
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5978-8398

ABSTRACT

The study examined the indiscriminate disposal of waste in Ghana relative to the flooding and devaluation of properties in urban Kumasi and Tamale. Adopting the waste management theory coupled with survey design, the study investigated the types of waste produced in these cities. Using SPSS, the regression was utilized to analyse the relationship between proximity to flooding and flood prone areas and residential rental values. In both Kumasi and Tamale no tenant was willing to pay higher rent for a house located at a flooding or flood prone area irrespective of the architectural designs. An R of 0.54 and a P value 0.0000 at 0.5 significant level indicating a fairly strong relationship between the two variables tested. The study found it dangerous for an emerging city like Ghana to have higher percentage (82%) of households practicing open dumping as the favourite method of waste disposal and treatment.

Keywords: Approach, Waste Management, Flooding, Rent, Disaster, Reuse

Discovery, 2023, 59, e39d1039

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Published: April 2023