Sustainable Development in the Nigerian Housing Sector: Challenges and Opportunities of Achieving the Green Initiative

Abstract

For some years now, the world has been experiencing negative changes in the climatic conditions. In order to overcome the problems of climatic change, the entire world met in Brazil in 2010 to find a way out. This has resulted into the green initiative intended to save the planet from human destruction. One of the cardinal principles of the Green initiative and Green Economy is Sustainable Development. To achieve this, Greening the Housing Sector has become imperative. This is because the housing sector has been identified as one of the major sources of GHG emissions. Amidst global calls and campaign for environmental protection and sustainability through greening initiatives coupled with concerted efforts at bridging the millions of housing demand-supply gaps in Nigeria, both private and public sector operators in the nation’s built environment should consider and encourage green building as a global standard with immense benefits.

Keywords: Green Economy, Green Housing, Sustainable Development Green Initiative, Housing Sector.