THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR HOUSING ESTATES

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page

Certification

Dedication

Acknowledgment

Abstract

Table of contents

List of Maps

List of Tables

List of Figures

List of Plate’s

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

  1.1 Introduction                                             1-2          

1.2 Statement of problems                               2             

1.3   Aims of the project                                   3             

1.4 Objective of the study                                        3             

1.5 Justification                                               3-4          

1.6 Scope and Limitation                                 4             

1.7 Project methodology  

1.8 Study area                                                 6             

1.8.1 Historical background of Ilorin                       6             

1.8.2 Historical background of Adewole Housing     10

Estate

1.8.2.1 Location of Adewole Housing Estate            10-11

1.8.2.2 Population of Adewole Housing Estate         11                           

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW

2.0 The concept of Recreation                                         

2.1 Definition of Recreation                            

2.2   Value of Recreation                                                                                 

2.2.1 Goals of Neighborhood Recreation         

2.3 Conceptual Analysis                                         

2.3.1 Play Ground (Metropolitant)                                  

2.3.2 Leisure Centre                                       

2.4 Classification of Recreation                              

2.5 Planning Standards for Recreation facilities                     

CHAPTER THREE: DATA ANALYSIS

2.5 Introduction                                                                      

3.1   Existing Recreation facilities in Adewole Housing Estate

3.2 Recreation Involvement                            

3.2.2 Recreation participant by Sex                

3.2.3 Recreation participant by Age                                        

3.2.4 Recreation participant by Occupation                            

3.2.2 Duration of participant in Recreation areas                   

3.2.5        Periodic for the participant Recreational areas                      

3.3 Total participant in Active Recreational Activities in the    Estate.

CHAPTER FOUR

4.0 Introduction                                                       46           

4.1 Location and distribution of active recreational         46-47

Facilities 

4.2 Open spaces suitable for recreational facilities  47

4.3 Management and Implementation strategies for the recreation facilities

CHAPTER FIVE

5.0   Summary of findings                                       47-4

5.1 Recommendations                                     48-51              

5.2 Conclusion                                                        52                   

5.3 References                                                        53                   

5.4 APPENDIX                                                  54   

ABSTRACT

          From time immemorial recreation, like walking, shopping and worshipping has been an important aspect of living. Festivals, dances, games and music’s, have always been a part of life, although at time they have been looked upon in groups. However, recreation it’s various forms, had expanded to an unprecedented degree especially in developed world. Life in an unplanned city and town is an unnatural type. As a result, well designed town or city should contain sufficient play, grounds, local recreation and organized open spaces. This does not make the area beautiful, but also grants it a special character and a personality on its own, however, the importance of recreation to the individual and the society in general is treated, and this dissertation is based on the residential of Adewole Housing Estate in Ilorin. The study aimed of appraising the functionality of recreation facilities available in the Estates through the use of questionnaires concepts of recreation is done and the classification of recreational activities in chapter two and chapter three contains the explanation of the analysis. It also deals with review of the existing recreational facilities for the estate. Chapter four deals with implementation and management strategies and chapter five deal with summary, recommendation and conclusion.

LIST OF MAPS

Map of Nigeria showing Kwara State

Map of Kwara state showing Ilorin west and east local government.

Ilorin Street guide showing the location of study Area

Layout plan of Adewole showing existing land uses

Layout of Adewole showing existing recreational facilities.

Proposed recreational facilities in Adewole Housing estate.

LIST OF TABLES

TABLE SHOWING

  • Standard for recreational facilities
  • Existing recreational facilities in Adewole
  • Sex structure
  • Age structure
  • Occupational structure
  • Participating duration (hour)
  • Periodic participation
  • Total participation in active recreational activities
  • Recommendation table

LIST OF FIGURES

Pie charts showing sex structure

Multiple bar charts showing age structure

Multiple bar charts showing occupational structure

Multiple bar charts showing participation duration

Multiple bar charts showing periodic participation recreation.

LIST OF PLATES

Plate showing the pavilion of Baseball Park

Plate showing the children playground

Plate showing basketball courts.

Plate showing badminton court.

CHAPTER ONE

1.1    INTRODUCTION

In all settlements, it is explicit that man should work and also play whenever he is free from established routines of work and domestic duties, and since man cannot work throughout the day, it then become necessary that during the free time man can engage himself in different forms of recreation activities.

Recreation has been regarded as an integral part of social life. It is growing important aspect of physical planning which is often neglected. The benefits derivable from recreation cannot be over looked. The average adult must ‘spend a certain number of hours daily at some kind of work in order to earn a living or to care for a family. The growing child must attend school regularly. Eating, sleeping and other task usually take a definite amount of time each day. But it is seldom necessary for people to devote all their time for this occupation. Most people have sometimes in which they do things for the sole reason that they find pleasure in doing them, such activities are called recreation.

Different people all over universe achieve varying forms of satisfaction from this different activities, whereas, some achieve theirs, outside their daily routine work and other achieve satisfaction during their daily route work. There are some other conflicting ideas in take and satisfaction for one individual to another makes the issue of recreation vague and ambiguous. This is because what serve as recreation for one man, may be an economic venture to another, where as to others, is a disgusting idea to be engaged in these activities.

As the estate are the new open and planned areas within Ilorin metropolis, that are suppose to have contained social life facilities such as recreational facilities are not applicable or in some cases not functioning.

Therefore, recreation cannot only gives pleasure but also helps to renew or recreate the mind, soul and body. For this reason, if well organized recreational facilities are provided for the estate, resident of the estate will be able to satisfy themselves by engaging in various recreational activities and they will also have the opportunity to develop their personalities and interacts to fullest possible extents.

1.2  STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS

These are the problem identified in the study areas: this problem includes inadequate and poor planning of recreational land uses: inadequacy of existing recreational facilities and poor attitude of resident is towards recreational activities.

THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR HOUSING ESTATES