Spatial Compliance with The Least Observed Provision of Building Law-Aquantitative Judgment Of A Legal Practitioner in Calabar Metropolis, Nigeria
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 1
Abstract
ThisstudywascarriedouttoexaminethespatialcompliancewiththeleastobservedprovisionoftheBuildi ngLawamongownersofBuildingsacrosstheresidentialdistrictofCalabarMetropolisinCrossRiverState.Themajortype sofdatacollectedbytheresearcherforthestudyweredataonthephysicalvariablesofBuildingsprovidedforundertheCros sRiverStateBuildingLawof1984asamendedin1987anddataelicitedfromquestionnairesissuedtoownersoftheBuildin gs.ThephysicalvariablesincludedtheBuildingline,Ceilingheight,BuildingPlan,SetBack,Buildingsizerestrictions,Si zeoflivingroom,Heightofgroundfloor,Ventilation,SpacearoundbuildingandCorridordimension,alllegalrequiremen tsundertheextantLaw.ThemeasurementwastodeterminethelevelofcompliancewiththetenBuildingvariablesthathave directbearingwiththesafetyandhealthofpeoplelivingin,andaroundBuildingssoastoobservethespatialcompliancewit htheleastobservedprovisionofbuildingLawinCrossRiverState.ThedataobtainedwasanalysedusingStatisticalPackag e(SPSS)version11.0.Thestudyemployedonewaymultivariateanalysisofvariance,withresidentialdistrictsasfactorand thetenprovisionsofthebuildingLawsasdependentvariables.Thisanalysissoughttoidentifythespatialcompliancewitht heleastobservedprovisionofthebuildingLaw,acrossthe13residentialdistrictsofthestudyarea.Fromthestudy,itwasobs ervedthatbuildingplanapprovalprovision,whichistheleastobservedprovisions,withameancomplianceof(6.16),hada Fratiolessthanthechosenlevelofsignificance,hencegivingtheresearcherthepowerofnegatingthenullhypothesisandarr ivingattheconclusionthatthespatiallevelofcomplianceacrosstheresidentialdistrictsdifferssignificantly.Theresearche rrecommendedthathumanandmaterialresourcesneededforplanningLawenforcementactivitiesmustbeimprovedande quitablydistributedaccordingtospaceormeasureofneed,towardsensuringcompliancewithobtainingbuildingplansacr ossresidentialdistrictsinthestudyarea.
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Victor Eyo Offiong
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