Survey of Urban Poverty and Urban Slum Lifestyle in Selected Areas of Lagos State (original) (raw)
2022, KIU Journal of Social Sciences
The global growth of urban slums has been attracting interrogations in economic research as well as problems for policymakers. This study investigates the urban slum lifestyle of the people living in slums in selected areas of the three (3) senatorial districts of Lagos State, Nigeria. The research employs participant observation where the researchers are present within the focused areas to study the pattern of poverty, then applies structured questionnaire and interview. It further employs a random sampling of 120 individuals from each of the three (3) senatorial districts, giving a total number of samples from the population as 360 samples. The study employs Descriptive statistics, weighted poverty measures and Linear regression models as Tools for the analyses. It finds that the microeconomic environment has an impact on slum incidence in the urban areas. There is evidence that the higher the proportion of income spent on water, the greater the incidence of slums. This finding is in line with theory, following microeconomic theory that poorer households will spend more on necessities like water and such households are naturally more common in slums areas. Again, the results show that there is no link between urban development policy and proliferation of slums. In addition, the findings support evidence of different patterns of urban proliferation in the three regions examined. It further finds that urban settlers pose danger to the society and face danger in terms of unavailability and extreme difficulty to install infrastructural facilities. The study, therefore, recommends among others, a strategic urban development policy to address proliferation of urban slums. It also recommends that the slums should not be demolished since their demolition may be calamitous. Instead, peculiarity of the tribes living in the creek should be considered and amenities should be provided. Thus, microeconomic environments could be enhanced and danger they pose or face will be significantly reduced.
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