Sustainable constructions and cases of high-rise buildings collapse in Nigeria
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Taylor and Francis Group
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High-rise residential and commercial development in developing countries
like Nigeria has been spurred by both the rapid growth of the population and the pressing
need to protect the country’s limited land supply in areas of commercial development. However,
recent years have seen an increase in the number of building collapses in Nigeria, which
is a cause for concern. This study uses statistical method on historical data to highlight the
scenarios of the collapse of high-rise buildings in Nigeria and drawing a relationship with it to
sustainable construction. According to this study, Nigerian high rises have a low rate of collapse
despite the country’s high rate of collapse, but the number of fatalities in the collapse of
these structures is alarming. The high death toll associated with these collapses is a negative
indicator for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations (SDGs).
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General), TH Building construction