Ibadan'da (Nijerya) kentleşme ve kentsel sorunlar

This study aims at examining the urbanization and urban problems, using Ibadan as a case study. Ibadan, the capital city of Oyo state is growing at an alarming rate resulted from migration of people from countryside in search of job opportunity and infrastructural facilities. Access to decent housing among the low income households has becoming difficult due to growing housing demand, rising land prices and growing in urban poverty level. The study reveal that, low income households are living within the housing units characterized by substandard housing condition in terms of quality and provision of basic infrastructural facilities such as accessibility. This study suggests government intervention in terms of rural development in order to reduce massive movement of the people from the countryside to the urban centre, there is need to review 1978 land use decree in order to address the land tenure problem, rent control and partnership with private housing sector in order to enhance affordable housing among low income households.