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Climate change impact on the architecture and built environment dwellers’ well-being in Niger Delta Region: a systematic review
(Frontiers in Climate, 2024-12-23) Dimuna, Kingsley O.; Ekhaese, Eghosa N.; Ndimako, Onyedikachukwu O.
Climate change resulting from weather conditions has recently attracted global attention and concern; such variations have impacted architecture and the built environment, especially on the urban dweller’s well-being and other associated urban problems. This systematic review investigates the effects of climate change on the environment and architecture in the Niger Delta Area of Nigeria and the potential consequences for inhabitants well-being through a systematic review of scholarly literature from Google Scholar, ResearchGate, Science Direct and Scopus covering the period from 2019 to 2024. The study synthesizes current literature, using rigorous inclusion criteria to find relevant studies conducted globally. It involves an assessment procedure that resulted in 25 articles for analysis. The core of the problem lies in the gaps in that climate change has negatively impacted the environment, architecture and building construction mechanism in the Niger Delta Region. This review systematically observes the methodologies in the selected studies to create a standardized framework for future research using a hybrid review approach. Results reveal that the ongoing incidences of perennial flooding in the region are attributable to climate change across different geographic locations and seasons. The authors proffered some recommendations to mitigate these impacts for future research. However, this systematic review of climate change’s impact on the architecture and dwellers’ well-being in the built environment in the Niger Delta presents valued insights for policymakers and urban health practitioners, enhances the urban built environment health systems resilience, and well organize communities for the climate change challenges
Eco-friendly construction materials and health benefits in the design of an all-inclusive health resorts, Nigeria
(Frontiers in Built Enrvironment, 2023-03) Ekhaese, Eghosa N.; Ndimako, Onyedikachukwu O.
Health resort designs are health sanctuaries and a conducive treatment, healing, and wellness environment. In providing a health and wellness-beneficial environment, the material selection choices by health resort designers should conform to certain minimum specifications and standards. On this premise and SDG-based selection criteria, the study aims to investigate eco-friendly construction materials and their health benefits in an all-inclusive health resort design proposed for Port Harcourt, Nigeria. This study addressed three key objectives—Ascertaining the physical architectural features of health resorts, assessing the eco-friendly building material contribution to SDG attainment, and identifying the health benefits of eco-friendly building materials in the health resort. The researchers engaged the qualitative research method for the study, using a case study technique as a qualitative research design/strategy. The authors used three health resorts across three countries in the global south; China, India, and Brazil. The data collection instruments include; an in-depth interview guide In-depth Interviews (IDI), a direct observation guide, a checklist of green construction materials for health facilities and a qualitative photo-production study based on the essential features of a health resort checklist. The authors use content and narrative analyses to analyze data. Findings show that eco-friendly materials may be best suited for both exterior and interior works of health resort facilities. Wood, stone and concrete are the most preferred materials as they occur across all three case studies. The results align with current global trends towards eco-beneficial facilities. Adopting natural materials such as wood and stone for the Port Harcourt health resort would be expedient, given the health benefits inherent in using such eco-friendly materials and their alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SGD 11 and 13).
Sensory sustainable homes, a study of the healthy happy home (3H) conceptual design model: an explanatory qualitative study
(Frontiers in Sustainable Cites, 2025-02-20) Ekhaese, Eghosa N.; Hussain, Waqar; Ndimako, Onyedikachukwu O.; Hussain, Kifayat; Owoseni, Abraham
Sustainable homes support ecological, human, and economic health and vitality. Sensory sustainable homes (SSH) contextually mean creating a dwelling that integrates the concept ideas of the healthy elements, happiness determinants, and home requirements (3H) concept. The study resolved the investigator’s question.What is the 3H conceptual designmodel? The study aims to investigate SSH design that integrates the 3H requirements into the conceptual model to enhance the occupants’ quality of life (QoL). The article assessed expert opinions from relevant health and environmental professionals to identify the health elements in an SSH, identify the happiness determinants in SSH, and develop a conceptual framework that encapsulates the 3H design concept. The research employed a qualitative, exploratory-descriptive and contextual technique that leveraged phenomenological and ground theory approaches to create a new theory. A case study was the research design. The data was from61 experts from the built environment and health professionals. The investigators identified 16 professions for the study. The researchers were the main research instrument in this study. Data collection instruments are an observation schedule, Focus Group Discussion (FGD), and an In-depth semi-structured Interview(IDI) guide to gather expert information to validate the 3H conceptual framework and SSH design checklist. The paradigm is post-positivism and interpretivism. Applying Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and Sigmund Freud’s pleasure principle, findings showed that architectural elements integrate occupants’ health needs and pleasures into the home. It boosts happiness—a sense of aesthetics, security, belongingness, community, comfort, and peace. The 3H conceptual or SSH design results reveal that the architectural elements of a healthy home enhance happiness. Therefore, incorporating human needs and principles into a home can make the 3H design concept practical and hands-on.