Assessing smart infrastructure for sustainable urban development in the Lagos metropolis.
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Date
2017
Authors
Soyinka, O
Siu, k
Lawanson, T
Adeniji, O
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Elsevier
Abstract
The challenges of sustainable urban development increases daily and the usual planning
approaches to ameliorate these challenges are ineffective. This study assesses the applicability
of ‘smart infrastructure’ to achieve sustainable urban development in Lagos metropolis. The
study theoretical framework is based on ‘smart’ principles. The study adopts a mixed method of
data collection and analysis with multi-stage sampling techniques of 460 households in six
communities of Eti-Osa and Ikeja local government areas of Lagos metropolis. The objectives of
the study were to examine the socioeconomic characteristics of the residents and assess the
infrastructure, the building uses and the environmental conditions of the study areas in relation
to smart principles and smart infrastructure application in the study areas. The data were
analyzed using inferential statistics and the findings reflect that the building use is sprawl
development in nature with the informal settlement and infrastructure inadequacy as the major
challenges. Smart infrastructure approaches are identified as applicable for achieving sustainable
development in the study areas with smart interventions in socioeconomic status of the
residents, the environment, the building uses and the basic facilities and services in the study
areas.
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Keywords
smart infrastructure , urban sprawl , informal settlement , sustainable development , urban regeneration
Citation
Soyinka. O., Siu K., Lawanson T., and Adeniji. O (2017) Assessing smart infrastructure for sustainable urban development in the Lagos metropolis. Journal of Urban Management. 5(2):52-64.