An Evaluation of Slum Development and its Effects on Housing Quality in Lafia Metropolis

Abstract:

Housing has been defined to be more than shelter in order to embrace all the social services and utilities that make a community or neighbourhood a liveable environment. Slum is a heavily populated urban informal settlement characterised by substandard housing and squalor. The research aimed at an evaluation of slum development and its effect on urban housing quality. To achieve the aim, the following objectives were observed; to identify the common types of slum found within the study areas. This research work is made possible through the use of both primary and secondary sources of data. The analyses were made in tabular form and they carried their respective percentages and different types of graphs and charts were used in the interpretation of tables. Based on the survey, a lot of findings have been made. The absence of good drainage system, sanitary system, refuse disposal, sources of water, standard buildings make living very difficult for the people and also have native effects on the housing quality of the dwellers within the area. At the end the researcher drives to his conclusion and make same recommendation that without any proper action from now year 2020 flood shall occur within the study area.