چکیده:
Housing developments in Lagos S tate peri-urban settlements have contributed immensely to
alleviation of the challenges of housing deficits in central Lagos. This research aims at examining the characteris tics of housing development in the peri-urban settlements of Lagos S tate, Nigeria. Using a case s tudy approach, housing developments in peri-urban settlements in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Areas were selected to represent the rapidly urbanizing metropolitan peripheral areas in Lagos S tate. Data was collected through primary and secondary sources which include survey ques tionnaires, direct observations and in-depth interviews. Using two s tage sampling
techniques, ques tionnaire was dis tributed to households in purposively selected 16 peri-urban settlements in Ibeju- Lekki. Data collected through field survey were analysed using frequencies, percentages, cross tabulations while qualitative data were analysed using descriptive analysis. Findings demons trate that different housing initiatives in the peri-urban settlements performed differently in typology and resident’s perception. Socio-economic attributes
revealed a multi-cultural households composition, reasonable literacy level. It is recommended that improved quality and user performance peri-urban housing development can be achieved through residents’ participation in housing policy design and also by timely regional policy response to the pace of housing development in Lagos peri-urban settlements
خلاصه ماشینی:
Using a case study approach, housing developments in peri-urban settlements in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Areas were selected to represent the rapidly urbanizing metropolitan peripheral areas in Lagos State.
Peri-urban housing; Characteristics; Typology; Building materials; Residential segregation; Socio-economic Characteristics {مراجعه شود به فایل جدول الحاقی} INTRODUCTION Housing development in Lagos peri-urban settlements is dynamic because of the different perception of stakeholders to the potential of the interface.
The characteristics of the emerging housing development is a function of many factors, some of which are government policy toward peri-urban settlements, the housing development management, socio-economic attributes of the residents, government perception of the economic viability of the location and the building materials used in construction.
Borne out of the varying socio-economic composition of the residents and poor ins titutional responses, mos t selfhelp housing developments in Lagos peri-urban are total deviation from acceptable housing quality s tandard.
Prior works on peri-urban developments in Nigeria were on land use changes, agricultural land conversion, rural-urban linkages and housing quality (Binns et al, 2003; Olotuah, 2006; Dung-Gwom, 2008; Nwokoro & Dekolo, 2012; Lawanson et al, 2012; Emankhu & Ubangari, 2015).
Descriptive analysis was conducted on the data to generate percentages and frequencies of respondents’ socio-economic characteristics, housing initiatives, housing typologies, tenure, building materials, factors for informality and segregation in the study area.
Housing Typologies in the Study Area Single family bungalow unit is the most prevalent in Ibeju-Lekki peri-urban settlements.
The full family occupation is more prevalent in Ibeju-Lekki peri-urban settlements having 56% while part rented housing units are 44%.