RECREATION AND SHOPPING COMPLEX, ABUJA ARCHITECTURAL RESPONSE TO URBAN RECREATIONAL NEEDS
RECREATION AND SHOPPING COMPLEX, ABUJA ARCHITECTURAL RESPONSE TO URBAN RECREATIONAL NEEDS
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2006-12
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GBAGI, ERHITOR
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Abstract
Abuja, a metropolitan area and the nations Federal Capital Territory, is a focus
of life were about 3,000,000 people meet there major needs, desires and ambition.
In many aspects people within Abuja probably enjoy belter living conditions
in terms of good hygiene, better schools, housing and basic amenities, but one can
still notice the immense emotional poverty and privation.
Even when it could be argued that there is less direct hardship, there arc
obviously higher incidences of depression, more mental illness, more violence, more
delinquency and more drug-taking. Under the prevailing circumstances of national
and global economic recession, unemployment and underemployment, retrenchment
and other extra challenging rigors which the individual faces, such as the inordinate
resolve to achieve success in business and achieving greater carrier goal added to the
insecurities inherent in these pursuits, effort should be made to retain a sound mind in
a sound body.
Recreation has been defined as any leisure activity which is pursued for its
own sake, or what happens to a person as a result of a recreation experience. The
relationship of urban recreation to open space is based on a biological need to retain
some association with the natural environment in an urban setting and a psychological
need for contrast and change in special surroundings and activities that most indoor
environment do not provide.
When these needs are linked with the routine indoor jobs of most people and
the sterile or stressful outdoor environments of many cities, they generate strong desires for escape to a more relaxing environment, especially those with a natural
character.
The prospect of urban recreation has become an end in itself for the urban
dweller, it provides the time and means for human development in a technological,
work-oriented society. How we solve this problems may influence our culture and
society, because leisure can be the blessing or curse of an urban society.
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THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE
SCHOOL, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN
PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE (MSC) DEGREE
IN ARCHITECTURE.
DECEMBER, 2006
Keywords
RECREATION,, SHOPPING,, COMPLEX,,, ARCHITECTURAL,, URBAN RECREATIONAL NEEDS