Assessment of Property Changes Evaluation using Spatial Data with GIS: A Case Study of Apapa, Lagos (Nigeria)
Journal Title: Universal Journal of Environmental Research and Technology - Year 2014, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
Property use changes continuously, hence planning based on this information is a continuous process that can be very critical. In Nigeria, information depicting past and present changes in property use for environmental planning, monitoring and socio-economic development is often inadequate. Therefore, there is a need of new tool such as GIS, to analyze changes in properties in Apapa, Nigeria. The method adopted in achieving the result of this work includes collection of both spatial and ancillary data of year 1968 and 2007. Both spatial data with GPS locations of additional information were integrated using ArcGIS to update the 2007 data. The study revealed that initial plan for each property as at 1968 showed that 136 were been used for properties. Year 2007 information revealed 246 existing properties when query analysis was performed to display property information or status. Changes in property uses between 1968 and 2007 were identified in the study; some plots were merged while others have more than two properties within a single plot. The rate of change was simply determined by few parameters in last 39 years. Total properties and individual properties changes, percent dynamics change and rate of changes have been demonstrated in the study.
Authors and Affiliations
Bashir Adamu, Ademola Omojola, M. J. Fasona and Prem Chandra Pandey
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