Introduction urban renewal is a process where an urban neighborhood or area is improved and rehabilitated. According to the jmp, access to improved water supply in nigeria nationally was 47 percent in 1990, with 79 percent 27 million of the urban population of 34 million having access, compared to 30 percent 19 million of the 63 million people living in rural areas. The challenges of meeting millennium development goal 7 in metropolitan lagos, nigeria tunde agbola elijah m. The legal foundation for land use regulation in the u. Mulitdimensional challenges to urban renewal in kano. Nigerian urban and regional planning act arrangement of sections part i plan preparation and administration a. Urban issues in the nigerian water and sanitation sector. Urban renewal, informal transport workers, and legal disputes in lagos daniel e. Urban renewal, challenges, traditional walled city, kano, nigeria i. This research analyses the socioeconomic implications of approaches to urban renewal on displaced populations in ogun state, southwest nigeria. The aim is to encourage reforms and fast track planned development of identified cities. Place in practice urban renewal an appraisal of urban.
D department of urban and regional planning cross river university of technology calabar ojikpong, benedict ejue ph. Pdf insight into urban renewal as a strategic remedy for the. The agency is saddled with the responsibility of implementing the state policy on urban renewal and upgrading of. Urban renewal in nigeria covenant university repository.
Factors affecting the success of the urban renewal of an environment challenges of urban renewal for sustainable urban development in nigeria. Designmethodologyapproach case study research design was adopted for the study and both. Nigeria s urban renewal is trying to bulldoze human rights celestine akpobari the clearing of more than 200,000 people who live on the waterfronts of port harcourt will wreck businesses and lives. Abstract this research analyses the socioeconomic implications of approaches to urban renewal on displaced populations in ogun state. To promote urban regeneration, the key idea is that architecture renewal in relationship to public spapce can become an urban catalyst, under certain conditions of design. The purpose of this paper is to appraise the sustainability of the nigerian army shopping arena urban renewal project in oshodi. The past, present, and future of community development in. 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.
Pdf the programme of urban renewal for sustainable urban. 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 depression which is. Department of urban and regional planning, federal university of technology, akure, nigeria. In the former federal republic of germany frg, policy was dominated initially by the shortage of housing following the war. Focus is to be on efficiency in urban infrastructure and service delivery mechanisms, community participation, and accountability of ulbs parastatal agencies towards. 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. Introduction the introduction is a brief overview of the project and scheme including. Urban slum mass demolition government intervention. Population increase led in the 1960s and 1970s to the building of many new single family houses and large peripheral housing estates. An appraisal of urban renewal in nigeria an appraisal of urban renewal in nigeria ibem, eziyi o uwakonye, obioha. 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. Pdf insight into urban renewal as a strategic remedy for.
Urban renewal and sustainable development are two popular issues in both policy agenda and academia. Implications of urban and regional planning laws on urban. Managing director, built ability in nigeria bain limited. Nigeria urban centres are characterized by a dominant feature which is degrading state of the physical environment. An examination of urban renewal exercise of badia east of. Architecture renewal in relationship to public space as a.
Purpose the purpose of this paper is to appraise the sustainability of the nigerian army shopping arena urban renewal project in oshodilagos, nigeria. Urban renewal is a land renewal process which helps to regenerate an aging area. A comprehensive and holistic approach should be adopted to rejuvenate older. One of such mechanism is the creation of a smart city. Department of architecture, covenant university, ota, nigeria. For centuries, cities have been the heart, the lifeblood of. The degree of success of these strategies depends on the assessment of the socio. Impact of socioeconomic characteristics on the quality of housing environment in ikom urban, cross river state, nigeria agbor, emmanuel ajom ph. The renewal process can include demolishing old or rundown buildings, constructing new, uptodate housing, or adding in features like a theater or stadium. Effects of socioeconomic factors on urban renewal option in ileife, nigeria 365 practitioners. Nigerias urban renewal is trying to bulldoze human rights.
Nigeria needs to put emphasis on urban and regional planning, zoning and physical planning. Any linkage to a master plan reportsplans that have been prepared to. Urban renewal is the clearing out of blighted areas in inner cities to clear out slums and create opportunities for higher class housing, businesses, and more. Wesley university of science and technology, ondo state, nigeria. This development plan is an agenda for cities such as lagos state, nigeria. Nigerian urban centres are currently experiencing a disconnection between urban infrastructure and the populace. Evaluation of sustainable urban renewal strategies in. Africas urban population has been growing at a very high. Urban renewal characteristics poverty, congestion, high crime rate, urban decadence, unemployment, poor housing, etc. Urban renewal which may be also known as urban redevelopment is a veritable social gentrification technique. 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. Urs as a 3 the urban renewal strategy urs is a government. A focus on makoko, lagos state, nigeria michael ajide oyinloye, isaac oluwadare olamiju and olusola olalekan popoola department of urban of urban and regional planning, school of environmental technology federal university of technology, akure, nigeria.
Department of urban and regional planning, university of lagos, nigeria. Regeneration in the nigerian urban built environment. The lagos state urban renewal agency lasura is one of the parastatals under the lagos state ministry of physical planning and urban development. Unfpastate of the world population, 2007 unleashing the potential of urban growth pg. University of nigeria virtual library serial no author 1 mba, chike h. The governments police power to regulate land use the history of land use controls in the united states has primarily been one of delegation of the power. The ipsosmori survey at the heart of this report, therefore, are the. Off street parking requirements will follow the provisions of, article 10, section 10. Under this strategy, urban renewal is not a slash and burn process.
Urban renewal brings improvement to the physical and housing conditions and makes a city a suitable place for living. Nigeria s largest city lagos is surrounded by water from the sea and a lagoon. The outcomes are the proliferation of slums which are. It is in the light of the above that this paper examines the recent efforts at modernization through urban renewal and its social cost in nigeria. Plans to demolish older houses in inner city areas were criticised, leading in the. 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. In a bid to mitigate the effect of its urban renewal programme on displaced residents, the lagos state government has embarked on the development of a resettlement scheme, along with the delivery. City, nigeria, urban renewal, sustainable development, urban decay. An examination of urban renewal exercise of badia east of lagos state, nigeria. Concepts of regeneration types, activities etc challenges of housing delivery in nigeria past housing policies and programmes urban renewal in lagos city in slum urban regeneration and housing delivery examples of regeneration in the uk, south africa and us finance for regeneration prof. Realtors and urban planners had devised urban redevelopment as. The current government of lagos state made it mandatory to establish regeneration projects within the built environment, but.
Urban renewal also significantly affects the health status of the local residents because results show that persons whose houses or shops were demolished are twelve times more likely to lose sound sleep odds ratio 12. Types and levels of physical development plans section 1. Urban renewal is considered effective solutions for improving the environmental integrity and sustainability of the built environment. Department of urban of urban and regional planning, school of environmental technology. Review of the urban water and sanitation sector in nigeria, anne andersson and mark hughes, 2007. Urban decay in nigeria is essentially caused by rapid urbanization and the mismatch in the provision and maintenance of housing and infrastructure.
This was after forty six year of the 1946 ordinance, which is the first unified urban and regional. Pdf modernisation, urban renewal and the social cost of. The commitment of the plateau state government to giving a face lift to the aesthetic beauty of the capital city of jos. No resettlement or relocation plan, no compensation before or after demolition, no inclusive plan for renewal, etc. For more information about infrastructure schemes refer to the infrastructure scheme toolkit. Urban renewal involves the application of urban upgrading techniques which have been developed for the treatment of urban obsolescence.
Author 2 author 3 title local government reforms and urban rural development planning in nigeria keywords description local government reforms and urban rural development planning in nigeria category environmental sciences publisher publication date. The programme of urban renewal for sustainable urban development in nigeria. Data were collected from randomly selected 94 business operators in the shopping complex using structured. The two postwar german states were founded in 1949. Effects of socioeconomic factors on urban renewal option. Retail employment and urban renewal executive summary in the debate about retail and regeneration the voices that often go unheard are those who are actually working in, or have worked, in the retail sector. Department of environmental management, nnamdi azikiwe university, awka. In the last 5 years, massive renewal has been undertaken in five local government areasabeokuta north, adoodo ota, sagamu.