SPATIAL VARIATION OF FACTORS INFLUENCING NEIGHBOURHOOD CHANGE IN THE PERI-URBAN AREAS OF MINNA, NIGER STATE

Abstract

As residents location choices are dependent on a wide range of housing and location attributes the rsearch for residential location has been a reoccurring challenge to urban dwellers. This study examined the spatial variation of factors that influence neighborhood change in fourteen peri- urban neighbourhoods of Minna The data for this study were collected from both primary and secondary sources. Primary data were generated from the peri- urbab residents through questionnaire administration. The systematic random sampling technique was employed in the selection of 825 respondents. For the secondary data the neighborhood demarcation map was used to determine variationration of factors influencing residents change of neighborhoods in the peri-urban areas The study revealed that important factors that influence resident decision to change the place where they live and these vary across the entire neighborhoods. These factors are availability of community facilities (,roadsand electricity and water supply) (0.68); security of the neighbourhood (0.67); proximity to place of work (0.65); proximity of the city centre (0.63); shift in rental tenure to home ownership (0.62) low housing rent (0.65) reduction in the value and/or price of land (0.59) and availability of private and or personal means of transportation (0.58). The study concluded that the proximity to places of work and availability of community facilities are two major influences residence mobility inn Minna peri-urban neighborhood The study recommended rehabilitation of dilapidated infrastructures and formation of new ones to ensure sustainable peri-urban development.