These regions have tropical rainforests, abundant water, and access to the sea for fishing and trade. How do patterns of settlement contribute to unrest in nigeria. The metropolitan area constitutes about 33% of lagos state, with 455 sq km sunday and ajewole 2006. Settlement structures in rural nigeria 55 the sociocultural problem field experience has shown that the cost implications of rural amenities provision particularly allweather roads, electricity and pipeborne water are serious, and vary considerably from one part of nigeria to another. Densely populated settlements occur along the coast, in the yorubainhabited area in the southwest, and in the hausa and kanuriinhabited areas of the far north. The typical igbo settlement pattern consists of loose clusters of homesteads irregularly scattered along cleared paths radiating from a central meeting place of the village andor village group, which contains the shrines and groves of the local earth deity or other chief spirit and also serves as the market. Settlements pattern and functional distribution in an emerging communities. No country can exist in isolation as an island, trade wise. The challenges of meeting millennium development goal 7 in metropolitan lagos, nigeria tunde agbola elijah m.
The shape of early settlements was usually influenced by the surrounding landcape. Woven textiles are the very fabric of nigerian history and culture. Farming practice, settlement pattern and population density. They were also shaped by other factors such as who owned the land and whether the land was good for building on or not.
Agunbiade department of urban and regional planning, university of ibadan, nigeria abstract this study used a case study methodology to examine the issue of land tenure in the. Feyenintegrated land resources analysis with an application to ikem southeastern nigeria landscape and. According to oyesiku 2002, urbanization in nigeria has a long history in its growth and development. Densely populated settlements occur along the coast, in the yorubainhabited. Most of the worlds settlements are rural and they are.
This in the form of built up maps, population density maps and settlement maps. Urbanization in benue state did not predate the colonial era. Empirical survey revealed that the level of notoriety it has acquired has shaped and influenced the real property market enterprise and ushered in settlement pattern along religious and in some cases ethnic lines. Because they were few in number, the native peoples made little impact on the natural. All the settlement patterns including linear, nucleated. Settlement patterns primary school geography encyclopedia. This information is generated with evidencebased analytics and knowledge using new spatial data mining technologies. The thrust of this paper therefore is to examine the pattern of rural and community development in nigeria, especially in those areas which have the greatest impact on the lives of rural dwellers. Morgan, settlement patterns of the eastern region of nigeria, the nigerian geographical journal, i 1957, p. Settlement structures in rural nigeria sciencedirect. In the scientific field of archaeology, the term settlement pattern refers to the evidence within a given region of the physical remnants of communities and networks. As settlements develop and grow, they form identifiable settlement patterns. Settlement patterns are the ways in which human settlements are distributed across the earths land, including the locations of cities, towns, rural areas and even individual homes. We should now take a closer look at the geographical patterns created by the association of residential buildings in eastern nigeria.
First of all, we extracted the percentage of the land surface that contains 90% of the. This region was depleted of its human population during the transsaharan and transatlantic slave trade. Dispersed settlements a dispersed settlement refers to the scattering of houses over a large area. It is located in north western geopolitical zone which has the. A case of a local government area of kwara state, nigeria. These settlement patterns come complete with illustrations and definitions. Also, senior lecturer, faculty of law, kogi state university, anyigba, nigeria. A free powerpoint ppt presentation displayed as a flash slide show on id. C 1 department of agricultural economics and extension, university of port harcourt. Socioeconomic factors affecting choice of livelihood.
An evaluation of the causes and efforts adopted in managing the ethnic conflicts, identity and settlement pattern among the different ethnic groups in warri, delta state, nigeria agbegbedia oghenevwoke anthony peace and conflict studies unit, afe. Often, they are found in a long valley, but they can also stretch out along a roadway or riverbank. The study seeks to examine the influence of ethno religious conflict on settlement patter of some selected cities in northern nigeria. Agbonika josephine aladi achor commissioner, tax appeal tribunal, southeast zone, nigeria.
People have lived and interacted together for a very long time, and settlement patterns have been identified dating back to. Post comment people, population and settlement nigeria. The shapes of early settlements were influenced by the surrounding landscape. In this lesson, well examine types of human settlements, including common settlement designations and some of the challenges in categorizing settlements. Physical growth pattern of settlements in a traditional. When europeans began exploring and developing resources in what is now canada, they found the land sparsely populated by many different indian peoples in the south and the inuit in the north. An intro to nigerian design patterns was written a couple of weeks back were i mentioned why i was doing this and the importance.
Migration patterns, trends and policy issues in africa abebe shimeles african development bank group working paper no. Extensive development being a feature of the 19th and 20th centuries, with concentration of economic and administrative decisionmaking in lagos, ibadan, kaduna, jos, and enugu, and high degree of specialization and larger. Powerful groups sell the best land for high prices. A linear settlement is a form of settlement where buildings are built along the river, a coastline or a road. Secondly, a settlement aggregation index was calculated based on the spatial distribution of the detailed settlement extents used as input data for the population distribution modeling. When exploring lagos importance in nigerias national economy, sixty percent of nigerias oil industry occurs in lagos. We extracted the clark and evans aggregation index r, which is a simple measure of clustering or ordering of a point pattern, using the spatstat package in r.
Periurban land use pattern and its relation to land use planning in ghana, west africa. Settlement patterns, population distribution and accessibility. What are the spatial pattern and trend of commercial property values in the study area. Characteristics of obstetric fistula in kaduna metropolis. Settlement patterns settlement patterns are settlements cluster in various shapes and sizes. Extensive development being a feature of the 19th and 20th centuries, with concentration of economic and administrative decisionmaking in. An evaluation of the causes and efforts adopted in.
Settlement a settlement is a general term used in archaeology, geography, landscape history and other subjects for a permanent or temporary community in which people live, without being specific as to size, population or importance. Factors that influence settlement patterns synonym. When we say settlement pattern, the term is strictly applied to the spatial arrangement or distribution of settlements within a given area. Nigeria is a small country, with many groups fighting for good land. All the settlement patterns including linear, nucleated and dispersed. In this paper, we analyzed the temporalspatial differentiation of rural settlement patterns in shandan county of hexi corridor and studied the. Most nigerians live in the flat coastal plains and the river delta regions in the south.
The objectives of this study are 1 assess the growth pattern and direction in oketo ogun region in nigeria, which typifi es a yoruba settlement region, 2 account for the forces of settlement growth pa ttern, and 3 predict the future sett lement growth trends. Urban and rural development and patterns of human settlement. Periurban land use pattern and its relation to land use. A settlement pattern is the way a population disperses over a particular area. Patterns of settlement introduction to africa africa middle east.
Microstudy of the evolution of rural settlement patterns and. Socioeconomic factors affecting choice of livelihood activities among rural dwellers in southeast nigeria 1 ifeanyiobi, c. Some examples of settlement patterns include, nucleated settlements. The native peoples were primarily hunters and gatherers and often were nomadic. Archaeological remains of woven bark fragments from the 9th century a. Comparison of the development of settlement pattern of bolgatanga and takoradi study area between 2007 and 20. Rural settlement forms, patterns, growth in nigeria. Agunbiade department of urban and regional planning, university of ibadan, nigeria abstract this study used a case study methodology to examine the issue of land tenure in the informal settlements of lagos, africas largest city. Migration patterns, trends and policy issues in africa. Settlement patterns are the ways in which human settlements are distributed across the earths land, including the locations of cities, towns and even individual homes.
A settlement pattern re fers to the shape of the settlement as seen from above. Ethno religious conflict and settlement pattern in northern nigeria article in mediterranean journal of social sciences 33. A variety of measures were calculated based on the population distribution dataset in order to characterize the settlement patterns, the population distribution and accessibility in africa. View settlement patterns research papers on academia. Settlements pattern and functional distribution in an. Rural settlement patterns refer to the shape of the settlement boundaries, which often involve an interaction with the surrounding landscape features.
It is largely rural, with scattered settlements mainly in tiny compounds or homesteads, whose population range from 630 people, most of whom are farmers. The result will be useful in the planning of extension activities to the farmers in delta and other states of the nation and other developing countries, of the world. Many years ago, the human population was modest and man the gatherer lived in. Type refers to a category of things having some common features whereas pattern refers to a regular form or order in which a series of things occur.
Okafor departement of geography and regional planning, university of. There are many more patterns, but the most common rural settlement patterns are. Settlement patterns are the ways in which human settlements are distributed across the earths land, including. Effect of settlement patterns on cassava production in. Less people live in the north of nigeria, which has a drier environment. Ethno religious conflict and settlement pattern in. Kaduna city is the colonial capital of northern nigeria. In parts of the igbo and the anangibibioinhabited areas in the southeast and the tivinhabited areas in the central region, settlements consist.
It usually forms a long and narrow pattern, which can be maintained even when the population grows. In southeastern nigeria rural population densi ties of more than 2000 persons per km2 and an acute land shortage are among the major factors that control the. We intend to establish that the pattern of development of the rural areas was. The pattern of human settlement throughout the state is tied to the historical, political and socioeconomic forces the area has been subjected to, from the precolonial to post colonial period. Methods this was a descriptive crosssectional study located in kaduna metropolis. That evidence is used to interpret the way interdependent local groups of people interacted in the past. Where people settle is determined by a wide range of factors related to both nature and human society. Benue state region was depleted of its human population during the slave trade. Lagos has grown spatially from a traditional core settlement of about 3. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.
1415 1185 885 1072 733 1260 853 817 510 1518 1050 228 70 1443 703 1259 7 70 647 1311 1229 687 625 458 1132 451 1284 1210 1189