ASSESSMENT OF STRATEGIC PERI-URBAN STRUCTURE OF OJOO AND SASA AREAS OF IBADAN, NIGERIA
Keywords:
Peri-Urban, Structure, Infrastructure, Ojoo/Sasa, IbadanAbstract
The study is an assessment of strategic peri-urban structure of Ojoo and Sasa areas of Ibadan. The study area was stratified
into four zones namely; A, B, C and D according to distance from the municipal boundary with each zone 1,000m apart,
purposely chosen to allow comparison of results. The first zone was 0-1000m from the municipal boundary. A set of 200
questionnaires was administered (50 in each of the four zones) while 180 duly filled were returned for computation.
Descriptive statistic was used to analyse the administered questionnaire. The study showed that urban to peri-urban
migration accounted for 59% of population growth in the area induced primarily by availability of cheap land and rental
apartments. The Ojoo/Sasa peri-urban interface is an area of micro industries and center of informal enterprises mainly
dominated by the self-employed. Infrastructure like road, waste disposal and sanitary facilities are inadequate while pipe
borne water supply is generally unavailable. Development is noticed to be sprawling but diminishing the agricultural land of
the peri-urban area. The study concludes that the pattern and rate of growth is unsustainable in view of infrastructure
available to the increasing population. Therefore, planning intervention is considered necessary.
