Journal article
The dynamics of city growth and the impact on urban land policies in developing countries
ME Agunbiade, A Rajabifard, R Bennett
International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development | Published : 2012
Abstract
The scale and dynamics of urban growth and what needs to be done to adequately deal with it should be understood by urban policymakers at any level of jurisdiction (national, state, metropolitan and local). This article provides a platform to discuss an integrated approach for analysing the phenomena of population growth and spatial spread. This is with a view to reflect on the policy implications (in the past, at present and what might likely be in the future) for urban development. It focuses on the combination of population and spatial growth of settlements and the potential to affect land delivery for housing production in some selected cities in Nigeria. The study utilises temporal data..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We acknowledge the supports provided by the Australian Research Council through a linkage project on National Infrastructure for Managing Land Information and with the collaboration of the industry partners: Land Victoria, Land and Property Management Authority, New South Wales, Landgate - Western Australia and PSMA Australia Limited. We also acknowledge the constructive comments from members of Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructure and Land Administration (CSDILA) and the initial contributions of Mr. P. Bibby at the early stage of this research. However, the views presented are those of the authors and not of the project partners.