GIS and Remote Sensing for Urban Planning: A Case of Festac town, Lagos, Nigeria.
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Date
2004
Authors
Fasona, M.J
Omojola, A.S
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Gavle University Press,SWEDEN
Abstract
This study assesses the extent of encroachments into the original acquisitions of Festac
town using SPOT XS satellite imagery and also investigates the extent of conversion of
open spaces in the developed area of Festac town to other land uses using GIS techniques.
Original Masterplans were digitally converted and integrated with remote sensing and field
work data. The results show that encroachments into the original Festac acquisition have
already been noted towards the west and north of the area. About 1.42 km2 (142 ha) has
already been affected. For the developed area of Festac, open green spaces reduced from
about 0.2 km2 (20 ha) to only 0.003 km2 (0.3 ha). Residential houses and shops/shopping
malls have virtually taken over the designated open spaces accounting for 35% and over
30% of the original areas allocated for open spaces. Only 1.6%, 4.9% and 1.4%
respectively of the designated land area for open spaces still serve the purpose of
functional open spaces, functional playground and open green spaces as opposed to their
original allocations of 32.5%, 2.6% and 64.3% respectively. The implication of these on the
liveability of Festac town, and city/urban planning is also examined.
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Scholarly article
Keywords
GIS , Remote Sensing , Urban planning , Lagos , Nigeria , Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES
Citation
GIS and Remote Sensing for Urban Planning: A Case of Festac town, Lagos, Nigeria. In S. Anders Brandt (ed): Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Geoinformatics, Geospatial information Research: Bridging the Pacific and Atlantic, Gavle, Sweden, 7-9 June, 2004, pp 451-458,