Development at the Urban Fringes: Analysing Intra-urban Mobility in Peri-urban Communities of Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria

Abstract

Urbanization is a characteristic of rapidly growing cities, which will, in turn, generate peri-urban areas. Extensive urbanization has occurred in Ado-Ekiti, the capital city of Ekiti State in Nigeria, resulting in the establishment of peri-urban settlements. Transport behavior in intra-urban areas of these settlements is the subject of this paper, and concerns, opportunities, and implications of transport dynamics for socio-economic activity are discussed. The study deconstructs how poor infrastructure, informal transport, and spatial inequality organize mobility and urban integration. The findings present lessons in sustainable planning to optimize accessibility and connectivity in peri-urban Ado-Ekiti.