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Infrastructure Renewal Programs: A Remedy To Lagos Megacity Challenges
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1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The following are the objectives of this study:
To examine the challenges of the Lagos mega city.
To identify the urban renewal programmes put in place by government of Lagos State in addressing Mega city challenges.
To determine the effectiveness of urban renewal programmes in Lagos State.
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
What are the challenges of the Lagos mega city?
What are the urban renewal programmes put in place by government of Lagos State in addressing Mega city challenges?
What is the effectiveness of urban renewal programmes in Lagos State?
1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The following are the objectives of this study:
The
outcome of this study will educate the general public on how an
effective urban renewal programmes can curb mega city challenges. This
will also sensitize the policy makers on the need to introduce an urban
renewal programme in controlling issue related to megacity problems in
their territory.
This research will also serve as a resource base to
other scholars and researchers interested in carrying out further
research in this field subsequently, if applied will go to an extent to
provide new explanation to the topic.
1.7 SCOPE/LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
This
study on infrastructure renewal programmes as a remedy to Lagos mega
city challenges will cover all the programmes set up by the Lagos State
government at tackling infrastructural challenges created as a result of
the mega city. This study will also cover the issues leading to
infrastructural decay in the State.
LIMITATION OF STUDY
Financial
constraint- Insufficient fund tends to impede the efficiency of the
researcher in sourcing for the relevant materials, literature or
information and in the process of data collection (internet,
questionnaire and interview).
Time constraint- The researcher will
simultaneously engage in this study with other academic work. This
consequently will cut down on the time devoted for the research work.
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