Abstract
Residential segregation could be regarded as a process whereby two or more distinct communities who formerly lived together separate from one another due to many factors. Residential segregation is not only applicable to small communities but rather to a larger region. As a result of the ongoing civil unrest that engulfed the city of Jos, there has been a process of residential mobility and relocation among people of different faith. The paper is aimed at examining the implication of intangible location attributes on residential mobility, segregation and relocation in Jos town. Stratified random sampling technique was employed in order to come up with the sample needed to conduct the research. The data needed for the research were retrieved through structured, semi-structured and unstructured interview method of data collection. A qualitative method and approach of data analysis through the use of a thematic network analysis was incorporated in order to analyse the data gotten from the interview survey. The results uncovered that residential segregation in the study area leads to change in the residential pattern of Jos town. The variations and trends in the sales and rental value of residential properties were greatly affected as a result of the persisting residential segregation. The research concludes that residential segregation has a great implication on land and landed property value as variations in the values of residential properties is noticeable. There is a need for those in authority to take a decisive action in order to overcome and halt the persisting mobility and relocation in the study area.
Highlights
Location is among the main determinants of residential property value
Effort was made to explore on the influence and implication of intangible location attributes on the residential pattern in the study area
The research finding reject the hypothesis postulated which states that there is no relationship between intangible location attributes and residential property value in the study area
Summary
Location is among the main determinants of residential property value. It has been realised that location could either be tangible or intangible in nature. Looking at the above findings of previous researchers, it could be realised that few researches were conducted on the implication of other intangible attributes of location like cultural identity, native inclination, safety, socioeconomic background, security, frequency of violence, religious inclination, ethnic background, indigene ship and the likes as having great implication on residential relocation, segregation and mobility. It is against this background that this article seeks to examine the implication of intangible location attributes on residential segregation in Jos city, Nigeria. The sections are outlined as follows: Introduction, Historical Background of the Study Area, Research Methodology, Research Findings and Conclusion and Recommendations
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