URBANIZATION AND CHALLENGES OF UNCONTROLLED PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT IN KANO METROPOLIS, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study examines planning amidst the effect of urbanization and its implication of uncontrolled city growth around Metropolitan Kano. This urban challenges requires regulatory management strategies to curb haphazard physical development in the built environment. The nearly emerging cosmopolitan city is engulfed with mirage of basic integration of informality in urban activities; increasing social inequalities, challenges of urban sprawl of unplanned peri-urbanization that requires sustainable monitoring. A total of Sixty- nine (69) respondents, accounting for 92% out of 75 distributed questionnaires were retrieved, using purposive sampling techniques. Factors responsible for controlling Physical Development in Kano Metropolis were assessed using on a 5 Likert scale rating. The major finding of the study is there is the dearth of regulatory Planning for sustainable urbanization challenges. The study uncovers the strong need for policy intervention with regards to the rapid urban growth that has serious environmental implications on Kano built environment. The study concludes by recommending for in-depth research on urban planning and way to developed a frame work with emphasis on physical development management amidst urbanization Challenges in Kano metropolis.