Abstract
ABSTRACT In sub-Saharan Africa, city authorities and planners continue to grapple with the different challenges associated with the indiscriminate use of the street as a public space. Despite the laws banning unauthorised use of space postulated by the states, the practice has continued unabated in cities due to low public compliance. Extant scholarly explanations have dwelt on low compliance with the law as evidence of state failure and weak enforcement of planning regulations. However, based on in-depth interviews conducted with the space users in Yorubaland (Southwestern Nigeria), this study establishes that the current patterns of utilisation conform to the people’s cultural knowledge and perceptions about the street. Therefore, it is recommended that public space governance should resonate with people’s cultural practices and lived experiences in Yorubaland and other similar African societies to encourage compliance with planning regulations.
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