Health impact assessment of community-based solid waste management facilities in Ilorin West Local Government Area, Kwara State, Nigeria

Type Journal Article - Journal of Geography and Regional Planning
Title Health impact assessment of community-based solid waste management facilities in Ilorin West Local Government Area, Kwara State, Nigeria
Author(s)
Volume 8
Issue 2
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2015
Page numbers 26-36
URL http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/JGRP/article-full-text/A4DB97349899
Abstract
Adverse inter-relationships between man and his environment has been the main cause of disequilibrium, which usually result in negative effects to man himself, his environment and his survival as epitomized by the current global climate change phenomenon. This study applied the concept of Health Impact Assessment (HIA), an evolution of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to predict the health impact of the proposed community-based solid waste management facility in Ilorin metropolis; which is a part of the Millennium Development Goals’ (MDG) Health and Environmental Sustainability Projects (Goals 4-7). Through systematic sampling methods data was collected from four administrative wards in the metropolis for this work. Using The Nigerian Institute of Town Planners’ (NITP) guidelines on impact assessment, the study was able to discover that there are many benefits derivable from the proposed project, however, there can be negative impacts too even if the Environmental Management Plan and project operational guidelines are strictly adhered to. This gives the need for overall assessment of such projects as against the practice of benefit analysis usually embarked upon by proponents of such investments. The study further suggested different participatory approaches in establishing the sustainability of projects.

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