The impact of urban renewal on quality of life qol in calabar. Effects of socioeconomic factors on urban renewal option in ileife, nigeria 365 practitioners. Literature has revealed that in any urban renewal programmes, womens interest are not usually incorporated as many women were usually left in horrendous position and face lots of challenges. Poverty reduction in developing countries is possible only by addressing the disproportionate burden of poverty and increases women access to strategic resources.
Mar 14, 2018 this research analyses the socioeconomic implications of approaches to urban renewal on displaced populations in ogun state, southwest nigeria. Many unintended consequences, especially forceful evictions and internal displacement of persons however, usually accompany such exercises. Depending on the intended usage of the revitalized. Pdf urban renewal strategies in developing nations.
Planning, housing, and land policy december 1988 pdf version september 2000 robert w. Jul 19, 20 the purpose of this paper is to appraise the sustainability of the nigerian army shopping arena urban renewal project in oshodi. Lagos city has emerged a growing primate city, at least, growing faster than any other city in subsahara africa in terms of population, urban renewal, roads and infrastructural development. Nigeria lagos drainage and sanitation project english. Nigeria urban centres are characterized by a dominant feature which is degrading state of the physical environment. This paper considers the risks from and vulnerabilities to flooding in four urban poor communities close to the coast in lagos, nigeria. The issue of poverty in nigeria especially in the urban areas as exemplified by. Wesley university of science and technology, ondo state, nigeria. The human cost of a megacity amnesty international. Urban renewal which may be also known as urban redevelopment is a veritable social gentrification technique. Nov 19, 2018 it then examines the key requirements for the successful application of tif as a financial instrument for urban regeneration in an emergent economy like nigeria. Adekola, paul oluwatomipe and allen, abimbola adebimpe and tinuola, femi r. Endpoint report 2015 nigeria united nations development. Urban renewal also called urban regeneration in the united kingdom and urban redevelopment in the united states is a program of land redevelopment often used to address urban decay in cities.
However, the influence of fashola in the urban renewal of lagos can be seen in the beautification of major parts of the city and the drive towards making it a new york of sorts for nigerians. However, the real problem in this regard is that the. The commitment of the plateau state government to giving a face lift to the aesthetic beauty of the capital city of jos. Place in practice urban renewal an appraisal of urban renewal. Nigerian context of slums and involuntary resettlement. This paper aims to examine the socioeconomic and health implications of urban renewal for residents of ogun state, southwestern nigeria. Delivering inclusive growth in africas largest economy, examines how the country can live up to its economic potential while making growth more inclusive, thus bringing more nigerians out of poverty.
An examination of urban renewal exercise of badia east of. Pdf modernisation, urban renewal and the social cost of. Perspectives on urban renewal and transportation development in lagos. Sustainable urban renewal and planning were suggested to enable the implementation of a smart city. Urban revitalization refers to a set of initiatives aimed at reorganizing an existing city structure, particularly in neighborhoods in decline due to economic or social reasons. The world bank, yesterday, said that lagos state urban renewal and infrastructure development projects would continue to receive support from it so that the government could deliver more on key. A new report from the mckinsey global institute mgi, nigerias renewal. The agency is saddled with the responsibility of implementing the state policy on urban renewal and upgrading of slums blighted communities in the state. Responsibility of water supply in nigeria is shared between three levels of government federal, state and local.
Department of environmental management, nnamdi azikiwe university, awka. Evaluation of urban renewal strategies towards physical. Urban renewal has always been undertaken to clean up and beautify a city in accordance with a prescribed new layout plan. Urban renewal is the clearing out of blighted areas in inner cities to clear out slums and create opportunities for higher class housing, businesses. Pdf land policy and land delivery system in nigeria. The cardinal objectives of the study include, to assess the impact of urban renewal programme on the quality of life of the residents of calabar. Urban areas are those with a population greater than 20,000, semiurban areas are those with a population. Urbanization means the share of urban population in the total population of a country. Perspectives on urban renewal and transportation development. The programme of urban renewal for sustainable urban. Nigeria lagos drainage and sanitation project english abstract.
This research analyses the socioeconomic implications of approaches to urban renewal on displaced populations in ogun state, southwest nigeria. This paper examines challenges confronting urban renewal in the traditional walled city of kano. Download complete project seminar research material on effects of urban renewal on womens role for sociology department in nigerian universities. A focus on makoko, lagos state, nigeria article pdf available august 2017 with 2,307 reads. Urban renewal is considered effective solutions for improving the environmental integrity and sustainability of the built environment. Section 7 gives a conclusion on the paper research. Pdf insight into urban renewal as a strategic remedy for the. Urban renewal is most often undertaken to make life safe, more secure and comfortable to the urban dwellers, to attract wealthier individuals to live in that area or to boost economic base or activities in that area. This textbook will be the first to comprehensively and critically synthesize the successful approaches and pressing challenges involved in urban revitalization.
Lagos megacity region will be the bone of discussion. Amnesty international is calling on the government of nigeria to set up an independent. The purpose of this paper is to appraise the sustainability of the nigerian army shopping arena urban renewal project in oshodi. City, nigeria, urban renewal, sustainable development, urban decay. Urban renewal is a land renewal process which helps to regenerate an aging area. Implications for urban development in nigeria lagos city has emerged a growing primate city, at least, growing faster than any other city in subsahara africa in terms of population, urban renewal, roads and infrastructural development. Urban renewal has been regarded as a sound approach to promoting land values and improving environmental quality. Urban renewal, modernization, gentrification, displacement, resettlement, the poorthe poor indeed, government, elites, nigeria 1. In the last 5 years, massive renewal has been undertaken in five local government areasabeokuta north, adoodo ota, sagamu, yewa south and ijebu ode of the state from which twoabeokuta north and adoodootawere purposively selected to carry. Implications of urban and regional planning laws on urban. The lagos state urban renewal agency lasura is one of the parastatals under the lagos state ministry of physical planning and urban development. The ordinance provides a new institutional framework for carrying out urban renewal.
Urban renewal involves the application of urban upgrading techniques which have been developed for the treatment of urban obsolescence. Aduwo department of architecture, covenant university, ota, nigeria abstract purpose the purpose of this paper is to appraise the sustainability of the nigerian army shopping. Drawing on interviews with inhabitants and key informants and also on group discussions, it documents the scale and frequency of flooding in these settlements and the impacts, as well as the individual, household and community responses. In order to have a successful urban renewal, environmental impact assessment of the area to be. The purpose of this paper is to examine the potential of tax increment financing tif as a viable financial mechanism for urban regeneration programmes in nigeria. Pdf issues and challenges of urban renewal in jos, plateau. For the yoruba in nigeria, funerals provide an opportunity to renovate rundown family homes and their surroundings. Information about the openaccess article evaluation of urban renewal strategies towards physical growth of nigeria in doaj. Gentrification, displacement and the role of public.
Section 5 discusses how decision making process could be integrated to enhance urban renewal plans in nigeria. Pdf insight into urban renewal as a strategic remedy for the built environment in nigeria oluwadare oyebode academia. Urban renewal usually tends women more to poverty than reducing it. Remaking cities in a changing world will be a guide in this learning process. Cultural heritage, creative cities and urban regeneration. Since 2016, when governor godwin obaseki emerged the helmsman of edo sociopolitical space, the state has journeyed on a steady path of developmental progression, with residents witnessing. Official pdf, 75 pages world bank documents world bank group.
The primary objective of the project is to improve health standards and living conditions in areas of lagos subject to regular flooding and to improve the economic functioning of the city by improving stormwater drainage in priority areas of the city. Ebook development control in nigeria as pdf download. World bank pledges support for lagos urban renewal efforts. Pdf application of geographic information system gis.
Most of the housing quality related problems in nigeria results largely from inadequately planned land use and nonsecure land tenure, poverty, poor construction and weak development control. Download fulltext pdf download fulltext pdf urban renewal strategies in developing nations. Section 6, states the writers recommendation on measures to adopt in achieving the urban renewal goal. A focus on makoko, lagos state, nigeria, authormichael ajide oyinloye and isaac oluwadare olamiju and olusola olalekan popoola, year2017. Lagos had always been a commercial city and was even the capital of nigeria. Urban decay in nigeria is essentially caused by rapid urbanization and the mismatch in the provision and maintenance of housing and infrastructure. The study focuses on the impact of urban renewal on quality of life qof in calabar, nigeria. In the last 5 years, massive renewal has been undertaken in five local government areasabeokuta north, adoodo ota, sagamu, yewa south and ijebu ode of the state from which twoabeokuta north and adoodootawere purposively selected to. Over time, urban renewal evolved into a policy based less on destruction and more on renovation and investment, and today is an integral part of many local governments, often combined with small and big business incentives lobbia, 1999. The aim of the study is to develop criteria for a good urban renewal project. Department of urban and regional planning, university of lagos, nigeria. More recently, a new wave of scholarship examines gentrification, primarily in strong market cities, and its relationship to public investment, particularly in transit. One is therefore not surprised that the lagos state urban renewal board, with the assistance of the world bank, planned to carry out the upgrading of 41 identified lowincome settlements in lagos.
Off street parking requirements will follow the provisions of, article 10, section 10. An examination of urban renewal exercise of badia east of lagos state, nigeria. The degree of success of these strategies depends on the assessment of the socio. Issues and challenges of urban renewal in jos, plateau. These widespread applications bring out questions whether the urban renewal projects are good or not. Nigeria national housing and urban development policy south africa draft integrated urban development framework uganda uganda national urban policy asia china 12th five year plan 20112015, national plan on new urbanization 20142020 india nusp, nutp, nuhhp, jawaharlal nehru national urban renewal mission, rajiv awas yojana. The impact of urban renewal on quality of life qol. Turning finance into services for 2015 and beyond rural water supply rural water and sanitation agencies should be established in states where this has not been done and their roles substantially limited to facilitation and capacity building of local government areas. Issues and challenges of urban renewal in jos, plateau state. An urban renewal programs is supposed to address undesirable urban conditions. Vulnerability of poor urban coastal communities to flooding in lagos, nigeria ibidun o adelekan abstract this paper considers the risks from and vulnerabilities to flooding in four urban poor communities close to the coast in lagos, nigeria. The ancient city of kano is presently an area posing a serious threat to urban development because the area still retained the morphology of the. Pdf insight into urban renewal as a strategic remedy for.
An appraisal of urban renewal in nigeria a case study of the nigerian army shopping arena, oshodilagos eziyi o. Urban renewal programmes have a significant influence on the quality of life of the residents of calabar. Nigerias security forces used excessive force in bundu waterfront community on 12 october, including through the use of firearms on protesters, contrary to nigerias international human rights obligations. Renewal exercise constitutes part of the overall urban renewal project which has moved traders and their. Urs as a 3 the urban renewal strategy urs is a government. Lagos megacity contains urban, semi urban and rural communities, though rapid expansion and development is changing the distribution rapidly. Urban areas are those with a population greater than 20,000, semi urban areas are those with a population. Data were collected from randomly selected 94 business operators in the shopping complex using structured. This paper therefore examines challenges faced by the women traders that were forcefully evicted from market stalls by urban renewal programmes in the study area. Urban housing policy and its implications on the lowincome earners of a harare municipality, zimbabwe wisdom moyo zimbabwe open university, bulawayo, zimbabwe abstract domestic shelter is an important basic need in all societies. There are planning subsystem and social subsystem involved in the urban renewal process. The impact of urban renewal on quality of life qol in. Urban renewal brings improvement to the physical and housing conditions and makes a city a suitable place for living.
An act to vest all land compromised in the territory of each state except land vested in the federal government or its agencies solely in the governor of the state, who would hold such land in trust for the people and would henceforth be responsible for allocation of land in all urban areas to individuals resident in the. Thus, this thesis assesses the urban renewal projects in terms of planning outcome physical, economic, social, environmental criteria and planning process. Department of urban and regional planning, federal university of technology, akure, nigeria. Oct 03, 2014 research on humanities and social sciences issn paper22245766 issn online22250484 online vol. Place in practice urban renewal an appraisal of urban. D department of urban and regional planning cross river university of technology. Housing, in nigeria, is in short supply, poor quality and expensive for the generality of the populace. Impact of socioeconomic characteristics on the quality of housing environment in ikom urban, cross river state, nigeria agbor, emmanuel ajom ph. Effects of socioeconomic factors on urban renewal option. The heart of ikeja, lekki and victoria island are architectural masterpieces. Evaluation of sustainable urban renewal strategies in. Undp nigeria office of the senior special assistant to the president on millennium development goals mdgs federal secretariat, phase ii, shehu shagari way. Drawing on interviews with inhabitants and key informants an. Urban renewal has a positive effect on sustainable infrastructural development in.
Urban revitalization initiatives generally include improving features of the urban environment, such as the quality of pavement and the functionality of the sidewalks. We therefore recommended that urban renewal in nigeria be more holistic and that compensation be commensurate with the value of property demolished so that incidence of. When death brings urban renewal in nigeria africa al. When death brings urban renewal in nigeria africa al jazeera. The results of these studies are mixed, due in part to.
Apart from an initial study, the urban renewal process has started in badia, one of the 41 settlements. Lagos megacity contains urban, semiurban and rural communities, though rapid expansion and development is changing the distribution rapidly. Urban renewal programmes and gender issue in nigeria. Development control in nigeria top results of your surfing development control in nigeria start download portable document format pdf and ebooks electronic books free online rating news 20162017 is books that can provide inspiration, insight, knowledge to the reader. Substandard housing and slum clearance in developing countries.
Onibokunsociocultural constraints on urban renewal policies in emerging nations. Introduction sustainable urban development and growth in the face of developing the economy has been an issue of concern to government and policy makers in different countries, especially in developing countries such as nigeria. Traditionally, urban growth in developing countries is seen more as a challenge than an opportunity, pierre goudiaby atepa, a prominent senegalese architect, told africa renewal. Urban renewal, the obaseki touch in sports, education. Implications for urban development in nigeria lagos city has emerged a growing primate city, at least, growing faster than any other city in subsahara africa in terms of population, urban renewal.
Issues and challenges of urban renewal in jos, plateau state, nigeria 1. Agunbiade department of urban and regional planning, university of ibadan, nigeria abstract this study used a case study methodology to examine the issue of land tenure in the. The basic mode acceptable worldwide are redevelopment, rehabilitation, revitalization and reservation. The growth of towns and cities in nigeria urban area and metropolitan areas. Vulnerability of poor urban coastal communities to flooding. Evaluation of urban renewal strategies towards physical growth of nigeria urban renewal strategy urs is a term to denote systems employed to revitalize, regenerate urban area and cities in general. Pdf assessment of urban market renewal projects on the. This is with a view to engendering a sustainable, productive and competitive urban land market towards enhancing the economic development of the country. Drawing on interviews with inhabitants and key informants and also on group discussions. O 2003 legibility and the nigerian urban environment.
Nov 27, 2015 issues and challenges of urban renewal in jos, plateau state, nigeria 1. Pdf multidimensional challenges to urban renewal in. Aug 24, 2015 scholarly interest in the relationship between investment and displacement dates back to the 1970s, in the aftermath of displacement related to urban renewal. The federal government is in charge of water resources management. I terms of planning five procedural steps are necessary to be followed to accomplish a desirable urban renewal exercise for the community. Insight into urban renewal as a strategic remedy for the built environment in nigeria. Global report on human settlements 2003is mainly concerned with the shelter conditions of the majority of the urban poor. Urban renewal is perceived to play an important role in the policy towards sustainable development of cities. D department of urban and regional planning cross river university of technology calabar ojikpong, benedict ejue ph. This edited collection investigates the human dimension of urban renewal, using a range of case studies from africa, asia, europe, india and north america, to explore how the conception and delivery of regeneration initiatives can strengthen or undermine local communities. Impact of socioeconomic characteristics on the quality of.
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