INCIDENCE OF ABANDONED LANDED PROPERTIES IN OGBOMOSO AND OSOGBO: A SPATIAL PERSPECTIVE

Akindele, O.A. 

Department of Urban and Regional Planning

 Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria.

E-mail: remiakinakindele@yahoo.com

Abstract: The study appraises the incidence of landed property abandonment in Ogbomoso and Osogbo. Eight Urban blocks (10% of each) were sampled as representatives; each from three (3) different residential densities i.e. high, medium and low residential densities. From the blocks, actual enumeration of the abandoned landed properties was done. Density of abandoned landed properties was determined. The spatial analysis is obtained by running the nearest neighbour analysis for the abandoned buildings and vacant land for the cities in their respective densities. The comparison of the incidence of abandonment between both cities was done with Student’s T-test. The study observed a high incidence of landed property abandonment, which was found to be more at the medium density of the residential areas. The study thus recommends a sustainable way of combating landed property abandonment.