Abstract
Over the last three centuries or so, a number of local and external forces have shaped the development of Third World cities. Ibadan, Nigeria, founded in the 1820s, is a traditional city of pre‐colonial origin. The British who came in 1893 introduced some modernization in infrastructural development, urban planning and management which conflicted with the Yoruba traditional values of land use control and urban development. This paper examines the interaction between traditional and the modern urban values and practices introduced by the British and the wide‐ranging effects on urban form, especially the quality of core inner city neighbourhoods which differed from rings of modern development in the suburbs. Overall, the paper demonstrates the value of a greater appreciation of historical factors, especially the intermingling of local and external influences, in coming to terms with the contemporary urban planning challenges and management problems of Third World cities. The paper also offers some insights ...
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