Residents Socioeconomic Characteristics and Their Level of Development Control Regulations in Gated Communities of Ibadan Metropolis, Nigeria

Abstract

This paper examines the socioeconomic characteristics of residents and their level of awareness of development control regulations in gated communities (GCs) of Ibadan Municipality, Nigeria. Multistage sampling technique was employed in selecting 268 residential buildings from the identified 23 gated communities in the five (5) local government areas (LGAs) of Ibadan Municipality. Random sampling technique was employed in selection one gated community in each of the situated housing schemes of the LGAs of Ibadan Municipality. Findings revealed that socioeconomic characteristics of the people is a determinant in evaluating residents’ awareness and compliance with development control issues. This is substantiated with chi-square and ANOVA test result that revealed a significant relationship between marital status and their level of awareness of development control regulations with χ 2 = 0.630 and significant at p ≤ 0.05 level as well as income of residents and level of awareness with [F (238, 2) = 2.286 and significant at p = 0.104 < 0.05 levels. The study further revealed that the levels of residents’ awareness with the identified elements of physical planning regulations and practices across the three GCs were a little above average. The paper concluded that efforts should be put in place to improve or enhance the socioeconomic characteristics of the residents which will invariably improve their level of awareness of development control regulations and will surely impact on their compliance. Keywords: Gated Communities, Awareness, Ibadan Municipality, Socioeconomic Characteristics DOI: 10.7176/JEES/13-2-03 Publication date: March 31 st 2023