Copping with the Menance of Environmental Deterioration in Urban Slum Areas within Jos Metropolis, Nigeria

Abstract

The Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nation of ending poverty and hunger (goal one), provision of clean water and sanitation (goal six) and sustainable cities and community’s development (goal eleven) targeted for year 2030 and Nigeria’s Vision 20:2020 (NV 20:2020) Economic Transformation Blueprint cannot be overemphasized. Slums the places where poor people struggle to make aliving and bring up their families, and the places where about one third of the world’s urban population live. Slums are neglected parts of cities where housing and living conditions are appallingly poor. The study examined urban slum growth and how they contribute to environmental deterioration within the city. Slums are characterized by existence of poor environmental control with stagnant waste water in generally dirty and unclean living environments, overcrowding, loss of green areas, environmental pollution, dilapidated structures, land degradation, flooding amongst other. The study area is Anguwan Rogo located in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, Nigeria. Data for this paper is gathered through physical site survey, case study and the review of related literature. The paper submits by way of conclusion that rehabilitation; planning and implementation should be inclusive of the input of urban designers working closely with slum dwellers, governments and other relevant stakeholders to ensure that prevalence of slums is reduced to the barest minimum and sustainable development is ensured