@article{MAKHILLTSS20061421775,
    title = {An Analytical Study of Laws and Policies Influencing the Use of Land in Metropolitan Lagos, Nigeria},
    journal = {The Social Sciences},
    volume = {1},
    number = {4},
    pages = {327-334},
    year = {2006},
    issn = {1818-5800},
    doi = {sscience.2006.327.334},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1818-5800&doi=sscience.2006.327.334},
    author = {I. Olugbenga,Akinmoladun and},
    keywords = {Anallysis,laws,policies,metropolitan lagos,Nigeria},
    abstract = {This study investigates laws and policies influencing land use in metropolitan Lagos. Analysis of these laws and policies were presented based on the responses on 755 questionnaires administered on residents in 43 zones into which metropolitan Lagos was divided. The division was based on peculiarities of the land use structure of the city. Among government policies and laws influencing land use in the study area are land acquisition policy, master plan and zoning, rent laws, sources of land ownership, building approval procedure, property and land use charge laws. The application of the principal component technique for the analysis shows that joining properties and sources of ownership are the two most prominent factors influencing land  use in metropolitan Lagos. The study suggests that to achieve sustainable land use in metropolitan Lagos, there is need to re-appraise the position of land acquisition policy in the study area with a view to making proposals which will open up the acquired lands for rational uses by the public and the government. It is also recommended that all levels of government should embark on appropriate planning scheme as they are empowered to do by the Lagos State Urban and Regional Planning Law, of 1998. Such schemes should give strong  consideration  to  rezoning.  The  city’s  building  regulations and land tenure should be re-examined and  reviewed  with  a  view  to  making  them  more  responsive  to  current  and  future needs  of  the  city as most  of  the  planning  regulations  are  no  more  appropriate  to  cope  with  the  emerging  realities   of  the city land use planning.}
    }