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Residential Location and Intra-urban Mobility in a Developing Country: Some Empirical Observations from Benin City, Nigeria

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  • A.O. Ozo

    (Centre for Social, Cultural and Environmental Research, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria)

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While rural-urban migration has been a major focus of studies in developing economies intra-city mobility has received very little attention. This article examines the locational pattern, and subsequent residential mobility, of new migrants in Benin City, Nigeria. The study shows that as a result of sentimental attachment to village of origin migrants from the adjoining rural region tend to have a bias in their city location for a sector of the city lying in the same direction with their village of origin and that this sentimental attachment reinforces the sectoral pattern of subsequent intra-urban mobility. The study observed a low rate of residential mobility, which even among those who have changed residence has not led to improvement in housing satisfaction. It also observed a pattern of out-migration from the inner zone of the city. The paper explores the policy impications of these.

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  • A.O. Ozo, 1986. "Residential Location and Intra-urban Mobility in a Developing Country: Some Empirical Observations from Benin City, Nigeria," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 23(6), pages 457-470, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:23:y:1986:i:6:p:457-470
    DOI: 10.1080/00420988620080761
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