The Impact of Peri-Urbanisation on Housing Development: Environmental Quality and Residents' Productivity in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos

Contemporary Urban Affairs 2018, Volume 2, Number 2, pages 60– 70 The Impact of Peri-Urbanisation on Housing Development: Environmental Quality and Residents' Productivity in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos *Dr. ADEDIRE FUNMILAYO MOKUNFAYO 1, Dr. ADEGBILE... More

Contemporary Urban Affairs 2018, Volume 2, Number 2, pages 60– 70 The Impact of Peri-Urbanisation on Housing Development: Environmental Quality and Residents' Productivity in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos *Dr. ADEDIRE FUNMILAYO MOKUNFAYO 1, Dr. ADEGBILE MICHAEL BABATUNDE 2 1, 2 Department of Architecture, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos State, Nigeria E mail: funmidire@gmail.com , E mail: mboadegbile@yahoo.com A B S T R A C T This paper assesses the impact of peri-urbanisation on housing, environmental quality and residents’ socio-demography in Ibeju-Lekki peri-urban in Lagos, Nigeria. Primary data was collected through administration of 370 questionnaires to household heads in purposively selected sixteen settlements in the study area while secondary data was sourced from spatial images, land use maps and satellite images of the study area. Quantitative data was analysed using descriptive statistics while qualitative data was analysed using time series and satellite image analy Less