Geospatial analysis of road transport and socio-economic development in rural areas of Osun State.
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Date
2012
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Geography,Obafemi Awolowo University
Abstract
The study identified the types and problems of rural transport services. It also
examined the characteristics of rural road networks and accessibility of rural settlements to
all weather roads; socio-economic and mobility characteristics of rural population; and the
relationship between rural road network, transport services and socio-economic development
in Osun State. These were with a view to determining the relationship between rural
transportation and distribution of socio-economic facilities in Osun State.
Primary and secondary data were used in the study. The primary data were collected
through the administration of questionnaires and field observations. Sixty (60) rural
settlements, two (2) settlements from each of the thirty (30) Local Government Areas (LGAs)
in the State, were selected through stratified sampling techniques. A multi-stage sampling
technique was used to select 10% of households in each of the sampled settlements. A total of
1514 respondents whose age were 18 years and above were interviewed. Secondary data used
include Spot 5 satellite image of Osun State, on scale of 5 meters, population and road
networks data. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive, inferential statistics,
connectivity analysis and geospatial techniques.
The study showed that two categories of rural roads; earth (3,816.89km) and surfaced
roads (1,251.57km) linked up rural settlements in the State. Also, gamma index indicated a
low level of road connectivity in the State (0.15 to 0.27). Accessibility measure showed that
40.75% of rural settlements were located within 2km of surfaced roads indicating a high level
of inaccessibility of rural settlements to surfaced roads. Results on socio-economic
characteristics of sampled respondents revealed an average household size of 6 person;
farming (54.16%) as dominant occupation; and majority (57.33%) of the respondents earned
below =N=15,000 per month. In terms of mobility characteristics the results revealed that
59.18% of the households owned motorcycles; an average of 6.29 trips were generated per
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household per day. Trekking was shown as the main mode of transport for short distance
(below 1km) trips and it accounted for 52.06% of trips to farmlands, primary school
(74.49%), secondary school (75.55%), water collection points (93.85), primary health care
(62.55%) and firewood collection points (80.96%). The results of principal components
analysis on factors influencing rural trips to work showed that seven components accounted
for 69.82% of the total variability in the study area. The study showed that 100% of the
sampled settlements had access to commercial motorcycle transport services, 41 (68.33%)
had direct or indirect access to taxi/ bus transport services. Rural transport problems
identified bad roads (49.82%), high transport fare (12.13%), long waiting time (13.28%),
inadequate vehicles (15.16%) and irregular transport services (2.82%). The study also
revealed a positive relationship between location of settlements and distribution of socioeconomic facilities (r = 0.414, p < 0.05) and between length of earth road network and
distribution of socio-economic facilities (r = 0.187, p < 0.05).
The study concluded rural accessibility to surfaced road was low and that the
distribution of socio-economic facilities in rural areas of Osun State is related to the
characteristics of road network and available transport services.
Description
xix, 298p
Keywords
Geospatial, Socio-economic, Transport services, Road transport
Citation
Olawole,M.O(2012). Geospatial analysis of road transport and socio-economic development in rural areas of Osun State. Obafemi Awolowo University