Lackadaisical attitude of Nigerians on maintenance culture has negatively affected infrastructural development which is critical and essential to a Nation’s development. Achieving vision 2020 goals would be attainable if existing structures and facilities are constantly maintained. Poor maintenance culture has drawn the nation a thousand steps backward and one of the stride actions that could salvage the country from the total mess of infrastructural decay is maintenance. This paper aimed at examining lack of maintenance culture through review of archival materials and participative observations. Poor leadership, corruption, attitudinal problem and lack of maintenance policy were identified as major causes of the menace. In conclusion, the paper recommends the inclusion of maintenance culture in national educational curriculum, maintenance policy formulation and appointment of facility managers among others as necessary steps towards making the country among the comity of developed nations. Keywords: Culture, Infrastructure, Maintenance, Maintenance Policy and National Development

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Lack of Maintenance Culture in Nigeria: The Bane of National Development

The large-scale land conversions to urban impervious surfaces, loss of lakes and occupation of floodplains, have resulted in many problems like urban heat island, depletion of the ground water and more importantly flash floods. The impervious surfaces of urbanization led to accelerated run-off and reduced recharge. Currently, around 280 locations are vulnerable to flash floods in the Bangalore city of India. The dumping of solid waste, laying of cables in the channels, under-potential culverts and allotment of the floodplain for housing purposes has developed vulnerability to frequent flooding. Increased urbanization with intensified vertical growth of the city has led to the liquid waste disposal along the storm water drains making the run-off models unpredictable. The breach of lake embankments and overflowing lakes at the initial monsoon rains is the popular phenomenon as the lakes are silted and saturated with sewage. Efforts of revival of some lakes and desilting storm water drains have not i...

Vulnerability assessment of flood-affected locations of Bangalore by using multi-criteria evaluation

Purpose




The purpose of this paper is to explore the lessee eviction process in Zimbabwe in order to suggest possible ways of improving this process that has become a rutted road characterised by a litany of hiccups.




Design/methodology/approach




The study is guided by the qualitative methodology. Data were mainly collected from property managers operating in the real property market in Harare using in-depth interviews. Analysis of data was done through content analysis.




Findings




It emerged from the study that the eviction process in Zimbabwe is fraught with impediments and expenses that are sometimes exasperating to property owners and investors. The current eviction regulations favour the lessees at the expense of lessors thus niggling lessees have aggravated the already protracted process by unnecessary appeals.




Research limitations/implications




The paper only focuses on residential property management and eviction of legal lessees due to non-payment of rentals.




Practical implications




The rent regulations should be reviewed in order to create a fair legal system that protects the rights of both the lessors and lessees in Zimbabwe.




Originality/value




The perpetual decline of the economy in Zimbabwe has crippled lessees’ ability to pay rentals. Yet, it has also become intricate to evict defaulting lessees thereby causing loss of income to rental housing investors. Thus, the paper challenges the protracted eviction processes in the real property industry that have prejudiced property owners and scared away potential rental housing investors that are greatly needed to boost the rental market.

Rethinking the tenant eviction process in Harare, Zimbabwe

The rental sector in the UAE represents about half of the real estate sector, as it is one of the basics on which the economy is based and one of the essential basic pillars in the economic sector. Due to that, the local legislator intervened in the Emirate of Dubai to achieve transparency in this sector and protect dealers’ rights. Therefore, the government established a Rental Dispute Center Dubai (RDCA) to resolve rental disputes arising between the parties from the rental contract. In this regard, the article examines the extent of the contribution of the RDCA to the development of the real estate sector and the provision of a safe and stable environment for investors on the one hand and for the parties to the rental relationship on the other. The article adopted the social legal research methodology. The data were examined using an analytical and critical approach. It found that the RDCA has been demonstrated to effectively accomplish simplicity, expediency, and efficiency in resolving rental disputes, thereby distinguishing itself from the judicial system. It also has significantly contributed to safeguarding the rights of all involved parties within the rental relationship, thereby augmenting the growth and advancement of the real estate sector. However, the article recommends that certain legal provisions that appear to contradict the principle of judicial independence be revised in order to fully realise the goals for which the RDCA was established. 
 

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The role of the rental dispute center on the rental sector in dubai an analytical overview

Changes in rental values may occur in response to changes in economic conditions at all levels of an economy. Against the backdrop of recent unstable GDP growth rates in Nigeria, this study evaluated the influence of GDP on rental growth rates of residential properties in Ede, Nigeria with a view to providing information that will aid better understanding of the dynamics of residential property market for investment decisions. It analyzed the magnitude of growth in rental values of five residential property types comprising tenement room, one room self-contained, room and parlour self-contained, two bedroom flat and three bedroom flat to determine whether significant difference exist in the growth rates across the five property types; the extent of variation in the rental values of the properties types in Ede caused by GDP growth; and also, the relationship between GDP growth rates and rental growth rates of residential properties in the study area. The study utilized both primary and secondary data. Primary data used for the study was collected through structured questionnaire administered on landlords who rented their properties within the study period and comprised rental values of five residential property types between 2002 and 2017. Secondary data for the study comprised Nigeria’s GDP figures between 2002 and 2017. Descriptive and inferential statistical techniques such as frequency table, chart, ANOVA and linear regression were used to analyse the data. The results revealed a mean yearly growth rates of 17.03%, 17.01%, 16.57%, 19.86% and 20.83% for tenement room, one room self-contained, room and parlour self-contained, two bedroom flat and three bedroom flat respectively; and the mean rental growth rates across the selected residential property types at 95% confidence level are not significantly different F (4, 70) = 0.345 P = .847 > .05. Furthermore, during the period under study, GDP values were found to have a strong positive relationship with rental values of residential properties in the study area and accounts for about 73%, 75%, 82%, 76% and 83% of variation in rental values of tenement room, one room self-contained, room and parlour self-contained, two bedroom flat and three bedroom flat respectively. The study however found no statistically significant relationship between GDP growth rates and rental growth rates of residential properties in the study area. Consequently, the study concluded that GDP growth rates do not have significant influence on rental growth rates of selected residential properties in Ede during period understudied.

The Influence of GDP on Rental Growth of Residential Properties in Ede, Nigeria

The purpose of this study is to critically examine tenancy agreement as a shield in property management in Nigeria. Renting is an essential component of a healthy housing system of a nation. It is observed that for most tenants, signing their tenancy agreement will be their largest financial commitment during the year; hence it is an issue not to be taken lightly. The rental housing sector in Nigeria is bedeviled with acute shortage of housing units (said to be between 14-17million units) this in turn impacts negatively on the sale and rental markets. The study revealed that tenancy agreement gives protection to the stakeholders in the rental housing sector only on paper. This is because many rental agreements between landlords and tenants in Nigeria are personal and informal in nature, concluded outside of any government regulatory framework or formal legal system. This informality and lack of official documentation makes going to court an extremely impractical way of dealing with landlord-tenant conflicts. The provisions of the rent control and recovery of premises laws in Nigeria have been held more in disobedience than in obedience for many years. For effective regulation of the rental property market in Nigeria, it was recommended among others, that a strategic approach to developing a workable rental housing policy should first acknowledge the rental arrangements which already exist and then find flexible, realistic ways to regulate and enforce them.

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An Examination of the Tenancy Agreement as a Shield in Property Management in Nigeria

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between urban infrastructure and flood disaster in Gombe metropolis, Nigeria. In this research work, the survey research design was used to obtain data from the field. Stratified sampling technique was adopted in determining the study sample which consisted of 250 households (i.e. 13% of the population, made up of 1,923 households). 250 questionnaires were administered on household heads in the study area; however, only 237 questionnaires were retrieved and used for analysis. Spearman’s rank correlation and multiple linear regression analysis were used to examine the relationships between the criterion variable (flood disaster) and the predictor variables (urban infrastructure). The study showed that inadequacy of appropriate urban infrastructure is the major factor responsible for flood disaster in Gombe metropolis [R = 0.792, P = 0.000<0.01(2-tailed)]. It was recommended among others, that there should be improvement on the maintenance of available drainage infrastructure in the metropolis and the integration of solid waste management to prevent over flowing of flood as a result of blockage of drains. Government and all other stakeholders should expedite the provision of appropriate urban infrastructure in the metropolis.

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Dabara Ibrahim Daniel

Papers

An Examination of the Tenancy Agreement as a Shield in Property Management in Nigeria

Evaluation of the Relationships between Urban Infrastructure and Flood Disaster in Gombe Metropolis