Urban and Rural Land Use Dispute in Nigeria Ethnic Group: Challenges of Rural and Urban Residents over Landed Property and Tittle

Princewill Ubani, Datonjo Kio- Lawson and Iyowuna Jonah
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Princewill Ubani: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Ken Saro – Wiwa Polytechnic Bori, Nigeria
Datonjo Kio- Lawson: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Ken Saro – Wiwa Polytechnic Bori, Nigeria
Iyowuna Jonah: Department of Surveying and Geomatics, Rivers State University Port Harcourt, Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, 2020, vol. 7, issue 3, 49-56

Abstract: The research assessed the causes of urban and rural land conflicts inikwerre ethnic nationality Nigeria. The investigations centred on urban and rural land dispute in ikwerre ethnic nationality and the relationship between residents of urban and rural communities and land dispute. The questionnaire was employed to obtain data on sources and causes of ethnic land dispute from residents. The study identified the 9 causes of urban and rural land dispute and revealed that scarcity/ land value price, boundary dispute, land use change, urbanization, violent demolition enforcement, compensation challenges, sharing of diseased property, land owners and human right violators are among the sources of urban and rural land dispute. In addition, the study also shown that there was a strong positive connexion between urban land dispute and non-indigenes of (r = .178, p .05).

Date: 2020
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