Land use Pattern in Coastal Areas of Lagos State: Issues and Challenges

Abstract

An explosion in population, economic development in coastal cities worldwide lead to severe issues and challenges. One reason is that physical planning faces diverse social, economic and political challenges which hinder an organized and planned urban development, therefore leading to issues. This paper examines land use pattern in the coastal area of Lagos state: issues and challenges using both primary and secondary data. The result of the remote sensing analysis of google earth exposed that urban development was stronger in the study area (3.6% increase between 2011, 4.7% increase between 2017, and 12.5% between 2020). Also, the study showed that land-use planning flops due to the lack of implementation of legal regulations, laws, population surge. The study recommends the development of strategies that discourage the disturbance of swamp habitat and funding of more research on the implication of land use, health and life expectancy, and wetlands.