Factors Influencing Access to Urban Land for Private Housing Development in Minna, Nigeria

Udoekanem, Namnso Bassey; Nagya, Umar

doi:10.15641/jarer.v7i2.1205

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“…However, the government failed to revise some legal texts that support encroachers of public lands like wetlands and open spaces. This was also highlighted by Turimubumwe et al (2022), Nagya and Udoekanem (2022), and UN-Habitat (2011a) in different times and work how governments have been neglecting land management and resulting in encroachment and then informal settlement.…”

Section: Affordable Housing For Low-income Earnersmentioning

confidence: 95%

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Affordable housing programmes in developing countries: The situation of low-income earners and owning houses in Burundi, Ethiopia, and South Africa

Turimubumwe

2023

Pathways to Sustainable Real Estate Investment in Sub Saharan African Countries: The 22nd Annual AfRES Conference

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This paper aims to answer why affordable housing programmes implemented to assist low-income earners in selected countries (Burundi, Ethiopia, and South Africa) have not benefited low-income earners from owning housing in these programmes. The paper used a mixed research approach in data collection and analysis. The desk review, questionnaire, key informant interview (KII), and observation were used to collect primary and secondary data. Content and descriptive statistics were applied to analyse data. The findings show apart from South Africa where low-income earners can afford a house in affordable housing programmes, Burundi and Ethiopia programmes have served civil servants who are not low-income earners. Generally, Civil servants belong to medium-and high-income earners and can finance their housing using private financing. Public programmes for affordable housing have been benefiting those who were not in urgent need of housing. This has left low-income earners to live in horrible and miserable houses. The paper recommends that developing countries should well-define and determine who is low-income and prioritize low-income earners in public affordable housing programmes.

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Section: Affordable Housing For Low-income Earnersmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…Combating the housing shortage starts with making land available to all layers of the population in the country. Unregulated land access, tenure security, land transfer, and land rights all are problems that hamper poor people from affording housing (Nagya & Udoekanem, 2022;UN-Habitat, 2021).…”

Section: Root Causes Of Housing Shortage In Africamentioning

confidence: 99%

Affordable housing programmes in developing countries: The situation of low-income earners and owning houses in Burundi, Ethiopia, and South Africa

Turimubumwe

2023

Pathways to Sustainable Real Estate Investment in Sub Saharan African Countries: The 22nd Annual AfRES Conference

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“…Land is an indispensable factor in production and a vital resource for human consumption and livelihood [1,2]. It includes fertile agricultural land and sites for urban development to accommodate the increasing urban population [2,3,4].…”

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A Decade of Land Cover Transformations in Akure's Peri-Urban Region (2011-2022) Using Multispectral Landsat Imagery

Asaju,

Olukolajo

2023

ARJASS

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Aim: To analyze the spatial distribution of land uses in the peri-urban areas of Akure, Nigeria between 2011 and 2022. Study Design: Quantitative GIS research. Place and Duration of Study: Oke-Odu, Ipinsa and Aule, Akure, Ondo-State, Nigeria, 2022. Methodology: ArcGIS was employed in conjunction with Landsat images for 2011, 2016 and 2022 to conduct a supervised classification of land uses in Oke-Odu, Ipinsa and Aule Peri-urban areas of Akure, Nigeria. Data quality was considered such that cloud cover and scene cover of selected imagery downloaded are less than 10%. The classification method used was maximum likelihood, and three distinct classes were targeted: Built up areas, Green Areas and Open Spaces. Results: Between 2011 and 2022, Oke-Odu, Akure, Nigeria, experienced significant development, with its built-up area growing from 45 ha (20.15%) to 160 ha (71.45%). However, this came at the cost of green spaces, which decreased from 97 ha (43.43%) to 33 ha (14.78%), indicating a loss of vegetation and natural areas. Similarly, open spaces decreased from 65 ha (29.42%) to 14 ha (6.46%). In Ipinsa, the built-up area expanded from 6 ha (6.50%) to 36 ha (36.40%), while green areas decreased initially but slightly increased later. Open spaces in Ipinsa declined consistently from 17 ha (17.50%) to 3 ha (3.10%). Aule experienced steady development, with built-up areas increasing from 297 ha (56.86%) to 431 ha (82.30%), accompanied by a decline in green spaces and open spaces over time. Overall, built-up areas and open spaces in Oke-Odu, Ipinsa, and Aule have significantly increased over time; however, in both Ipinsa and Aule, there was a slight recovery of green spaces in 2022. Conclusion: The study shows that the pattern of land uses in Oke-Odu, Ipinsa, and Aule, Akure demonstrates a consistent trend of urbanization. Built-up areas have expanded substantially over time, while green spaces and open spaces have experienced significant declines, these trends align with global patterns of urbanization and raise concerns about environmental degradation and the need for conservation efforts. Therefore, this study recommends that sustainable development strategies be Implemented to ensure a balance between built-up areas and natural environments.

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Sub-Saharan Africa’s Customary Practices and Land Titling Policy Reforms

Ige,

Akinbogun,

Jones

2024

Sustainable Development Goals Series

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Factors Influencing Access to Urban Land for Private Housing Development in Minna, Nigeria

Cited by 4 publications

References 8 publications

Affordable housing programmes in developing countries: The situation of low-income earners and owning houses in Burundi, Ethiopia, and South Africa

Affordable housing programmes in developing countries: The situation of low-income earners and owning houses in Burundi, Ethiopia, and South Africa

A Decade of Land Cover Transformations in Akure's Peri-Urban Region (2011-2022) Using Multispectral Landsat Imagery

Sub-Saharan Africa’s Customary Practices and Land Titling Policy Reforms

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