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Spatial expansion and urban risk and crime
- Nigerian cities have functioned as the engines of economic growth. However, frequently unplanned and unprecedented physical growth, combined with tenure insecurity and the proliferation of urban poverty, have given rise to complex linkages between spatial expansion and urban risk and crime.
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The country is undergoing rapid urbanization with a rapidly growing population. At current growth rate of about 2.8%–3% a year, Nigeria's urban population will double in the next two decades. The pattern, trend, and characteristics of urbanization in Nigeria have been alarming.
- Natural Population Increase in Urban Areas
- Rural to Urban Migration
- Reclassification of Rural Areas as Urban
- Disaggregating Urbanization Into Its Individual Components of Urban Growth
Natural population increase is best understood through the demographic transition model proposed by Thompson (1929). This model is used to depict changes in birth and death rates as a country develops over time. In the first stage of the demographic transition, birth rates and death rates are high and population growth is stagnated; in the second s...
Rural to urban migration has traditionally been understood through the Lewis Dual Sector Model (Lewis 1954) and the Harris-Todaro Model (Harris and Todaro 1970). Both models assert that the decision to migrate is a response to employment opportunities, reflected by rural-urban income gaps. These models distinguish themselves in that the Lewis Dual ...
Reclassification of rural areas as urban, which is generally considered an administrative form of urbanization, is most often used to promote more balanced economic development and to bring infrastructure and amenities to neglected regions (Kulcsar and Brown 2011). Reclassification can occur in a number of ways: the expansion of existing city bound...
Building on the above analysis, the individual contributions of the components of urban growth to the overall urban increment for each decade between 1960 and 2010 have been computed. Given that the preferred data to perform a rigorous analysis does not exist in Nigeria, this paper has opted to apply the “National Growth Rate Method (Siegel and Swa...
- Kyle Farrell, Kyle Farrell
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- 2018
Sep 10, 2015 · However, rapid urbanization in particular the growth of Nigerian large cities, and the associated problems of unemployment, poverty, inadequate health, poor sanitation, urban slums...
With Africa's population rapidly growing, urbanisation is happening too fast in Nigeria for the government to keep up with housing, business and public service demands. Rapid urbanization means many people live in informal housing on marginal land.
Apr 16, 2024 · The purpose of this story map is to analyze the challenges posed by rapid urbanization in Lagos, Nigeria, and explore potential solutions for addressing the city's housing crisis.
Sep 6, 2017 · By 2050 more than two-thirds of the world’s population is projected to be living in urban areas. This rapid increase will take place mainly in developing countries. Africa and Asia— both still less urbanized than other regions— will have the fastest urban growth rates.
Nov 3, 2016 · Rapid urbanization that is largely unplanned and uncoordinated, has deepened the deficit of services in many Nigerian cities, which includes access to land and housing, basic services, solid waste and waste water management, among others.
