Spatial dimension of social exclusion of urban poor in traditional core areas of Ilorin, Nigeria
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2021-05-04
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Routledge: Taylor and Francis Group
Abstract
This study assesses the spatial dimensions of social exclusion in the
traditional core areas of Ilorin with specific emphases on the urban
poor in Ilorin. For methodology, data collection instruments used
include questionnaire administration, oral interview, personal
observation for primary data; journals, reports for secondary data,
respectively. The findings among others reveal that Agbarigidoma,
Abimbola, Anifowose and Sheik Abdulquadri sectors in Oloje; as
well as Abayawo, Kongbari, Sarumi and Sefura in Okelele were
excluded from urban processes and operations based on a low
income, poor housing condition, unemployment and lack of essential
services. Furthermore, this study reveals that the study area is
running at the risk of poor environmental sanitation, inadequate
infrastructure and environmental degradation. Policy responses like
proper budgetary allocation, citizen participation toward protecting
human rights and strategies like the bottom-up approach were
recommended as a way forward in coping and forestalling
exclusion.
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Deprivation, poverty, social exclusion, spatial exclusion, urban poor
Citation
A.I. Bako, O. T. B. Aduloju, A. O. Anofi & K. V. Otokiti (2021): Spatial dimension of social exclusion of urban poor in traditional core areas of Ilorin, Nigeria, Local Development & Society, DOI: 10.1080/26883597.2021.1918017