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Contribution Of Public Infrastructure In Community Development
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1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This
study comes at a key juncture for the world’s urban area. Urbanization
is proceeding rapidly, and it is projected that by the year 2020 more
than half the population of the developing world will live in cities and
towns (the world bank, 1996). Yet even as cities increasingly become
the nexus of economic and population growth, they do not deliver on the
promise of a better quality of life to the extent they could. Millions
of urban residents in Nigeria do not have access to potable water near
their homes, basic sanitation is often lacking, electricity and power
supply is epileptic, roads had deteriorated with pot-holes, and access
to health services and education pose serious problems in many cities.
i.
It is view of above and more that the researcher is carrying out this
study entitled “the contribution of public infrastructure and services
in community development an empirical study of selected Nigeria citiesâ€.
It is hoped that the study when completed will disclose various ways
urban infrastructure and services are financed in Nigeria.
ii. The
study when completed will equally find out the role played by the
governments towards the provision of urban infrastructure.
iii. It is
hoped that this study will indicated the extent institutional
arrangement had helped in urban infrastructure deliveries in Nigeria.
iv.
It is also hoped that this study will analyze overall problems
inhibiting the present arrangements in Nigeria towards urban development
programmes.
v. Lastly, it is hoped that the recommendation of this
study would be of empirical relevance to Nigeria government in several
fields in urban infrastructures development programme, towards restoring
urban Nigeria. Furthermore, the relevance of this study is
inexhaustible as it will equally map out strategies and issues regarding
urban infrastructure and services in Nigeria, all aimed at restoring
urban infrastructure and services, better urban services and urban
financial management in Nigeria.
1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The study
will cover selected Nigeria cities comprise of Onitsha, port Harcourt,
Kano, Kaduna and Lagos. Urban cities were chosen covering and spreading
across Nigeria (Geographic balance). From the sample taken and studied,
inferences can be made on the other urban cities not studies in Nigeria.
Generalization therefore can be made regarding in fractural financial
and development in developing economy. The selection of the five
Nigerian cities is unique as all the five cities have many things in
common commercial and industrial centers, state capitals with exception
of Onitsha, estimated annual growth rate 3.5% with exception of Lagos
which is 5.0% as per world bank report.
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