Economic value and determinants of effective household solid waste collection services in Kano, Nigeria

作者：Hamisu Alhaji Basiru · 发表于：Universiti Putra Malaysia Institutional Repository (Universiti Putra Malaysia) · 年份：2017 · 被引用次数：1 · 研究领域：Municipal Solid Waste Management、Economic and Environmental Valuation、Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

Solid waste management (SWM) in Kano metropolis is under the responsibility of urban authority, known as, Refuse Management and Sanitation Board (REMASAB). Waste management is a critical issue in the metropolis due to dwindling financial resources and population escalation. These problems result in poor control and handling SWM effectively and efficiently, giving rise to adverse threats on both environmental and public health. In a radical policy response to address this environmental problem, Kano State government proposed to privatize SWM services, via REMASAB, for improved collection services, as a better management option to ensure sustainability in SWM in Kano metropolis. Thus, the aim of this study is to estimate the economic values and determinants of waste collection services and their potentials towards effective waste management in Kano metropolis. Choice Experiment (CE) and Contingent Valuation Methods (CVM) valuation techniques were employed in the study. In the CVM section, willingness to pay (WTP) elicitation format, dichotomous choice and a close ended question were employed. In the CE part, five categories of non-market values of waste collection services were defined including: collection frequency, storage facilities, disposal method, pre-collection services and collection value. A total of 400 respondents were interviewed in face-to-face format, using cluster random sampling method. In the CVM section, logit model was defined based on dichotomous choice met...