Behavioral Outcomes of Culture and Socio-economic Status on Urban Residential Morphology: A Case Study of Lagos.

摘要

African cities especially the national and commercial capitals bring together people from different ethnic (cultural) backgrounds. The resultant mix helps to produce the more cosmopolitan relationships necessary to support a modem nation. Scholars are in agreement however that culture powerfully influences the residential behaviours of the different ethnic groups that make up these urban centres. This paper uses researcher administered questionnaires on six of the most identifiable ethnic enclaves in the city of Lagos to examine the relationship between ethnic (views) and place attachment. It concludes by suggesting that culture plays an important role in urban residential structure.