Book contents
- Reimagining Urban Planning in Africa
- Reimagining Urban Planning in Africa
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part I Understanding Sustainable Urban Planning in Africa
- Part II Case Studies on Urban Planning in African Countries
- 7 The Proliferation of Gated Communities
- 8 History, Practices, Challenges and Opportunities of Urban Planning in Zimbabwe
- 9 The Evolution and Nature of Urban Planning in Nigeria
- 10 Rethinking Urban Planning and Informal Settlement Upgrading
- 11 Urban Planning Challenges and Slum/Informal Housing Formation in Ogun State, Nigeria
- 12 The Proliferation of Slums in Cameroon
- 13 An Overview of Urban Planning in Tanzania
- Part III Sustainable Urban Planning in Africa
- Index
- References
11 - Urban Planning Challenges and Slum/Informal Housing Formation in Ogun State, Nigeria
from Part II - Case Studies on Urban Planning in African Countries
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 December 2023
Book contents
- Reimagining Urban Planning in Africa
- Reimagining Urban Planning in Africa
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part I Understanding Sustainable Urban Planning in Africa
- Part II Case Studies on Urban Planning in African Countries
- 7 The Proliferation of Gated Communities
- 8 History, Practices, Challenges and Opportunities of Urban Planning in Zimbabwe
- 9 The Evolution and Nature of Urban Planning in Nigeria
- 10 Rethinking Urban Planning and Informal Settlement Upgrading
- 11 Urban Planning Challenges and Slum/Informal Housing Formation in Ogun State, Nigeria
- 12 The Proliferation of Slums in Cameroon
- 13 An Overview of Urban Planning in Tanzania
- Part III Sustainable Urban Planning in Africa
- Index
- References
Summary
Informality, once associated with poor squatter settlements, is now seen as a generalised mode of metropolitan urbanisation. The chapter identifies the gaps in urban planning systems in selected African countries, focusing on Nigeria for the empirical survey. The study was based on a literature review from other African countries but used information from Ogun State as empirical support, with 227 houses selected using a random sampling technique. The findings reveal a significant relationship between planning approval and the socio-economic characteristics of the residents. The chapter argues that a weak urban planning system is one of the contributing factors to informality in African cities. Legal/institutional and political ideology frameworks for urban planning are the major causes of the weak urban planning system; but political will and interest also shape urban planning in Nigeria. The chapter calls for urban planning not only to be carried out within the legal and institutional framework in African cities; the diverse socio-economic characteristics of the residents and jurisdictional partitioning at the local level should also be considered.
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- Reimagining Urban Planning in Africa , pp. 182 - 195Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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