Browsing by Author "Enisan, Olugbenga Franklyn"

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    ADEQUACY, USE AND MANAGEMENT OF OPEN SPACES IN IKEJA L.G.A., LAGOS STATE
    (Faculty of Environmental Sciences, University of Ilorin, Nigeria, 2018) Bako, Abdullateef Iyanda; Aduloju, Olalekan Tolulope B.; Enisan, Olugbenga Franklyn
    One of the present weaknesses of the physical planning in most Nigerian cities including Lagos Megacity region is the virtual indifference to necessity of providing open spaces, parks and gardens as greenery within the urbanized area. It was against this backdrop that this research takes a look at the adequacy, management and use of open space in Ikeja. For this vision to be materialized, locations of these open spaces, the management in place, the impact on socio economic activities and the management techniques employed in managing these open spaces were identified. A total number of one hundred and sixty (160) respondents were sampled including inhabitants, commuters and users of this open spaces; agencies/parastatals in charge of open space planning and management were also sampled. To this end, both descriptive and inferential analyses was performed on various data collected through the use of (SPSS). Findings revealed that the open space use and management in Ikeja area of study is inadequate based on facilities, planning, management and infrastructure; but the inadequacy of open spaces in Ikeja area of study is leaving the open space use and management at satisfactory level. Furthermore, it was ascertained through the regression model that open space satisfaction in the study area actually depends on security, closeness to open space sites, journey time to open spaces. To these effects, this research had hereby offered some recommendations like Joint Open Space Management Plan, Conservation and Preservation of Open Space in order to combat acute shortage of land for open space use which at present stands at 0.39% of the total land-uses of Ikeja area of study.