International Journal of Human Capital in Urban Management
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Locational analysis of child streetism in urban centers

https://doi.org/10.22034/IJHCUM.2021.02.05
Volume 6, Issue 2 - Serial Number 22
Spring 2021
Pages 159-172
International Journal of Human Capital in Urban Management

Document Type : ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE

Authors

D.V. Ogunkan 1
A.T. Adeboyejo 2

1 Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Bells University of Technology, Ota, Nigeria

2 Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria

Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Against the background of the growing awareness of the need to provide empirical answers to the fundamental questions of the location of human activities, the construction of social space and the relationship between social space and physical environment, this study examines the locational implications of child streetism in selected urban centres in South-western Nigeria.
METHODS:Using simple random sampling, 45 locations were drawn from the three urban centres for the purpose of data collection. The required data was collected through the instrumentation of head count and analysed using Relative Incidence of Street Children (RISC) and Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA).
FINDINGS: The results of RISC show that Oja-oba Central Mosque, Ibadan (247), Gbagi-Dugbe Market, Ibadan and Gbagi-Dugbe Motor Park, Ibadan generated highest incidence of street children. However, the results of HCA show that the problem of child streetism is most severe in Oja-oba Market (Akure); Igbona Market (Osogbo); Oja-oba Central Mosque (Ibadan).
CONCLUSION: The study concludes that incidence of street children is greatly influenced by social, economic and physical attributes of locations. The study recommends physical planning measures to combat the menace of child streetism.

Keywords

Head Count
Hierarchical Cluster Analysis
Relative Incidence of street Children
Street children
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  • Receive Date 14 July 2020
  • Revise Date 11 October 2020
  • Accept Date 26 October 2020

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