Effects of urban growth incursion into rural areas in selected communities in Abeokuta,Ogun State,Nigeria
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Date
2016
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Geography,Obafemi Awolowo University
Abstract
The study assessed the trend of expansion of Abeokuta between 1968 and 2014 and examined the changes in types of land use in the area within the study period. It also examined the influence of urban expansion on the socio-economic and livelihood of the surrounding rural communities in the area. These were with the view to determining the influence of urbanization on the adjourning rural communities in the area.
The study used both primary and secondary data. The primary data were obtained through questionnaire administration and focus group discussion. The study population comprised selected rural communities that fell between 10 km from north (Bode Olude), south (Ojere), east (Agboku), west (Akewe), southwest (Apena), southeast (Oke Mosan), northwest (Onigangan) and northeast (Olose). In each of the communities one-fifth (20%) of heads of households were selected for the study to ensure adequate coverage and optimum representation of the sample frame. The samples drawn were selective of age and occupation; they were at least sixty years of age and must have been, or were still, farmers within the community of residence. However, there were cases where the heads of some households did not possess either one or both of the set criteria for selection; such a household or the entire building was skipped to the next household or building, as warranted. On the whole, a total of 275 questionnaires were administered in the eight selected communities. For the secondary data, a topographical map of Abeokuta for 1966, Landsat 1986, Landsat TM 2006 and Landsat ETM+ 2015 were used using Geographical Information System (GIS), which were digitized and overlaid using ArcGIS 9.3.
The results showed that the settlement (Abeokuta) has expanded by 2,890 hectares of rural land engulfed between 1968 and 2014. The built-up area has increased by 80.9% whereas areas covered by vegetation, bare rock and water body have reduced by 85.06%, 96.7% and 96.2% respectively: Furthermore, the influence of urban expansion indicated that there is serious encroachment on agricultural land, increase in distance to farmlands, reduction in farm size, changes in socio-economic base of the communities, occupational diversification, changes in means of livelihood, and divestment of land
The study concluded that urbanization influenced the livelihoods and physical structures of the adjourning rural communities in the area.
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xiv, 116p
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Communities, Urbanization, Vegetation, Population, Occupation
Citation
Lawal,M.O (2016). Effects of urban growth incursion into rural areas in selected communities in Abeokuta,Ogun State,Nigeria. Obafemi Awolowo University