COMMUNITY ACCOUNTS OF UNCONVENTIONAL HOUSING STRUCTURES IN SELECTED AREAS OF IBADAN CITY, NIGERIA
COMMUNITY ACCOUNTS OF UNCONVENTIONAL HOUSING STRUCTURES IN SELECTED AREAS OF IBADAN CITY, NIGERIA

Summary/Abstract: IN RECENT TIME THE NEED FOR SHELTER AND PRESENT ECONOMIC SITUATION HAS INFLUENCE INNOVATION IN PATTERN OF HOUSING CONSTRUCTION IN DEVELOPING SOCIETIES. TYPICAL OF SUCH CASES ARE FOUND IN NIGERIA. WHILE MANY PEOPLE PLAYED BY THE RULES IN THE COURSE OF HAVING AN ABODE TO LAY THEIR HEADS IN ORDER TO AVOID POSSIBLE HOSTILITIES AND/OR EVICTIONS THAT ARE COMMON OCCURRENCE BETWEEN THE LANDLORDS AND THE TENANTS, REVERSE WAS THE CASE AMONG SOME PEOPLE. SITUATION OF THIS NATURE THAT WAS FOUND WITHIN THE INDIGENE-POPULATED AREAS OF IBADAN, OYO STATE, NIGERIA WAS THE FOCUS OF THIS STUDY. CURIOUS MODE OF HOUSING CONSTRUCTION WHERE ONE-STOREY BUILDINGS WITH MUD STRUCTURE ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND CONCRETE BLOCKS ON THE FIRST FLOOR WERE FOUND SCATTERED WITHIN THE STUDY SETTINGS. THE ASSISTANCE OF CONTACT PERSONS WAS UTILIZED TO LOCATE SOME OF THESE THESE STRUCTURES. IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW WAS ADOPTED TO ELICIT INFORMATION FROM 16 RESPONDENTS IN THE IDENTIFIED STUDY SITES. THE DATA COLLECTED IN THE PROCESS WERE ANALYSED THROUGH CONTENT ANALYSIS AND THE RESULTS WERE ILLUSTRATED IN VERBATIM QUOTATIONS TO SUPPORT THE ISSUES BEING DISCUSSED. INEXPERIENCE, MISPLACEMENT OF VALUES SYSTEM, LACK OF AVAILABLE SPACE TO PUT A STRUCTURE THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE THE EXPANDING FAMILY STRUCTURE AND THAT ABANDONING THE EXISTING SPACE FOR NEW ONE ELSEWHERE WILL LEAD TO LOSS OF THE FAMILY LAND IN THE INDIGENOUS AREAS TO OTHER SIBLINGS FROM EXTENDED FAMILY ARE THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCED THIS TYPE OF HOUSING CONSTRUCTION. AT THE SAME IN RECENT TIME THE NEED FOR SHELTER AND PRESENT ECONOMIC SITUATION HAS INFLUENCE INNOVATION IN PATTERN OF HOUSING CONSTRUCTION IN DEVELOPING SOCIETIES. TYPICAL OF SUCH CASES ARE FOUND IN NIGERIA. WHILE MANY PEOPLE PLAYED BY THE RULES IN THE COURSE OF HAVING AN ABODE TO LAY THEIR HEADS IN ORDER TO AVOID POSSIBLE HOSTILITIES AND/OR EVICTIONS THAT ARE COMMON OCCURRENCE BETWEEN THE LANDLORDS AND THE TENANTS, REVERSE WAS THE CASE AMONG SOME PEOPLE. SITUATION OF THIS NATURE THAT WAS FOUND WITHIN THE INDIGENE-POPULATED AREAS OF IBADAN, OYO STATE, NIGERIA WAS THE FOCUS OF THIS STUDY. CURIOUS MODE OF HOUSING CONSTRUCTION WHERE ONE-STOREY BUILDINGS WITH MUD STRUCTURE ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND CONCRETE BLOCKS ON THE FIRST FLOOR WERE FOUND SCATTERED WITHIN THE STUDY SETTINGS. THE ASSISTANCE OF CONTACT PERSONS WAS UTILIZED TO LOCATE SOME OF THESE THESE STRUCTURES. IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW WAS ADOPTED TO ELICIT INFORMATION FROM 16 RESPONDENTS IN THE IDENTIFIED STUDY SITES. THE DATA COLLECTED IN THE PROCESS WERE ANALYSED THROUGH CONTENT ANALYSIS AND THE RESULTS WERE ILLUSTRATED IN VERBATIM QUOTATIONS TO SUPPORT THE ISSUES BEING DISCUSSED. INEXPERIENCE, MISPLACEMENT OF VALUES SYSTEM, LACK OF AVAILABLE SPACE TO PUT A STRUCTURE THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE THE EXPANDING FAMILY STRUCTURE AND THAT ABANDONING THE EXISTING SPACE FOR NEW ONE ELSEWHERE WILL LEAD TO LOSS OF THE FAMILY LAND IN THE INDIGENOUS AREAS TO OTHER SIBLINGS FROM EXTENDED FAMILY ARE THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCED THIS TYPE OF HOUSING CONSTRUCTION. AT THE SAME

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