The Effect of Incompatible Land uses in Central Business District (A Case Study of Ilorin Metropolis)

SYNOPSIS

The central Business District (C.B.D) is the focal point of the city which comprises of all activities such as commercial, social, civic life, cultural and prominent land use.

Majority of the central area of the city provides a wide different of uses serving the needs not only of the towns own residents, but also of people in the neighboring villages or small towns that come within the surrounding of its zone.

It is an area of rapid growth in population, so the demand upon its central area services becomes intensified. Large building are developed while residential buildings are given over to commercial, industrial, education, civic or other non- residential uses.

The above features often create certain problems which may be in compatible with the zoning regulation of an area or it may structurally affect the existing land uses of the area. In view of the above statement, this project will highlight the main reason responsible for incompatible land use in the central area which include poor classification of central area uses, lack of zoning of building use group and the traffic circulation problem(vehicular versus pedestrians traffic). The general existing land use of the study area, impact of government on land use control and management as well as the problems caused by the incompatible. Land uses in the study area, will be discussed and appropriate recommendation will be given.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page

Certificationii

Dedicationiii

Acknowledgementiv-v

Synopsisvi-vii

Table of Contentsviii-x

CHAPTER ONE

1.0Introduction1

1.1Statement of Problem4

1.2Aim and Objectives4

1.3Significance of the study5

1.4Scope of study5

1.5Limitation of study6

1.6Study Area6

1.7Definition of Terms8

CHAPTER TWO

2.0Theoretical framework and literature review        11

2.1Concentric zone theory11

2.2Sector theory14

2.2.1Neighborhood by homer, Hoyt17

2.3Multiple nuclei theory18

2.4Urban location20

2.5Factor that determine the pattern of land uses21

2.6Review of existing literature24

CHAPTER THREE

3.0Preamble [Introduction]26

3.1Method of data collection27

3.2Target population27

3.3Sample frame27

3.4Sample size27

3.5sampling technique28

3.6Data Instrument28

3.7Data analysis29

CHAPTER FOUR

4.0Data presentation and analysis30

4.1Introduction30

4.2Effect of the incompatible land uses in the study area31

4.3Government impact on land use control and management39

CHAPTER FIVE

5.0Summary, recommendations and conclusion41

5.1Summary41

5.2Recommendation41

5.3Conclusion44

References46

Appendices48