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Determinants of the Urban Green Spaces Management Practices in the City of Niamey, Niger

2022; RELX Group (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês

10.2139/ssrn.4270012

1556-5068

Yahaya Maazou Moussa, Ibrahima Thione Diop, Nassirou Ibrahim, Malam Maman Nafiou, Moussa Soulé,

Urban and Rural Development Challenges

Urban green spaces in the city of Niamey are under the threat of rapid urbanization in the context of climate change. The need of the urban green spaces management is become paramount. Therefore, this study aims to examine the determinants of the urban green spaces management in Niamey city. For that, multinomial logistic model was applied on the primary data collected close to 390 randomly selected households by using the questionnaire. The results show that the variables shade from urban green spaces, gender, household size, education level, monthly income, length of time living in the districts, status of peripheral areas, and plant market influence positively and significantly the urban green spaces management practices. Given these results, the city authorities should facilitate the dwellers to access to the plants market and involve the women in urban green spaces planning and management. Further study should focus on the determinants of women participation in urban green spaces management in the city of Niamey.