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Settlement patterns are identifiable distributions of a population in an area which can act as a cultural descriptor highlighting the area’s intrinsic and extrinsic characteristics. On the other hand, urban planning is the process of designing land use and the built environment to facilitate human activities and seamless co-existence with nature. Settlement patterns are of interest to geographers, historians, and anthropologists for the insight they offer in how a community has developed over time. This study examined the evolution of settlement patterns, the place of settlement patterns and its challenges to urban planning with specific focus on the Otigba computer village in Lagos State, Nigeria. Qualitative method of research was adopted and data were collected via review of pertinent literature, physical observation of the study area and interview conducted for the traders, occupants of residences in the community and staff of selected Physical planning Authorities in Lagos State. The findings reveal that the study area is comprised of eight streets and was initially designed as a residential layout but has grown exponentially into a commercial cluster of ICT activities which has resulted to urban planning issues of traffic congestion, environmental degradation, over stretched infrastructure, chaos, high level of crime and increased deficit in housing stock. Consequently, this has made it practically impossible for extension of basic amenities and enforcement of regulations which govern the development of land and control of industrial emissions.

Evolution of Settlement Pattern in Otigba Computer Village, Lagos State and its Challenges to Urban Planning