A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF INDUSTRIAL AREAS IN NORTHERN NIGERlA CASE STUDY OF KADUNA AND KANO
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF INDUSTRIAL AREAS IN NORTHERN NIGERlA CASE STUDY OF KADUNA AND KANO
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1985-07
Authors
YARI, KABIR MOHAMMED
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Abstract
Industrialization has been regarded by many developing
countries as a key towards rapid socio-economic development
Many governments have thus bean perusing various policies
aimed at promoting industrial development,, The policy
instruments used include the provision of certain incentives
and inducements. It also involved the establishment of
industrial areas in some principal towns. These industrial
areas offer improved land, utilities and services and the
advantage of economies of scale to the clustering industries.
In Nigeria, most of the existing manufacturing industries
in our large urban centres have been established on industrial
areas and estates. Some of the industrial areas have been
planned with good designs, layout and have adopted high standards
of roads, setbacks, site coverage and plot sizes others have
not and are consequently faced with layout, design and
environmental problems. The aim of this thesis therefore, is
to study the existing design characteristics of industrial
areas in Kaduna and Kano with a view to identifying principles
and standards for industrial area planning
Data for this thesis was collected through the administration
of questionnaires on industrialists and industrial
employees. Information was also collected from assessment of
layout plans of the industrial areas, town planning maps and.
aerial photographs.
It has been discovered that the industrial areas in Kaduna
and Kano have same good design attributes and some problems
which will give a good basis for formulating principles and
standards for the design and layout of industrial areas.
The good attributes of these industrial areas are
(i) All the industrial areas in Kaduna and Kano have
location with respect to direct access to transportation
networks roads and railway lines;
availability of Utilities and services such as
water, electricity and effluent dispersal points
and site or topographic conditions.
(ii) modular approach to plot size and phasing of
development have been adopted in most cases to
provide flexibility to the layout.
(iii) There is a defined hierarchy of roads.
(iv) High standards have been adopted for road widths,
setbacks, site coverage and plot sizes.
Despite these good attributes, the industrial areas have
some shortcomings in layout and design, For example
there is the lack of integrated pedestrian routes,
vehicular and pedestrian traffic segregation and
inadequate communal facilities. Others include the lac!'.
of defined criteria and basis of grouping industries,
poor visual quality due to lack of landscaping and the
wasteful use of land.
Based on the analysis of the industrial areas some,
principles and standards for industrial area planning were
proposed. The standards have been proposed in the light
of the existing situation and the present conditions and
n e e d s of the industries. Principles on location, design,
layout and grouping of industrial units have been proposed.
Standards have also been derived on those aspects for which
principles were derived. Standards were based on land
requirements, intensity of development of land for
particular industries and their scale of operation.
Performance standards that is standards for measuring
external nuisances produced by industries have also
been proposed.
The application of the principles and standards
proposed has been demonstrated in 1ayout of an
industrial area in Kaduna.
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A Thesis submitted to the Post-graduate School,
Ahmadu Bello University, in partial fulfilment of the
requirements for the degree of Master of Science,
Urban and Regional Planning.
DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA.
JULY 1985
Keywords
A COMPARATIVE,, STUDY,, INDUSTRIAL,, NORTHERN NIGERlA,, KADUNA., KANO,