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Welcome to Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development, University of Lagos

At the Center for Housing and Sustainable Development, we are dedicated to advancing research, innovation, and policy advocacy for sustainable urban growth and housing solutions in Africa.

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A Focus on Sustainable Cities

As a pioneering research hub, we bring together experts, scholars, and stakeholders to address critical challenges in housing, urban planning, and sustainable development.

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Bridging the knowledge and skill gap in the housing sector

Tayo Aderinokun Hall, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos

SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT FOR INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICAN CITIES

CALL FOR PAPERS: 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND FAIR ON LAND AND DEVELOPMENT (NOVEMBER 26 – 28, 2024) The rapid urbanization

ARUA CoE Urbanization and Habitable Cities 

ARUACoE

The Centre for Excellence for Urbanization and Habitable Cities is a platform for bringing together researchers from other African Countries to address salient and often intractable problems associated with urbanization in African Cities.

ARUA CoE Workshop_UON_20-11-19

African Research Universities Alliance

Hub-Spoke-Outreach

CoE Research Clusters

The Network’s activities are anchored on its host Centre of Excellence which has eight multidisciplinary research clusters. These clusters carry out knowledge co-production in research, advocacy and capacity building programmes.

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News & Events

Women Farmers Without Land: A Hidden Barrier to Livelihoods
12Jan

Women Farmers Without Land: A Hidden Barrier to Livelihoods

Seeds and tools are not enough. Without land access, women remain excluded from the very systems they sustain. Equity starts with land.

The Limit of “Mobilization Against Urbanization” as a Source of Conflict in Industrializing Communities: The Case of Obajana, Nigeria
22Dec

The Limit of “Mobilization Against Urbanization” as a Source of Conflict in Industrializing Communities: The Case of Obajana, Nigeria

We are having issues with the Fulani settlers because where we farm is where they bring their cows to graze… this has been a bigger problem.

How has social protection programmes improved the place of women in conflict affected communities
08Dec

How has social protection programmes improved the place of women in conflict affected communities

This article discusses the extent to which the social protection programmes that are currently in place addresses the issue of gender sensitivity in Nigeria and the global south. 

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