The Urban Legibility Condition in Nigeria: a Narration of Residents' Experience in Ibadan Metropolitan Area

• Autorzy: Oluwaseun Olowoporoku , Oluwole Daramola , Kamilu Olaniyi , Gbenga Odeyemi , David Mobolaji

Warianty tytułu

Warunki miejskiej czytelności w Nigerii: narracja doświadczeń mieszkańców w obszarze metropolitalnym Ibadan

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

People's opinions have been an accepted tool for proffering solutions to various urban problems. Thanks to them, information is sourced to guide policy-makers and other environmentally concerned stakeholders in taking enlightened decisions about the future development of cities. Taking this into account, the study essayed to examine urban legibility across different residential zones of Ibadan metropolis with a view to providing information that could enhance the livability of the city and other ones with similar backgrounds. A total of 327 residents were selected for the survey, using the systematic sampling technique. The study revealed that the most predominant urban legibility elements used in navigation in the core and transition zones were the names of areas, while availability of nearby churches was the prominent urban legibility element in giving/receiving directions in the suburban. The study revealed that a variation existed in the importance the residents attached to various urban legibility elements as well as the effectiveness of these elements across individual residential areas of the metropolis. Furthermore, the study established that locating places in Ibadan in terms of describing and taking descriptions is a challenging task. It is recommended that the government should work out modalities to locate all urban legibility elements, enlighten the public on the need to incorporate these elements in order to improve the street coordinate system in the study area and also develop and implement the existing development plan with integration of urban legibility elements. (original abstract)

Opinie ludzi są akceptowanym narzędziem oferowania rozwiązań różnych problemów miejskich. Dzięki nim pozyskiwane są informacje, które mają pomóc decydentom i innym zainteresowanym stronom w zakresie ochrony środowiska w podejmowaniu świadomych decyzji dotyczących przyszłego rozwoju miast. Biorąc to pod uwagę, w badaniu podjęto próbę zbadania czytelności miasta w różnych strefach mieszkalnych metropolii Ibadan w celu dostarczenia informacji, które mogłyby poprawić warunki życia miasta i innych o podobnym pochodzeniu. Do badania wybrano w sumie 327 mieszkańców, stosując systematyczną technikę próbkowania. Badanie ujawniło, że najbardziej dominującymi elementami czytelności miejskiej stosowanymi w nawigacji w strefach podstawowych i przejściowych były nazwy obszarów, podczas gdy dostępność pobliskich kościołów była widocznym elementem czytelności miejskiej w udzielaniu / przyjmowaniu wskazówek na przedmieściach. Badanie ujawniło, że istnieje różnica w znaczeniu różnych elementów dla mieszkańców względem czytelności miejskiej, a także skuteczności tych elementów w poszczególnych obszarach mieszkalnych metropolii. Ponadto badanie wykazało, że lokalizowanie miejsc na Ibadanie pod względem opisywania i robienia opisów jest trudnym zadaniem. Zaleca się, aby rząd opracował sposoby zlokalizowania wszystkich elementów czytelności miejskiej, uświadomił społeczeństwu potrzebę włączenia tych elementów w celu ulepszenia układu współrzędnych ulic na badanym obszarze, a także opracował i wdrożył istniejący plan rozwoju z uwzględnieniem elementów czytelności w mieście. (abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

City; Metropolitan Functions

PL

Miasto; Funkcje metropolitalne

• Czasopismo: Economic and Environmental Studies
• Rocznik: 2019
• Numer: nr 4
• Strony: 315--338

Twórcy

autor

Oluwaseun Olowoporoku

• Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria

autor

Oluwole Daramola

• Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria

autor

Kamilu Olaniyi

• Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria

autor

Gbenga Odeyemi

• Federal Polytechnic Ede, Nigeria

autor

David Mobolaji

• Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.25167/ees.2019.52.2