Public Land Acquisition and Land Use Change Problems in Ogun State

Bello Ismail K, Sodiya Abiodun K and Solanke Peter A
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Bello Ismail K: Department of Estate management and Valuation, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta
Sodiya Abiodun K: Department of Estate management, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta
Solanke Peter A: Department of Architecture, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta

International Journal of Management Science and Business Administration, 2016, vol. 2, issue 8, 34-41

Abstract: Human use of land has altered the structure and functioning of ecosystem. The most spatially and economically important human uses of land globally include cultivation in various forms; livestock grazing, settlement and construction, reserves and protected lands and timber extraction. The patterns of land use give us insight into the factors that have caused the land cover to change. A better understanding of the determining factors of land use changes is of crucial importance to the study of global environmental change. This paper theoretically strive to evaluate the contributions of government policies and programmes in transforming the various land uses in the urban centers of Ogun state with a view to provide better understanding among the stakeholders in real estate investment. The paper recommended that although landuse changes is an inevitable consequences in the developing nations, there is the need to consider the positive and negative aspect of the policies in order not to jeopardize the available environmental resources for sustainable development. The paper concluded by emphasized the need for government to carry the citizen along in the various policies and programs for even development.

Keywords: Development control; Settlement; Planning; Infrastructure; Crime (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.18775/ijmsba.1849-5664-5419.2014.28.1004

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