Design Factors as Determinants of Neighborhood Quality in the Urban Area of Ibadan, Nigeria

Subject Areas : Urban Design

Oladapo  Makinde ¹ (Ph.D., Department of Architecture, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo S‌tate, Nigeria)

Received: 2020-05-21 Accepted : 2020-06-25 Published : 2020-07-01

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