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.
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 towardrecreational 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 differentforms 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).