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Gentrification in Lagos, 1929–1990

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

LANRE DAVIES
LANRE DAVIES*
Affiliation:
Department of History and Diplomatic Studies, Olabisi Onabanjo University, PMB 2002, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria
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Abstract:

Some scholars have argued that the process of gentrification can bring about development, attract businesses and even lower the crime rate in an area. However, no scholars have considered developments in a colonial situation where government policies sometimes produced unintended results, which have subsequently become a permanent feature of those socio-political situations. The experience of colonial Lagos shows that the colonial government policies of town planning and segregation forced the working-class residents of Lagos to the suburbs. As a result, both the population and housing rent of the area were increased with implications for the demography and physical development of metropolitan Lagos.

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Urban History , Volume 45 , Issue 4 , November 2018 , pp. 712 - 732
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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