Environmental Effects of Urban Street Trading in Ogui Junction Enugu State Nigeria

The study examined environmental effects of urban street trading in Ogui Junction Enugu State Nigeria. Specifically, the study sought to: Assess the environmental effects of urban street trading on solid waste generation in Ogui Junction Enugu and determine the environmental effects of urban street trading on incompatible land uses in Ogui Junction Enugu. The research design was descriptive research method. The sample size of 400 respondents was drawn from 772,664 (Projected Population Census, 2022) residential people in Enugu urban area. Research questions of the study were answered using mean score and standard deviation. The hypotheses stated were tested using single regression analysis. The empirical results show that urban street trading has no significant environmental effects on solid waste generation in Ogui Junction Enugu (t-statistic; 7.238; P-value; 0.000 < Sig-value; 0.05) and urban street trading has significant environmental effects on incompatible land uses in Ogui Junction Enugu Nigeria (t-statistic; 9.516; P-value; 0.000 < Sig-value; 0.05). The study concluded that there is negative and significant environmental effects of urban street trading in Ogui Junction Enugu State Nigeria. The study recommended that government should regularly engage waste management companies in cleaning of our streets to ensure the sanitation problems on our streets are drastically reduced.