Dam Infrastructure and Happiness of Rural Dwellers : An Evaluation of Shiroro Hyro Electricity Dam community in Nigeria

ISBN-13: 9783659964114 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 260 str.

Musa Salihu Ewugi; Mohd Zaini Abd Karim

Opis

In the spirit of growth and development, Shiroro Hydro Electricity Dam was installed in Shiroro village within Niger State in 1990. However, important aspects like the happiness of the host community was ignored. The idea behind this research work therefore, is to ascertain the impact of the project on the happiness of the community. To realize this, the study analyzed the socio-economic variables of State of Mind, Household per capita income, Physical Environment and Social Amenities. The study used the Propensity Score Matching technique and the Binary Probit Model to analyze the data. The result obtained indicates that the income level of the community has increased by 18 per cent. However, the community's happiness status is negative due largely to the loss of farmland and environmental predicaments like flood. Therefore, recommends introduction of flood forecast structure for early warnings to minimize flood damage. It is concluded that support schemes would serve as compensation to the dam-created negative externalities to improve level of happiness. This book's methodology and analysis strength is very important to all calibre of post-graduate students.

O autorze

Dr M S Ewugi after early education, worked with the Nigerian Army for about a decade and decided to go back to the University in 1990s for BSc and MSc in Economics. He took up appointment with Collage Of Education in 2002, joined IBB University in 2008 where he obtained PhD in Economics. He's presently the HOD Economics Department IBB University.