INTEGRATING HERITAGE SITES INTO CONTEMPORARY URBAN CENTRES ­ THE CASE OF THE LAGOS MEGACITY

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Área temática: 04 Sin asignar
Fecha de recepción: 03/11/2008

AUTORES (* Autor principal)

LAWANSON, Taibat .O. * - University of Lagos (Nigeria)
OLAJIDE, Oluwafemi - University of Lagos (Nigeria)

EVALUACIÓN FINAL DEL COMITÉ CIENTÍFICO: Pendiente

ABSTRACT

With the current size and foreseen increase of the world's population living in urban areas, supplemented by insufficient policies to recognize and facilitate sustainable use of heritage assets, pressures on historic cities will continue to rise, making historic urban landscape conservation one of the most daunting tasks of our time. The issues negatively affecting the protection and conservation of World Heritage sites are numerous and often inter-related ranging from uncontrolled urban development, urban upgrading, need for accessibility and housing, to high-rise constructions and inner city functional changes,

Urban and Regional Planning is primarily concerned with city development, incorporating physical, socio-cultural and economic growth of places. It is expedient for planning to integrate historical factors into the general outlook of a city's image, identity and overall form. Planners and policy makers are responsible for devising means by which a city's historical aspects could be harnessed to achieve both political and economic development within the framework of city planning.
The Lagos metropolis, Nigeria's primary urban centre, is growing both in size and population. However, as the city develops, its history, form and ancient characteristics are gradually and continually being expunged. This has led to the development of a Lagos metropolis that has all the properties of an urban center but has failed to realize the potentials which its historical background can contribute to its overall physical, socio-cultural and economic development.
This paper assesses the key sites of historical value and importance in the Lagos metropolis, their maintenance and management over the years and the efforts of government and other stakeholders towards their integration into the emerging megacity in line with global best practices, heritage preservation and sustainable urban development

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