Sustainable transformation of low-income communities: multidisciplinary approach to scalable solutions

Date11 April 2020
Published date11 April 2020
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1108/WJSTSD-04-2020-076
Pages125-127
AuthorObas John Ebohon,Amal Abuzeinab,Muyiwa Oyinlola,Timothy Whitehead
Guest editorial
Sustainable transformation of low-income communities: multidisciplinary
approach to scalable solutions
This Special Issue aims to addresses three of the United Nations goals for sustainable
development:
Goal 6: clean water and sanitation.
Goal 7: affordable and clean energy.
Goal 11: sustainable cities and communities.
These goals highlight the need for a radical transformation of low-income communities in
the least developed countries. The issue extols the virtue of approaching the implementation
of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from the inter- and transdisciplinary perspectives
approach for a holistic solution to sustainable development challenges in low-income
countries. This is to ensure the equality of access and outcome of sustainable growth and
development captured in the SDGs of ensuring no one is left behind (UN, 2016).
This Special Issue included three papers and a brief outline of these papers is as follows.
Impacts of integrated scheme on livelihood and rural housing condition in Nigeria
In this paper, Odebode identified one of the most protracted problems of rural communities
in developing countries, which is inadequate rural housing and services, and proposed an
effective strategy for improvement and delivery, using the case study of rural housing
condition in Nigeria. This paper is timely as scarcity of water and energy and attendant
social costs acquiring them, which often fall on women and children, have become major
constraints on rural development in developing countries (Omarova et al., 2019; Bain et al.,
2015; Bajard et al., 1981). The paper approached the study from two perspectives: first,
it discusses the importance of integrated development approach to rural housing and
services. Second, it examines the impact of integrated rural development approach to rural
housing and services on livelihood and well-being in the selected rural areas of Osun State,
Nigeria. The author used the triangulation research method, combining qualitative and
quantitative data from respondents through a multi-stage sampling technique to produce
descriptive statistics, frequency distribution, and correlation and regression analysis.
The result reveals that the integrated scheme contributed positively to the livelihood of
the respondents by providing the stability essential for income generating opportunities
through the multiple combinations of livelihood options now available as a result. Not only
did home ownership increase, but also access to household facilities such as water and
electricity, enhancing the quality of life and well-being of rural communities in Osun State of
Nigeria. The paper confirms the orthodoxy in the development literature that the
availability of necessary government supports is a prerequisite for an integrated
development approach for sustainable rural housing delivery, enhancing the livelihood and
well-being of rural communities in developing countries. The paper contributes to the
debate on the challenges and solutions to inadequate rural housing and services in
developing countries.
Climate change and women in South Asia: a review and future policy implications
Climate change is a phenomenon exercising environment experts and policy makers
around the world owing to the various form and dimension that it is manifesting
World Journal of Science,
Technology and Sustainable
Development
Vol. 17 No. 2, 2020
pp. 125-127
© Emerald PublishingLimited
2042-5945
DOI 10.1108/WJSTSD-04-2020-0 76
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