Managing the Rapid Growth of Cities in Nigeria
Author: Stephen Bola Oni
Publisher:
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 138
ISBN-13: 9789781941368
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Stephen Bola Oni
Publisher:
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 138
ISBN-13: 9789781941368
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: The World Bank
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2016-06-03
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1464807930
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Nigeria Urbanization Review serves the critical and timely purpose of understanding the challenges and opportunities of urbanization in Nigeria. The country’s rapid urban population growth and expansion is examined in relation to the account of its recent urban economic growth in order to seek for ways to finance urban development, particularly the provision of urban public goods and services. The objective of this analytical program is to provide diagnostic tools to inform policy dialogue and investment priorities on urbanization. This report serves the critical and timely purpose of focusing attention on the challenges and opportunities of urbanization in Nigeria. The executive summary at the front summarizes the key trends of Nigeria’s urbanization and sets out a framework to structure core urban challenges in view of underlying causes. Detailed analyses follow in the subsequent four chapters. In Chapter 1, the dynamics of Nigeria’s urbanization process are presented, with particular attention to the country’s rapid urban population growth, the very large-scale urban expansion, and the stubborn persistence of high levels of urban poverty, inequality and regional disparity. Chapter 2 provides an account of Nigeria’s recent urban economic growth, in view of the nature of the concentration of economic activity across the country’s states and cities, and of the limited performance of urban and regional economies in generating higher levels of employment and improving business climates. Chapter 3 turns to description and assessment of land management, urban planning and housing provision procedures and systems, which face a variety of challenges with regard to costs, affordability, capacity, equity and efficiency. Finally, Chapter 4 deals with the financing of urban development, particularly the provision of urban public goods and services, which is in need of both substantial finance and institutional and systemic improvements and reform.
Author: Richard E. Stren
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-04-23
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 0429693028
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book presents the results of the "African Urban Management" project designed to study comparatively governmental responses to the gap between the realities of official plans and perspectives and the mushrooming world of the urban poor in African cities.
Author: Adebayo Adedeji
Publisher:
Published: 1973
Total Pages: 402
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Conference report on administrative aspects of urbanization in Nigeria - discusses problems and trends in urban development, the response of local government, etc. References. Conference held in sokoto 1972 jan 5 to 8.
Author: Soji Oyeranmi
Publisher: Ethics International Press
Published: 2023-09-20
Total Pages: 391
ISBN-13: 180441073X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This study contends that proper urban environmental management strategies are vital to the sustainable development of cities in any country. It demonstrates that cities as drivers of sustainable development can be positive forces in support of social equality, cultural vitality, economic prosperity and environmental sustainability. It takes a primary focus on Ibadan, Nigeria. Most cities in sub-Saharan Africa have become badly degraded. Leaders and planners rarely fully grasp the meaning of the concept of sustainable development, and fail to combine their bids to achieve economic development with urban environmental management strategies. The book describes how reformation and transformation are still possible, in Ibadan and elsewhere, and discusses the Sustainable Ibadan Project (SIP) as a methodology to turn Ibadan into a globally competitive and sustainable city. It will be of interest to urban planners worldwide, and to researchers and students of the Global South.
Author: Amjad Almusaed
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2018-11-28
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 1789846544
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book is proposed as both a general reading of the discipline for students in architecture and urban planning, and offers a variety of materials for professionals of local and international organizations. It brings together studies with new perspectives and relevant subjects from different geographical areas. The book gathers the contributions of international researchers and experts. It is divided into three parts and eight chapters: Part I, "Introduction to Housing Affairs," includes a chapter that discusses a general reading of housing as meaning and action in social, economic, and environmental city life. Part II, "Case Studies Upon Housing Policies," includes four chapters. It consists of many examples from different geographical areas and domains. Part III, "Housing Quality and Affordability," includes three chapters; housing quality, sustainability, and development are the main subjects for this part.
Author: International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher: IDRC
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780889368804
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Effective governance is typified by transparency, accountability, credibility, and stability of the governing body, as well as by the cooperative partnership of public sector, private sector, and civil society. In Africa today, good governance is central to the achievement of sustainable and equitable development. But Africa is rapidly urbanizing. Urban authorities must deal with the uncontrolled and unplanned movement of rural dwellers into the large urban centers, and the environmental "monster" it is creating: rampant urban waste, much of it toxic. Managing the Monster critically examines urban governance in Africa, with particular reference to the serious problems and challenges posed by waste management. It describes, compares, and appraises the situations in Abidjan, Dar es Salaam, Ibadan, and Johannesburg, characterizing typical forms of governance and their successes and failures in dealing with the critical problem of mounting urban waste. It will interest researchers, academics, and students in African studies and urban planning; donor organizations worldwide working on urban issues; policy makers, municipal engineers, city managers, and urban planners, especially in Africa; and environmental and civic NGOs.
Author: Onyenkwere Okwu Okwandu, DHA
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Published: 2020-09-02
Total Pages: 153
ISBN-13: 1641388382
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Author: Richard E. Stren
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-04-23
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 0429713037
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book presents the results of the "African Urban Management" project designed to study comparatively governmental responses to the gap between the realities of official plans and perspectives and the mushrooming world of the urban poor in African cities.