GIS and Remote Sensing for Urban Planning: A Case of Festac town, Lagos, Nigeria.

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dc.contributor.authorFasona, M.J
dc.contributor.authorOmojola, A.S
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-28T15:25:06Z
dc.date.available2022-07-28T15:25:06Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.descriptionScholarly articleen_US
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGIS 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,en_US
dc.identifier.isbnISBN: 91-974948-1-X, 2,
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/10937
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherGavle University Press,SWEDENen_US
dc.subjectGISen_US
dc.subjectRemote Sensingen_US
dc.subjectUrban planningen_US
dc.subjectLagosen_US
dc.subjectNigeriaen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCESen_US
dc.titleGIS and Remote Sensing for Urban Planning: A Case of Festac town, Lagos, Nigeria.en_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US
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