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© Kamla-Raj 2004 J. Hum. Ecol., 15(2): 91-96 (2004)
Formulating a Good Urban Land Policy for Nigeria
P.S. Ogedengbe
Department of Estate Management Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria Email: ogepeter@yahoo.com
KEYWORDS Land. Policy. Developing Countries. Problems.
ABSTRACT This paper tries to examine how a good urban land policy that will touch the lives of people living in the cities can be formulated in Nigeria. The objectives include: to highlight the need for a good urban land policy in the Nigerian cities; How such policy can be formulated; to determine the effectiveness of the existing land policy in Nigeria. The land related problems facing most developing countries including Nigeria are alarming. These problems have been one of the underlying factors of all revolution. Governments of various nations have attempted to solve them through the formulation and enactment of various policies and Acts. Nigeria as a nation is not left out of this struggle to find solution to the urban land related problems; hence various land policies have been formulated in the country. These land related problems are majorly due to population explosion which does not match the paucity of resources to provide housing, workplaces, schools, roads, water supplies, transportation, and the many other requirements of urban life.
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