Incidence and Impact of Land Use Change on Physical Development in Ilorin Metropolis, Nigeria
| dc.contributor.author | Asiyanbi Adedolapo Oloruntoba | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-05-30T11:30:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-05-30T11:30:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-08 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Land-use Conversion in cities of developing countries is growing at an unprecedented rate. This has continued to pose threats to physical development and residents’ livability. It is against this background that this research seeks to investigate the abnormalities associated with land-use conversion, in Ilorin metropolis. This is with the view of suggesting measures of controlling and guiding land-use conversion in Ilorin metropolis. The metropolis was stratified into three zones (Central Business District, the zone of transition and zone of residence). Google earth was used to capture the number of buildings in the three zones. A sample of 4.6% of buildings in each zone was determined using Tarro Yamane statistical formula. Purposive sampling method was used to administer 382 copies of questionnaires to landlords or older tenants of buildings where conversion has occurred. Likert scale rating was employed to examine the opinion of respondents on factors and the impact of the land use conversion on physical development. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test variation in the incidence of land-use change across the zones. The study revealed that mixed (49.5%) and commercial use (45.0%), was the dominant land use conversions in the study area. The major factor for land use conversion is a good location for trading (RAI 4.86) Most of these conversions are unauthorized and thus led to incompatible land use and uncontrolled development. The result of ANOVA (F= 9.653 and P= 0.000) indicated that there was a significant difference in the incidence of building conversion across the zones in the study area. The study, therefore, recommended that there should be adequate enforcement of the law on unauthorized building conversion, public orientation and environmental impact assessment (EIA) of building conversion is also recommended. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Abolade, O., Asiyanbi A. O., and Adejumobi, D. O. (2020). Incidence and Impact of Land Use Change on Physical Development in Ilorin Metropolis, Nigeria. Journal of Contemporary Urbanology, 7(2), 12-32. | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2315-8050 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.run.edu.ng/handle/123456789/5057 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Journal of Contemporary Urbanology | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Vol. 7; No. 2 | |
| dc.title | Incidence and Impact of Land Use Change on Physical Development in Ilorin Metropolis, Nigeria | |
| dc.type | Article |