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Towards making people-friendly places and enhancing quality of place in lagos, nigeria: current urban development responses

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dc.contributor.author Ilesanmi, A
dc.contributor.editor Dayarathne, R
dc.contributor.editor Wijesundara, J
dc.date.accessioned 2024-03-28T05:10:26Z
dc.date.available 2024-03-28T05:10:26Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-15
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/22432
dc.description.abstract This paper is about experiencing the urban-related problems and perspectives of sub-Saharan Africa’s largest metropolis, in terms of the mega-city’s people-friendliness and quality of place. It is based on a descriptive analysis of housing, urban design and planning responses in Lagos, Nigeria. The research is an exploratory qualitative case-study on the challenges of urbanization and mega-city growth. Primary data were obtained through participant-observation and secondary data from published sources related to Lagos, Nigeria. The paper examined current responses at shaping the urban fabric in terms of the mega-city urban policies, plans, and programmes. These interventions were analysed from the perspectives of making people-friendly places and enhancing quality of place. Findings revealed that despite the potential of current urban responses and Institutional frameworks to radically transform Lagos into a viable urban scheme, the limited incorporation of people-friendly notions appear more like supplementary appendages, rather than as fundamental principles to guide sustainable urban development. The paper concluded that creating, developing and managing people-friendly places are central and critical to responding appropriately to the challenges of rapid urbanization confronting Lagos mega-city. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Department of Architecture, University of Moratuwa en_US
dc.subject Lagos, mega-city en_US
dc.subject People-friendly en_US
dc.subject place en_US
dc.subject quality of place en_US
dc.subject urbanization en_US
dc.title Towards making people-friendly places and enhancing quality of place in lagos, nigeria: current urban development responses en_US
dc.type Conference-Abstract en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.year 2013 en_US
dc.identifier.conference International Urban Design Conference on Cities, People and Places en_US
dc.identifier.place Colombo, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos p. 49 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding Proceedings of the International Urban Design Conference on Cities, People and Places en_US


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