AN EVALUATION OF URBAN DEGENERATION IN ABA CORE AREA AND A PHYSICAL PLANNING PROPOSAL FOR A SELECTED AREA
AN EVALUATION OF URBAN DEGENERATION IN ABA CORE AREA AND A PHYSICAL PLANNING PROPOSAL FOR A SELECTED AREA
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Date
1990-10
Authors
AGU NWOGU, MAGNUS
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Abstract
Urban degeneration is a phenomenon of great
concern both in the Third World and the Industrial
Nations. It is found almost in all cities in Nigeria.
It is determined by using many indicators as were
applied for Aba Core Area. The ultimate end of the
exercise is to find a renewal approach that is most
suited to the problem and apply it appropriately.
For this study, methods of data collection involved
use of questionnaires, informant interviews, and oral
discussions. Relevant literature were also consulted.
The Rough Screening Technique was used for Aba
Urban. This was later combined with the Weight and
Exponent Method for application to the study area, -
Aba Core Area divided into five zones. The techniques
revealed that zone three had the greatest problem and
hence was selected for detailed planning proposals.
Since the levels of degeneration were different in the
various zones, all the five zones in the core area as
well as the remaining sectors of Aba-Eziukwu, Ndiegoro,
Umungasi/Umuocham and Ogbor Hill sectors received
various types of treatment.
An occupancy rate of 3.35 persons per habitable
room was found in the study area. This high rate was
attributed to two things: the low income of a majority
of the residents and the growing number of Flats
which the low income group cannot afford thus
reducing the housing supply for them.
One of the proposals was the design of a
residential neighborhood that will be able to house
5,000 people. In order to accommodate the excess
population revealed by the study, it was recommended
that similar allocation exercises be carried out at
the various entrances into the urban area using the
prototype design as a guide.
Cost of implementation of the whole scheme was
estimated at N43.27 million, spread over three phases
from 1991 to 1999.
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B.Sc. (HONS.) GEOGRAPHY AND
REGIONAL PLANNING
UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR,
CALABAR
DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY
ZARIA
OCTOBER, 1990.
Keywords
EVALUATION,, URBAN,, DEGENERATION,, ABA CORE AREA,, PHYSICAL,, PLANNING,, PROPOSAL,, SELECTED AREA