Abstract
Housing crisis remains one of the global problems confronting urban residents especially in the developing world, Nigeria inclusive. Many of the available accommodations are either dilapidated or overstretched due to the influx of people to the urban setting because of occupational migration to new jobs and opportunities in the urban areas The study examines the housing condition, housing facilities and the socio-economic characteristics of residents responsible for housing degeneration in Lokoja, a growing medium sized city in Nigeria The study adopted field survey design and multi-stage sampling technique to sample respondents. Purposive sampling technique was first adopted to select two quarters each in the high (Adankolo and Lokongoma), medium (Ganaja and Otokiti) and low (Sarki-noma and Zone 8) densities residential areas in Lokoja. Systematic random sampling was thereafter adopted to select 400 houses in the study area for the study. Primary data was collected and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Likert scale was used to classify responses which were further subjected to Chi-Square analysis to determine the relationship between socio-economic characteristics and housing condition. The findings show that housing degeneration observable in the study area were found mostly among owners of properties classified as low income, women owned, deceased, inherited, under lease or trust; and properties under litigation. These categories should be properly situated by city planners in the effort to exercise its machinery of development control. The study concludes that socio-economic characteristics of residents have significant effect on housing degeneration in the study area.
Presenters
Afolabi FatusinProfessor, Geography and Planning Science, Adekunle Ajasin University, Nigeria, Ondo, Nigeria
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
THE URBAN AREA, HOUSING CONDITION, HOUSING DEGENERATION
