The Urban Legibility Condition in Nigeria: a Narration of Residents’ Experience in Ibadan Metropolitan Area
The Urban Legibility Condition in Nigeria: a Narration of Residents’ Experience in Ibadan Metropolitan Area

Summary/Abstract: People’s opinions have been an accepted tool for proffering solutions to various urban problems. Thanks to them, information is sourced to guide policy-makers and other environmentally concerned stakeholders in taking enlightened decisions about the future development of cities. Taking this into account, the study essayed to examine urban legibility across different residential zones of Ibadan metropolis with a view to providing information that could enhance the livability of the city and other ones with similar backgrounds. A total of 327 residents were selected for the survey, using the systematic sampling technique. The study revealed that the most predominant urban legibility elements used in navigation in the core and transition zones were the names of areas, while availability of nearby churches was the prominent urban legibility element in giving/receiving directions in the suburban. The study revealed that a variation existed in the importance the residents attached to various urban legibility elements as well as the effectiveness of these elements across individual residential areas of the metropolis. Furthermore, the study established that locating places in Ibadan in terms of describing and taking descriptions is a challenging task. It is recommended that the government should work out modalities to locate all urban legibility elements, enlighten the public on the need to incorporate these elements in order to improve the street coordinate system in the study area and also develop and implement the existing development plan with integration of urban legibility elements.

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