Cattle Droppings Litter Our City Roads: Herders' Encroachments, Risk Factors and Roadmap for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals

Abstract Herders-farmers violent conflicts and flare-ups have spread throughout central and southern communities in Nigeria, but exclude the urban areas. I examine 'herders - urban residents' conflicts. Herders roam their cattle from outskirts to city roads, disrupting traffic and leaving...

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Published inAfrican and Asian studies Vol. 19; no. 4; pp. 336 - 362
Main Author Iwuoha, Victor Chidubem
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Leiden | Boston Brill 01.12.2020
E.J. Brill
Subjects
Air pollution
Attainment
Cattle
Cities
Conflict
Farmers
Litter
Nonviolence
Residents
Risk factors
Road accidents
Roads
Roads & highways
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomics
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Traffic
Urban areas
Urban population
Nigeria
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Summary:Abstract Herders-farmers violent conflicts and flare-ups have spread throughout central and southern communities in Nigeria, but exclude the urban areas. I examine 'herders - urban residents' conflicts. Herders roam their cattle from outskirts to city roads, disrupting traffic and leaving behind trails of excrement and offensive smells causing dangerous nuisance. I argue that the new practice of cattle herders' encroachments on city roads poses some socio-economic risks such as environmental decay, air pollution, displacement of urban livelihoods, road accidents and non-violent conflicts. Primary data was elicited from herders and residents in four major cities in Nigeria such as Aba, Awka, Nsukka and Owerri. I conclude by reflecting on the consequences of these socio-economic and environment-related risk factors which combine to undermine the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG s), and proffer solutions to address them. I make forecast in the form of early warning system that; cattle herders - urban residents cantankerous and confrontational interrelationships (though 'non-violent conflicts') could escalate and implode into dangerous 'violent conflict' scenarios if neglected.
ISSN:1569-2094
1569-2108
DOI:10.1163/15692108-12341462