Lagos: the 'villagized' city

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dc.contributor.authorEmordi, E. C.
dc.contributor.authorOsiki, O. M.
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-01T08:55:26Z
dc.date.available2017-11-01T08:55:26Z
dc.date.issued2008-12
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dc.description.abstractThis work examines some historical processes that have resulted in making Lagos hitherto the most urbanized centre in Nigeria, a 'villagized' city. This work demonstrates how the city was made by people and also how the activities of people have been a major threat to the city. In addition, the paper has shown that what is striking to a visitor to Lagos IS the site of a city marked by filthiness and degradation with slums and squatter settlements. This situation with HS evident health hazards are now monumental that they are almost out of control. These problems are a result of fundamental neglect and poverty of urban governance. The-collapse of crucial public infrastructure such as roads, water, sewage and drainage systems, power supply and importantly, housing, essential for households and business concerns, increasingly characterize Lagos metropolis, thus making it a villagized cIty.en_US
dc.identifier.citationEmordi, E. C. and Osiki, O. M. (2008), Lagos: the 'villagized' city. information, Society and Justice, Volume 2.1, December 2008: pp 95-109en_US
dc.identifier.issn1756-1078
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.unilag.edu.ng:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2757
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesStaff Publicatioms;1756-1078
dc.subjectLagosen_US
dc.subjectDevelopment of Lagosen_US
dc.titleLagos: the 'villagized' cityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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