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Factors Responsible for Socio-Spatial Segregation in the Housing Neighbourhoods of Minna, Nigeria Cover

Factors Responsible for Socio-Spatial Segregation in the Housing Neighbourhoods of Minna, Nigeria

Open Access
|Jul 2023

Abstract

Segregation in the housing sector has exposed urban dwellers to series of unfavourable conditions in most cities of developing countries, which are as a result several factors. This paper is aimed at examining the factors influencing segregation in the housing neighbourhoods of Minna, Nigeria. Two-stage cluster sampling methods were adopted in the selection of neighbourhoods and households across the entire sample frame in the administration of 374 questionnaires across the 25 clustered neighbourhoods. Chi-square and Relative Importance Index (RII) as well as mean score to determine neighbourhood geographical segregation indicators pattern across all the 25 neighbourhoods in the study area. The study established that there is a significant difference between low, medium, and high density neighbourhoods in terms segregation factors in the study area. It was therefore suggested that a good urban governance structure should be put in place that will discourage class divisions among spatial entities of the city.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30540/sae-2023-008 | Journal eISSN: 2657-6902 | Journal ISSN: 2081-1500
Language: English
Page range: 82 - 89
Published on: Jul 26, 2023
Published by: Kielce University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2023 Usman Abubakar Dzukogi, Ahmed Yusuf Alapata, published by Kielce University of Technology
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.