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.
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
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.
1.3 AIM
OF THE PROJECT
The
aim of this project is to appraise the functionality of the recreational facilities in selected
housing estate in Ilorin, so as to recommend the required and standard
facilities for the estates.
1.4 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The objectives of the study include the followings:
i.
To identify the existing recreational facilities
available in the estate,
ii.
To evaluate the recreational behavior of residents in
the estate toward recreational uses.
iii.
To examine the adequacy of existing recreational
facilities available in the estate.
iv.
To recommend the required and standard recreational
facilities for the estate.
1.5 JUSTIFICATION
As the estate are the new open-up and planned areas in
Ilorin metropolis, that are suppose to have contained social life
facilities such as recreational facilities which are not applicable in some cases not
functioning. The traditional and other developed part of the city lack element
of physical planning, such that the social life facilities were not
incorporated in the system.
Therefore, the benefits derived from recreation cannot
be over emphasized. It must be
realized that, play for children addescent and adult is not a negative operation.
Since "all works are not play makes jack a dull boy", and that since people
cannot work throughout the day it then become necessary, that during the time
not working people should engaged themselves in different forms
of activities.
I therefore fell contempted that,
the pattern of distribution of recreational facilities within the estate should
be viewed and recommendation should be made.
1.6 SCOPE AND LIMITATION
This
project covers the pattern and distribution of recreational facilities in ADEWOLE
housing estates in Ilorin. Due to financial and time constraint, this project will be limited to active
recreation.
1.7 PROJECT METHODOLOGY
In carryout this project,
information and materials used were obtained from various sources which area grouped into two as
follows:-
PRIMARY SOURCE this includes the followings:
Personal
observation: This is otherwise known as
reconnaissance survey. It involves
moving round the study area to identify the available facilities for recreation
and the condition. It also involves interacting with the people to know their
need for recreation.
Questionnaire Survey: - Here,
questions relevant to project were formed to obtain information from the resident
of the estates. The results of this were discussed in chapter three of this
project.
Photographic Survey:- The
pictures of some of the existing facilities were taken so as to know their location and their
conditions.
B. SECONDARY SOURCE
Literature review: - Several
textbooks and past projects relevant to the project topic were consulted. Other materials such
as population data, maps, layout plan, socio - cultural information were obtained from appropriate ministries/
parastataLs and cooperation in Ilorin. Such as ministry of land and housing, Kwara state
property investment
cooperation/ and town planning development authority etc.
1.8 STUDY
AREA HISTORICAL
BACKGROUND OF ILORIN
Ilorin/
the state capital of Kwara state is located in the southern part of the state and on
longitude 40°E
I and the 82°N. It
is 293 kilometers by road away from Ikeja Lagos state capital and 500-kilometer from
Abuja (Federal Capita! Territory). Ilorin was made as the state capital/
when the state was created in 1967.
This led to rapid extension of towns from it's original area which was 9.37
square kilometer but ten (10) years later it has increase by about 50 percent.
In general, the city's growth is greatest
along the major arterial.
In
1963, population census confirmed that Ilorin as a population of 208,546. However,
provisional figures made available by national population commission for 1991 census reviewed that
Ilorin as a population of 474,385.
1.8.1 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
OF ADEWOLE HOUSING ESTATE
The creation of state dated 1967 by federal government
of Nigeria which led to creation of Kwara state from northern region,
consequently led to creation of Kwara state housing cooperation in which Adewole
Housing Estate was established in 1976.
One
of the problems confronted al! The newly created state then where the acute shortage of
accommodation for the masses. In its efforts to cushion the inadequate supply of
housing cooperation whose primary responsibilities was to increase supply of
housing at affordable cost. The Kwara state housing corporation was set-up
in 1975 to manage all the government staff quarters in the state and
construction of more housing state in the state, this led to the conceivement and
construction of Adewole housing estate in 1876.
1.8.2 LOCATION OF ADEWOLE HOUSING
ESTATE
Adewole
housing estate is located in the southern part of the state. It is located in Ilorin West
Local Government with its headquarter in the emir's market near central
mosque Ilorin. It is situated immediately after government high School Ilorin
main gate and linking up to university of Ilorin (Mini campus) and Kwara state
college of education, Ilorin. The estate is bounded by western reservoir road that
links Geri-Alimi and Umar Saro Road Ilorin (Ilorin-Lagos road)
1.8.3 POPULATION OF ADEWOLE HOUSING ESTATE
Adeweoie as a planned neighbourhood area comprises of different photo type housing unit categorized into 2 bedrooms
bungalows, 3 bedrooms bungalows, 4
bedrooms bungalows and 4 bedrooms manssionattee. Presently the total number of
photo type housing units in Adewole housing estate was put at six hundred and
twelve ( 612) housing units, he present population of the people at Adewole
Estate is about is about
fifteen thousand four hundred and
eighty. (15,408).
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