THB PROCESS OF PERI - URBAN LANDUSE CONVERSION AT OFFA TOWN, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
THB PROCESS OF PERI - URBAN LANDUSE CONVERSION AT OFFA TOWN, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
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2014-03-13
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ABDULLAHI, MUHAMMAD JIBREEL
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Abstract
This study was carried out to examine the process of land
use conversion taking place at the rural-urban fringe of Offa
from 1966 to 1986. It also examines the resultant effect
of land use changes and the extent to which the proportion
of public utilities located in the urban centre and the
fringe area respectively have changed over time.
Data obtained from samples of farming households, non farming
households, ground survey and industries were
analysed in order to determine the problems of farming in
fringe areas, residential development, industrial characteritic
stics and the spacial distribution of public utilities.
Prom the data analysis, the following characteristics
show stastitically significant differences between urban
centre and the rural urban fringe, and also between the uses
of plots of land converted in the fringe areas.
(a) Residential land issue as compared to other land use types
in the process of peri-urban landuse conversion.
Residential use is the greatest use to which land in the
fringe area of Offa is converted.
(b) The volume of open space, internal reconstruction and
infiling construction activities vary with distance
from the urban centre, in terms of number of types of
construction activities recorded in the urban centre and
the rural-urban fringe. Internal reconstruction varies
inversely with distance, while open space and infilling
construction activities vary directly within the limit
of certain distances from the urban centre.
(c) The volume of construction activities a varies with distance
and direction from the urban centre, with regards to
the number of construction activities recorded along the
different directions with distance from the urban centre
(d) The spatial distribution of public utility and services
recorded in the urban centre and the fringe areas.
Most public utilities and services are located in the
fringe areas.
Prom the above findings, it can be concluded that
residential expansion is rapid in the process of landuse
conversion in the fringe areas of Offa- The volume of construction
activities vary with distance from the urban centre.
While the lack of a definite trend in. the relationship between
volume of construction activities and distance from the urban
centre along Eriale-Offa-Ajasse route could be attributed to
the problem of land ownership and boundary conflicts
experienced between Offa - Ijagbo and Erinle, public utilities
and educational institutional are mostly located in the ruralurban
fringe of the town. Transportation routes have dominant
influence on the direction of sprawl.
In view of the above findings, there is the need for the
government to reserve a 'green belt ' around the urban centre
for farming and recreational activities . Well improved
intra-urban and suburban roads along different directions
from the urban centre is necessary for the fringe to be easily
accessible to the people and avoid over concentration in a few
parts while land is under used in other parts of urban area.
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SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF
THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DEGREE
OF MASTER OF ARTS
IN
GEOGRAPHY
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
Z A R I A
Keywords
PROCESS,, PERI,, URBAN LANDUSE,, CONVERSION,, OFFA TOWN,, KWARA STATE,,, NIGERIA.