Abstract
In the past several decades, Lagos Metropolis emerged as one of the fastesturbanizing cities in the West African Sub-region. In the absence of a regular use ofgeospatial information management systems, limited effort had been made to keep track ofchanges in the natural environment in the rapidly growing city for policy making in landadministration. The ubiquitous energy radiated by the rapid urbanization rate in the areanot only created unprecedented consequences by diminishing the quality of theenvironment and natural resources but it raises serious implications for land managementin the region. The factors fuelling the land crisis in the area which are not far fetchedconsists of socio-economic, ecological and policy elements. To tackle these issues in amega city, up-to-date knowledge would be required to capture and analyze landinformation trends. Such an effort will help manage the city's expansion as well asinfrastructure development through the right choices in planning and (spatial) designsusing the latest tools in geospatial technologies of Geographic Information Systems GIS)and remote sensing. This study investigates the spatial implications of the rapid expansionof metropolitan Lagos for land management using GIS and Remote sensing technology.The result of the research provides a valuable road map that can enable planners contributeto improved land administration necessary for effective management of natural resources.
Highlights
Information and the IssuesIn the last several years, Lagos Metropolis emerged as one of the fastest urbanizing areas in the West African Sub-region
This study investigates the implications of the rapid expansion of metropolitan Lagos for land administration using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote sensing technology
Considering the defects in policy and concerns about the unreliability of land information system, and the current move to boost land management, this paper suggests that the state of Lagos strengthen its current programs with policy emphasizing the commissioning of periodic geospatial inventory of land resources in order to evaluate the current and future needs
Summary
Background Information and the IssuesIn the last several years, Lagos Metropolis emerged as one of the fastest urbanizing areas in the West African Sub-region. As a major urban center, Lagos experiences abundant problems in the domain of land administration. The problems include an unreliable and chaotic land market in which the poor inventory of land records and inadequate update of the topographical mapping of Metropolitan Lagos hinder effective planning for both real estate and other urban services [20, 8]. This has been worsened by the lack of essential databases for accurate land information for planning and development purposes [8]. The ubiquitous energy radiated by the rapid urbanization rate in the area created unprecedented consequences by diminishing the quality of the environment but it raises serious implications for land management in the state [15, 10, 14]
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