In the previous articles on Lagos development, we have looked at the physical, historical, political and economic factors that influence it (Lagos development). But in this one, we will look at the last one (out of the five identified for now): socio-cultural factors. Usually, the socio-cultural activities of man are the sum of the historic-political…
NEW TRENDS IN URBANISM? The Importance of Water Resources and Sanitation Management in the SDG’s Agenda for 21st Century Urbanism.
Water Resources Management (WRM) is the activity of planning, developing, distributing and managing the optima use of water. The global resolution (Integrated Water Resources Management-IWRM) divides water resources management (WRM) into the following 3 categories: Managing the resource (water) Managing water services. Managing the trade-ups needed to balance the supply and demand of water. This…
LAGOS DEVELOPMENT: HOW WELL THE FAR OF 2011 LAGOS TENANCY LAW?
The effectiveness of any enabling law for any society can only be enhanced by periodic evaluation including the 2011 Lagos tenancy law which was introduced by the Tenancy Bill in 2009 to the Lagos State House of Assembly. It has been FIVE years (2011-2016) since the Bill was signed into law by the current Minister…
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LAGOS DEVELOPMENT: What Are The Economic Factors That Influences It?
In the last three articles on Lagos development, we have looked at the physical, historical and political factors that influenced this development. We need to look at the economic factors in this article while in the future we will also need to look at the socio-cultural factors influencing Lagos development. In any human development, historical…
NIGERIAN TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE: Any Role for Regionalism in Its Development?
A region is a geographical area where people live together having one, some or all the following: historical, economic, socio-cultural, geographical and political affinities. Therefore, an integral function of all (historical, economic, socio-cultural, geographical and political) these factors determine the human activities of the people in a particular region. And these activities determine their architectural…
NIGERIAN TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE: Any Lesson to be Learned?
“….. Accepting tradition as the starting point of their creative, independent thinking, they should evolve in steel and concrete, glass and aluminum, a modern school of Nigerian Architecture”…… -Professor Z.R. Dmochowski (a Polish architect and the author of the 3-volume: An Introduction to Nigerian Traditional Architecture). The primary aim of the evaluation of previous situations…
NEW TRENDS IN URBANISM: The Practical Routes Out of The Vicious Cycle of Urban Poverty To Achieve the SDGs Agenda
The official Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted on 25th September, 2015 and it has 93 paragraphs with the main 51 paragraphs outlining the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and its associated 169 targets. The number 1 of these 17 goals addressed POVERTY (End poverty in all its form everywhere by the year 2030). Poverty has…
NEW TRENDS IN URBANISM: The Importance of Biotechnology in The Implementation of SDGs Agenda for 21st Century Urbanism
In order to implement the SDG’s Agenda as outlined in the 17 goals, all available tools especially scientific breakthrough should be deplored including BIOTECHNOLOGY. A critical analysis of all the 17 goals shows that sustainable urbanism of the 21st century will not be feasible if any of these goals is left behind in implementation. This…
LAGOS DEVELOPMENT: What are the Impacts of Lagos Bridges on Its Development?
“Lagos need 450 bus routes with 20,000 buses to service 10 million passenger trips daily. The city needs 6 rail lines, 1 mono rail line, 14 BRT routes, 3 cable car projects and over 20 water routes.” -Dr Dayo Mobereola (Commissioner for Transportation Lagos State) in the Punch Thursday June 9, 2016. In order to…
LAGOS DEVELOPMENT: What are the Historical Factors that Influenced It? Slavery (Domestic and International Slave Trade)
Slave trade had a strong influence on the Lagos development as it has both domestic and international dimensions. Usually, slavery has been the cheapest source of labor in course of world economic development. Slavery is a practice in which people own other people and a slave is the property of the owner who is called…
LAGOS DEVELOPMENT: What are the Political Factors that Influenced It? Political and Administrative Structures
In the last blog article on Lagos development where we enlightened the physical factors that influenced Lagos development, we did say that the metamorphosis of any geographical location into a human habitation will always be influenced by serial factors including physical, historical, political, economic, social, cultural and so on. Therefore, in this article we shall…
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