Uncontrolled Urban Expansion, Population Growth and Urban Development in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria

Subject Areas : Urban Design

Olusegun Oriye ¹

1 - Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, College of Environmental Sciences, Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun State, NIGERIA.

Received: 2015-05-20 Accepted : 2016-04-04 Published : 2016-12-12

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