- The Planning Implications of urban Sprawl in Akure, Nigeria    60 kb by    Abimbola, Tofowomo | oloolutof@hotmail.com    Short Outline Sprawl is not the result of government policies or bad urban planning, but the inexorable product of an automobile-based living pattern. Akure urban Sprawl has been associated with significant improvements in the quality of living and technology. Abstract The dominant form of emerging city living in most developing countries like Nigeria is based on the automobile and this form is sometimes called sprawl.In this study work, it is document that urban sprawl Akure metropolis is ubiquitous and that is continuing to expand. Using a variety of evidence,it is observed that sprawl is not the result of explicit government policies or bad urban planning, but rather the inexorable product of automobile-based living pattern.Akure urban Sprawl has been associated with significant improvements in quality of living, and the environmental impacts of sprawl have been considerably offset by technological change. in conclusion,it is recommended that the main social and economic problems associated with urban sprawl in Akure metropolis is the fact that some people are left behind because they do not earn enough to afford the cars that this form of living requires and invariably dictates. Keywords akure,urban,planning,technology Case Study presented on the ISOCARP Congress 2008: Urban Growth without Sprawl   Click to open the full paper as pdf document   Click to send an email to the author(s) of this paper