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A critical review of land pooling technique for sustainable urban renewal in developing countries

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Land pooling as a technique for urban renewal is becoming fast growing technique worldwide to achieve effective, unbiased and sustainable urban development. Continues opposition over conventional techniques of urban renewal led to the evolution of land pooling in many countries. In Nigeria, Lagos state has just adopted land pooling technique for urban renewal exercise as pilot project. This study aimed at reviewing the technique to identify and analyse its potentials and shortcomings for sustainable urban renewal project. The study reviewed relevant literatures on the subject matter and adopted content analysis technique for the analysis. Although, the result revealed that land pooling technique has several potentials, there are also shortcomings especially in the society with diversities of cultural, social and economic differences. To overcome these shortcomings, workable and future course of action are suggested to pursue a better design and implementation of land pooling technique to achieve its overall proficiency.

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Akinyode, B.F. A critical review of land pooling technique for sustainable urban renewal in developing countries. GeoJournal 87, 3265–3275 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-021-10430-5

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