A Socio-Economic Profiling of Households Livelihood and Vulnerability at Urban Slum/Bligted Communities in Lagos: A Case Study of Makoko
- September 5, 2019
- Posted by: RSIS
- Category: Geography
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume III, Issue VIII, August 2019 | ISSN 2454–6186
Uriri. A.E (Ph.D.), Makanju.A.O*, Ikpe.R.
Department of Geography and Planning, University of Lagos, Nigeria
*Corresponding Author
Abstract:-The advent of crude oil in Nigeria led to an unprecedented rate of urbanization and rural-urban trans-locational activities; this coupled with massive macro-economic wealth leakages, poor urban land-use management systems, population explosion and the endemic nature of widespread poverty. Given these effectslums have becomemajor spatial manifestations of urbanization and poverty in most Nigerian urban spaces with Lagos not being an exception. This study profiles the socio-economic attributes of households with particular reference to their vulnerability status to slum conditions in Makoko community, data was sourced primarily via the administration of questionnaires to 294 households, wherein a combination of quantitative and qualitative analytical techniques were utilized. The results of this study results revealed that the proportion of households headed by females (31.7% >25.5%) was greater than the State average,Based on the constructed study wealth quintile, 32.2% of households were situated in the poorest quintile with a sum estimate of 70.6% of households termed as poor and socially disadvantaged, findings based on the umbrella methodology revealed that vulnerability indices of socio-economic factors scores of households ranged between 0.06-0.91(0-1scale), economic vulnerability was the most prevalent source of household vulnerability given that an estimated 21.1% of households surveyed were categorized as extremely vulnerable and 63.6% of households were grouped as vulnerable . Based on the findings from this study we recommend; the need for strengthened public-private partnership in terms of regeneration of land use system, improved flood management, Provision of social utilities, income generating and food security projects, improved accessibility to start-up capital. The Lagos State Government should relocate occupants of buildings situated in the most vulnerable location in Makoko to other habitable parts of the State.
Keywords: Socio-economic, Vulnerability, Resilience, Umbrella model, Makoko, Lagos State
