Visual Analytics of Urban Informality and Infrastructure Planning with Tableau for Sustainable Urban Design Research Strategies in Lagos Metropolis

Abstract

Urban informality and infrastructure planning (UIIP) are global phenomena. Studies in urban informality are nearing 50 years with diverse research strategies to resolve the threat of infrastructure availability and quality to urban development. Information technology and artificial intelligence in humanities, social sciences and environmental sciences research are described as the current paradigm shift for contextualising and resolving complex urban challenges such as UIIP. This study assessed urban development factors with visual analytics techniques to understand the issues of UIIP for sustainable urban design research strategies in Lagos metropolis. It adopts case study methods with triangulation techniques, mixed methods of data collection with SPSS and Tableau software for visual presentation analysis. The findings revealed the descriptive statistical relationship between socioeconomic, environmental, and infrastructural factors of sustainable urban development towards UIIP in Lagos metropolis and suggests an inclusive research design strategy with integrated urban design research strategy.