Design-Attributes Relative Importance Index (DARII) Analysis for Improve Solid Waste Collection Services among Households in Kano Metropolis, North-Western, Nigeria

作者：Hamisu Alhaji Basiru, Mohd Rusli Yacob, Alias Radam, Latifah AbdManaf · 发表于：IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science · 年份：2017 · DOI：10.9790/0837-220405104111 · 被引用次数：3 · 研究领域：Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management、Municipal Solid Waste Management

The issue of solid waste management (SWM) has persisted in most developing countries, like Nigeria. Despite several attempts at local levels to address this, its existence and effects keep on rising in Kano metropolis. This study explores one of the bases in setting priorities for services improvement to choose from among lists of service attributes in choice experiment survey perhaps to minimize the issue of attribute nonattendance. It warrants researchers to know how importance each service attribute is, for the most suitable perceived attributes relative importance. A technique for determining the relative importance of various service attributes to SWM was examined. A Sample of 230 households was determined using Krejcie and Morgan, and questionnaire survey approach was adopted. Data were analyzed using Relative Importance Index. The analysis showed that a relatively simple method using a ranking of multivariate correlation coefficients from high to low might be the most helpful approach for ranking the relative importance attributes. Findings indicated that collection frequency, disposal method, storage facilities, pre-collection and monthly payment were the most appropriate subset of the entire lists which influences waste collection services improvement in Kano Metropolis.