The executive summary at the front summarizes the key trends of nigerias urbanization and sets out a framework to structure core urban challenges in view of underlying causes. Lagos urban area is home to approximately 33% of the lagos state population sunday and ajewole 2006. Urbanization is defined as the population within urban areas increasing. A reversal of ruralurban migration migration is an old human phenomenon. The first, urban population, describes the percentage of the total population living in urban areas, as defined by the country. India is projected to add 404 million urban dwellers, china 292 million and nigeria 212. Facts and statistics about the urbanization of nigeria.
While the usa, britain, and germany have already surpassed 75 percent urban and wont exceed. Abuja, nigeria, experiences an annual growth rate of 9. The propensity to migrate from the rural areas to urban areas is presently high. Urbanization in nigeria nigeria is witnessing massive expansion of its urban areas. Makarfi, nigeria 5d ep artm nofg ghy,f dlc e uc iz n corresponding author email. International institute for environment and development 8086 grays inn road, london wc1x 8nh, uk tel. Firstly, the researcher pays attention to urban growth and also discusses its causes. Urbanization is the way the population shift from rural to urban areas, the gradual increase in the proportion of people. Due to unplanned urbanization, india is facing too much problem such as unemployment, electricity problem, pollution, social problems, improper sanitation facilities etc. According to the united nations habitat in 2006, urbanization is the increased concentration of people in cities rather than. An inquiry into the nature and causes of nigerias rapid. An inquiry into the nature and causes of nigerias rapid urban. Just three countriesindia, china and nigeria together are expected to account for 37 per cent of the projected growth of the worlds urban popula tion between 2014 and 2050. R0 abstract historically, urban growth required enough development to grow and transport significant agricultural surpluses or a government effective enough to build an empire.
The process of urbanization is increasing in both the developed. For instance, in nigeria, the minimum population for asettlement to qualify as urban is 20,000 and above, hence some other countries could use a population size of 5,000 of people to define an area as urbanised. The challenges of meeting millennium development goal 7 in metropolitan lagos, nigeria tunde agbola elijah m. This study has addressed the effects of urbanization on the land use pattern of bori. Lagos, nigeria continues to grow in population density and urbanization. Urban growth and housing problems in kubwa district of.
This has become necessary in view of the critical role housing. The causes of urban growth vary from one to the other. The challenges of rapid urbanization on sustainable. Urbanization in nigeria is mainly demographically driven without commensurate socioeconomic dividends and benefits to the urban environment. A survey was carried out amongst 150 respondents drawn from within the metropolis and the results indicates that the major causes of rural urban. The pattern of growth was determined using spatial analysis, and the housing problems were identified. While the trend in the nigerias oil economy is characterized by rural exodus, nigerias rural oriented economy with the vast majority of the population expending their labor force in agricultural pursuits, it is nonetheless characterized with migration economy based.
Urbanization is mainly caused by urban growth, which could be due to natural. For instance, the annual rates of urbanization in nigeria for the periods 19651970, 19701975 and 1975 1980 were 4. Phase 1 this is the initial stage which is an agricultural primary production phase. Finally, by way of conclusion, it gives a highlight of some necessary. What are the causes and effect of urbanization in nigeria.
Population growth may become a severe problem for a country, which has a lack of natural resources to cater to the needs of its inhabitants. Implication for planning and lowincome housing delivery in lagos, nigeria implications for lowincome housing in lagos, nigeria. Urbanization means the share of urban population in the total population of a country. Due to the ongoing urbanisation and growth of the worlds population, there will be about 2. After which, nigeria is expected to enter the terminal stage of its urban transition 20302050, again characterized by moderate rates of. Urbanization is not merely a modern phenomenon, but rapid and historic transformation and replaced by predominantly urban culture.
Causes, effects and remedies abstract this study focuses on the causes, effects and remedies of child trafficking in nigeria using ijebuode local government area of ogun state as a case study. In this article we explore the problems of urbanization in nigeria and possible solutions. The causes of urbanization in nigeria would be the general movement of people towards the towns because they feel there is a better life and more. One of the major threats to the nigeria environment is urbanization. Against this background, the paper documents incidence of flood, its causes and impacts on residents in agege local government area of lagos state nigeria. Mabogunje 1 stated that urbanization is a process of human agglomeration in multifunctional settlement of relatively substantial size. This paper focuses primarily on urbanization, the causes and ways forward.
Pdf urbanization is not merely a modern phenomenon, but rapid and historic transformation and replaced by predominantly urban culture. Phase 2 acceleration stage or industrialisation phase. Urbanization and the accompanying physical development in nigeria has proven poorly managed, inequitable, exclusionary, and fragmented, but real opportunities and an overriding necessity exist for urban reforms to enable more inclusive, productive, and. This report serves the critical and timely purpose of focusing attention on the challenges and opportunities of urbanization in nigeria. You will also learn about the demographic, health, the 100 million city. Nigeria is remarkable for its high percentage of urbanization. More than half of the worlds population lives in urban areas.
Therefore, it is no exaggeration to consider the period studied here as fundamental in the emergence. Urbanization has several consequences, effects, and impacts such as social, economic or environmental and it usually occurs in developing countries like nigeria. The goal is to examine the effects of urbanization on landuse pattern on the people of bori in khana local government area of rivers state. This is closely related to industrialization, modernization and rationalization, a type of sociological process. Causes of overpopulation in nigeria and its consequences. Agunbiade department of urban and regional planning, university of ibadan, nigeria abstract this study used a case study methodology to examine the issue of land tenure in the. It disaggregates urbanization into its individual components of urban growth rural to urban migration, urban natural population increase, and. However, population size alone is not enough to describe an area as urban. Urbanisation concepts and trends gordon mcgranahan and david satterthwaite. Urbanization in nigeria is mainly demographically driven without. According to the research, by the end of 2018, the population of nigeria will increase to 199,805,437 people. One of the consequences of this unprecedented increase. In the next decade, there will be about 2 billion new city residents. To examine the nature of the existing land use pattern in bori.
Pdf urbanization is not merely a modern phenomenon, but rapid and historic transformation and. Abstract in nigeria today, numerous internet assisted crimes are committed daily in various forms such as identity theft. For instance, most third world countries including nigeria are in this phase and they are characterised by exponential growth of their urban population s growth. The nature, causes and consequences of cyber crime in tertiary institutions in zariakaduna state, nigeria folashade b. This study identifies the major causes of child trafficking that stand as a bottleneck in nigeria. Desertification is the process desert encroaches into a land that is once fertile. Impacts of flood disaster in agege local government area.
This policy results in increasing income differentials and an. Assessment of environmental impact of deforestation in. The causes and consequences of urbanization in poorer countries edward l. Mabogunje history, urbanization and development in nigeria, 19142014 hnet 23 may 2018. Second, it attempts to draw a link between urbanization and national or regional development historically and in the contemporary period of crisis and restructuring of the national space economy. Urbanization and growth go hand in hand, and no one can deny that urbanization is essential for socioeconomic transformation, wealth generation, prosperity and development. The urban migration is caused by public stim ulation of urban activities and neglect of the rural areas. These were the periods of the oil boom and expansion in public expenditure. The pattern, trend and characteristics of urbanisation in nigeria has been. Problems and prospects of urbanization in nigeria the introduction. Major causes of urbanization in nigeria research cyber.
To find out the causes and effects of ruralurban migration in the study area. Adeta department of sociology ahmadu bello university zaria, nigeria. Challenges of urbanization and urban growth in nigeria. In 2015, the undesa estimated that 14 percent of international migrants1 in the world. Ruralurban migration is a reaction to some of the prevailing conditions in the rural areas. Urbanization and its social vices in nigeria research and. This entry provides two measures of the degree of urbanization of a population. World urbanization united nations prospects highlights.
This has become necessary in view of the critical role housing plays in the life of an individual and society at large. The problems and issues in urbanization in india since in our country, urbanization is unplanned due to uncontrolled migration. Urbanization is a fact of life in most cities in canada and around the world. This pattern induces pressure on traffic flow in urban areas in. The preliminary census data for 1991 although the 1991 census figure is still controversial indicated a. Urbanization is the shift from a rural to an urban society, and involves an increase in the number of people in urban areas during a particular period. The effects of urbanization on landuse pattern in bori, rivers state nigeria.
Therefore, this research was intended to focus on causes and effects of ruralurban migration in borno state with reference to maiduguri metropolis, with the following objectives. The city currently stands as the 14th largest urban area in the world and is on the cusp of becoming a primary coastal megalopolis. The causes or urbanization include the promise of prosperity and jobs. It currently has other dimensions to causes of urbanization, among them. Urbanization and effect of urbanization on us and environment. The second, rate of urbanization, describes the projected average rate of change of the size of the urban population over the given period of time. Although urbanization is accompanied by many problems and challenges, many city governments are working hard at minimizing and resolving these problems and at making their cities. While migration and urbanization can lead to increased urban poverty and the proliferation of slums, they can also lead to economic growth and poverty reduction in africa. Urbanization is simply population shift from rural areas to urban areas which leads to the gradual increase of people living in urban areas in a geographical region this is in no way a new phenomenon, as so many of us living in the urban areas of the country actually moved from a more rural area. The impact is intense because agroeconomy of nigeria is dependent on rainfall and hence affected by fluctuating weather. Following this, nigeria entered the accelerated stage 19802030, and as the name suggests, the pace of urbanization began to takeoff. The nature, causes and consequences of cyber crime in.
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