Impact of Filling Station on the Resident’s Livability in Ogbomoso, Nigeria

Abstract

The paper examines the impact of filling station on resident’s livability in Ogbomoso, Nigeria. The study took the inventory of filling stations in the study area, appraised residents’ livability in the area and examined the impact of filling stations on the resident’s livability. With the aid of Rasta map, four perimeter circular zones were established marking the ones that are 5m, 10m, 15m and 20m radius close to each filling station. The number of houses found within each of the four radii zones forms the size of sample for the questionnaire survey. The number of houses at each radius determines the number of questionnaire administration. Houses in the study area were sampled purposively. Hence a total of 213 houses were sampled and an adult representative responded to the questionnaire. The data was analyzed with statistical package for social scientists (SPSS). Chi-square was used to test the impact of filling stations on the resident’s livability in relation to their distance to home. Findings showed that there are both positive and negative impacts on residents. Factors such as market opportunity, easy assess to fuel, security at night, increase in physical infrastructure are refer to as positive impact while the problems are traffic delay, environmental pollution, fire hazard and motor accident. It is however recommended that adequate guide should be provided for Ogbomoso Town which should guide the development of filling station.