MCPs encompasses “Infrastructure development projects (IDPs)” such as skyscrapers, mega-shopping complexes, large public transportation projects, power plants, oil and natural gas extraction projects, bridges, tunnels, seaports, large-scale sporting facilities water and dams, power supply and urban development projects. Such projects characterized by strategic importance, dynamic complexity, adaptability and extensive impacts. Such combinations make them inherently vulnerable to crises. As a developing country, Nigeria is facing some fundamental challenges that need attention before it can fully realize its economic potential due to its size, population and resources. This paper examines the socio-economic performances of MCPs in the light of sustainable development with the view to identify and assess such performances from the project professionals’ perspectives’ working in Nigeria’s built environment. The literature reviewed led to the identification of 16nr. SEP impact factors of MCPs; forms the backbone of the questionnaire. These SEP factors and their related impacts brought about by MCPs in Nigeria assessed and the results show they were significant as they aid the sustainable development of the overall country and its citizens socio-economically. These altogether shapes the overall sustainable development of a developing country like Nigeria.
Sustainable development is means to balance the needs of the present and future generations without compromise. However, achieving such a feat may be less challenging for developed countries, but it is a big challenge and more complicated for developing countries like Nigeria, located in West Africa. Nigeria’s population is about 200million and growing, which comes with its prospects, needs, and challenges such as the need for more infrastructure and industries to reduce poverty and create more employment opportunities. Other challenges include addressing housing shortages, disposal of domestic and industrial wastes, curbing industrial pollutions, providing cleaner and drinking water for domestic purposes, need for more power supply, increased food, material production, and consumptions etc. altogether, they must be within a balanced ecosystem and environmentally sustainable biodiversity within the built environment. This paper assessed and discussed the determinant factors related to sustaining sustainable development in Nigeria to offer more insight into such factors, paving ways of addressing such issues. A sequential mixed methodology was adopted in the study to collect and analyze the data on such factors. The results show that Stakeholders Awareness and Interests; Funding; Policy framework, Infrastructure project planning, and execution; corruption were among the most significant impact factors that sustained Nigeria’s built environment’s sustainable developments. Depending on the project type, such factors can promote or hinder sustainable developments in the built environment based on their levels of impacts.
Sustainable development encompasses all the efforts to balance both the present and future generations’ needs without compromise by making important and wiser decisions. However, achieving such a feat may be less complicated for some developed countries, but it is a dilemma and more complicated for developing countries like Nigeria, whose population is increasing annually. Every population growth comes with its prospects, needs, and challenges. These include the need for investments, economic diversification, and upgrading various industries to compete globally, poverty eradication, creating more employment opportunities, increasing income and wealth to the population and the government. These are often more prioritized than avoiding adverse effects on the environment when infrastructural projects become the medium for such. Hence, this paper was structured to identify, review and discuss the conundrum that leads to paradoxical issues about socio-economics of a sustainable built environment from developing countries with Nigeria as a focal point. A desk research methodology was adopted in the study, and the results show the relationship between socio-economic pressures and targets of developing countries with the SDGs targets for sustainable development within the built environment.
Due to globalization, the great diversity that prevails requires more innovative concepts of businesses, Foreign Direct Investments (FDI), and ventures that consider economic and environmental aspects of sustainable development that facilitate the growth of communities, towns, cities, and countries at large. As such, for a country like Nigeria to attain sustainability and significantly achieve the 17nr. Sustainable development goals (SDGs): Complete diversification of the economy is needed through adequate infrastructure, planned and executed without harming the environment. In China, African countries like Nigeria found a partner whose FDI is directed towards infrastructural projects that is adequately financed between China (Financier) and Nigeria (Host). These affirm that Nigeria needs Chinese financing for its projects to achieve its SDGs while China needs resources from Nigeria for its manufacturing. However, despite these mutualisms, sustainable funding agreements for developments, it is impacted by factors that hinder or promote such arrangements. Hence, this study examined the role of Chinese FDI in infrastructures across various sectors that enable achieving SDGs in Nigeria. Desk research concept was adopted as the sole research method by reviewing secondary sources of data from existing and publicly available data, which enable identification of projects by sectors that Chinese finances are playing a development role in Nigeria. The results show that Chinese FDI in development projects in countries like Nigeria enable Chinese companies to function properly on one hand, while Nigeria benefits from projects that drive growth and sustainable development that rhymes with its SDGs.
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