Urban upgrades concept and its occurrences in Abeokuta, Southwest Nigeria (2009-2018)
Keywords:
architectural styles, building use, development control, infrastructure, socio-spatial dysfunctionalism, urban systemsAbstract
When parts of urban settings become dysfunctional, they require upgrading to revive their extrinsic functions. The obvious reasons for upgrading should be to address infrastructural collapse and functional depreciation. There are however more far-reaching effects of the upgrade actions on the environment which may not be envisaged by the stakeholders at inception. This study was designed to carry out a review of the concept of urban upgrades from a world view and focus on Abeokuta city core which had gone through series of upgrade programs with a view to determining how much the upgrades have been true to their intentions. The study was carried out by executing a literature review of the concept of urban upgrades which was followed by a field study that included visits, interviews and inspection of government documents of upgrade programs in Abeokuta. The information gathered from the field studies and data from previous studies were analyzed against the backdrop of what upgrades should achieve. The study found out that the upgrades executed have exhumed other socio-spatial problems like change in building use and congestion. It recommends more detailed planning and execution of future programs to avoid the pitfalls that followed the previous programs.
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