Piecemeal Urbanisation at the Peripheries of Lagos

Sawyer, Lindsay

doi:10.1080/00020184.2014.925207

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“…Urban residents settle in the periphery predominantly after lengthy urban residence. Before moving to the periphery, residents have often lived for more than a decade in central and consolidated parts of the city, a finding consistent with a number of other studies in sub‐Saharan Africa (Beauchemin and Bocquier ; Fagerlund ; Kironde ; Owens ; Sawyer ). Many are former migrants, though currently well‐established urban residents.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 85%

“…In their literature review of migration and urbanization in Francophone West Africa, Beauchemin and Bocquier () found that residents of peripheral areas have for the most part moved from central parts of the city, though many were originally migrants. In Lagos, Sawyer () found that the periphery is predominantly inhabited by long‐term urban residents, though again many were originally migrants. Only dependable and consistent employment would justify the long and costly commutes from these outlying areas, making it unsustainable for new migrants, who are often unemployed.…”

Section: Migrant Settlement Patterns In Cities Of Sub‐saharan Africamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Residential Mobility and Homeownership in Dar es Salaam

Andreasen¹,

Agergaard²

2016

Population & Development Rev

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confidence: 85%

Section: Migrant Settlement Patterns In Cities Of Sub‐saharan Africamentioning

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Residential Mobility and Homeownership in Dar es Salaam

Andreasen¹,

Agergaard²

2016

Population & Development Rev

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“…This hampers land development activities including land acquisition and formalisation processes because adequate surveys and demarcation of urban lands have not been undertaken on a widespread basis. The literature further identifies other challenges including: the lack of coordination among palnning institutions (Ogu,1999); widespread apathy to adopt modern planning theories and models (Ogbazi, 2013); the absence of strategic plans; failure to implement and enforce detailed land use plans (Gandy, 2005;Bloch, 2014;Sawyer, 2014), and the lack of large scale utilisation of modern digital technology to facilitate planning and land administration processes (Akindgbade et al, 2012).…”

Section: Urban Planning and Governance In Nigeriamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, some analysts (Rakodi, 2007;UN-Habitat, 2010 suggest that these developments constitute the largest proportion of all urban developments in Nigeria and are the main source of accommodation for housing and other activities for the majority of urban residents. For example, smaller scale infilling within urban centres and small to medium scale development at the expanding edges of the cities are often realised through informal means and outside the formal planning system (Sawyer 2014). The proliferation of these developments is driven mainly by the inadequacies of the formal development system and the benefits of the informal development system.…”

Section: Forms Of Urban Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Urban development and governance in Nigeria: challenges, opportunities and policy direction

Awuah

2018

International Development Planning Review

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U r b a n d e v elo p m e n t a n d g ov e r n a n c e in Ni g e ri a : c h all e n g e s, o p p o r t u ni ti e s a n d p olicy di r e c tio n Gy a u, KAB h t t p:// dx. doi.o r g/ 1 0. 3 8 2 8/i d pr. 2 0 1 8. 1Ti t l e U r b a n d e v elo p m e n t a n d g ov e r n a n c e in Ni g e ri a : c h all e n g e s , o p p o r t u ni ti e s a n d p olicy di r e c tio n A u t h o r s Gy a u, KAB Typ e Articl e U RL This ve r sio n is a v ail a bl e a t : h t t p:// u sir.s alfo r d. a c. u k/id/ e p ri n t/ 4 5 1 2 7/ P u b l i s h e d D a t e 2 0 1 8 U SIR is a di git al c oll e c tio n of t h e r e s e a r c h o u t p u t of t h e U niv e r si ty of S alfo r d. W h e r e c o py ri g h t p e r mi t s, full t e x t m a t e ri al h el d in t h e r e p o si to ry is m a d e fr e ely a v ail a bl e o nli n e a n d c a n b e r e a d , d o w nlo a d e d a n d c o pi e d fo r n o nc o m m e r ci al p riv a t e s t u dy o r r e s e a r c h p u r p o s e s . Pl e a s e c h e c k t h e m a n u s c ri p t fo r a n y fu r t h e r c o py ri g h t r e s t ri c tio n s. Fo r m o r e info r m a tio n, in cl u di n g o u r p olicy a n d s u b mi s sio n p r o c e d u r e , pl e a s e c o n t a c t t h e R e p o si to ry Te a m a t: u si r@ s alfo r d. a c. u k . Abstract Volumes of literature discourse illuminate several weaknesses of Nigeria's urban planning and governance system particularly in the face of rapid urbanisation, and rising levels of urban poverty and informality. However, these literature discourses often fail to situate the weaknesses within the context of opportunities presented by the system, and provide a clear policy direction. An in-depth understanding of the weaknesses of the system, and opportunities it presents especially for the on-going construction of massively scaled urban developments to meet demands of various urban actors and their impact is imperative for far reaching policy formulation and implementation. Based on an examination of the perspectives of key urban stakeholders solicited through semi-structured interviews in three Nigerian cities of Abuja, Minna and Enugu, this study provides insights into how the failings of the existing regime provide opportunities for the urban developmental landscape. The findings suggest that pluralistic forms of social steering in urban planning and governance have the potential to succeed. Nevertheless, Government input especially in the area of infrastructure provision is critical.

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“…Contemporary research on suburban housing has also investigated the ‘supply side’ of planned residential suburbs and the role of national and local states, property developers, planners, landowners and foreign investors in driving large suburban housing schemes in Accra (Grant ), Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban (Mabin ; Todes ), Cape Town, Maputo and Windhoek (Morange et al . ), Lagos (Sawyer ), Luanda (Buire ) and Lusaka (Bloch ). However, not all suburbs in Africa have been developed through state planning or the private sector.…”

Section: African Suburbsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Landscapes of extended ruralisation: postcolonial suburbs in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Mercer

2016

Trans Inst British Geog

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African cities are becoming increasingly suburban, yet we know little about suburban spaces, how they are historically produced and by whom. This paper argues that African suburbs can be usefully understood as postcolonial suburbs. The postcolonial suburb de‐centres the Anglo‐American suburban model and pays attention to the historical co‐constitution of suburban space across colony and metropole. It draws attention to the colonial and post‐colonial policies on land and housing that make suburban development possible, but also attends to the everyday ways in which suburban spaces are built through the efforts of self‐builders and their house‐building projects. Using the case of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, the paper shows how these low‐density residential spaces towards the edge of the city are being shaped by the new middle classes with their appetite for large houses and private cars. But these are not copies of suburban forms from elsewhere. Architecturally they are dominated by bungalows and villas, but these buildings are self‐built rather than part of large planned housing schemes. Socially the suburbs are dominated by the middle classes, but these middle classes are oriented towards the countryside rather than towards the city. Drawing on interviews with suburban residents in Dar es Salaam, I show how self‐build housing projects straddle the suburban and the rural in terms of economic investments, land security and social relations. The paper concludes by arguing that the colonial and postcolonial making of the suburbs produces landscapes of ruralisation.

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Piecemeal Urbanisation at the Peripheries of Lagos

Cited by 79 publications

References 14 publications

Residential Mobility and Homeownership in Dar es Salaam

Residential Mobility and Homeownership in Dar es Salaam

Urban development and governance in Nigeria: challenges, opportunities and policy direction

Landscapes of extended ruralisation: postcolonial suburbs in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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