Environmental sustainability in Global South cities has continued to be a matter of concern in development research and policy discourses. While there have been opinions that land governance would be instrumental in advancing this agenda, there is no empirical evidence to substantiate this claim. Thus, this study explores the potential for improved equitable and efficient land governance to foster environmental sustainability based on residents’ judgments in Ibadan urbanizing areas. The data, got from a survey of 452 household heads, were analyzed using Exploratory Factor Analysis to consolidate the variables and Multiple Linear Regression to investigate the relationships between the outcome and predictor variables. The results showed that the perception of equity (β=0.248, p-value=0.01, 95 % CI) and efficiency (β=0.326, p-value=0.02, 95 % CI) were significant predictors of environmental sustainability status, explaining 30.1 % of the variance (R²=0.301). This implies that strengthening governance structures is crucial to promoting environmental sustainability in Ibadan suburbs. Although achieving sustainability is not solely dependent on land governance, effective and equitable practices in land governance can play a valuable role in achieving it. Based on these findings, the study provides relevant recommendations for policy and practice.

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了解公平高效的土地治理如何影响环境可持续性状况：来自尼日利亚伊巴丹的证据


全球南方城市的环境可持续性一直是发展研究和政策讨论中关注的问题。虽然有观点认为土地治理将有助于推进这一议程，但没有实证证据证实这一说法。因此，本研究根据伊巴丹城市化地区居民的判断，探讨了改进公平和高效的土地治理以促进环境可持续性的潜力。数据来自对 452 名户主的调查，使用探索性因子分析进行分析以合并变量，并使用多元线性回归来调查结果与预测变量之间的关系。结果表明，对公平的感知 （β=0.248，p 值=0.01,95 % CI） 和效率 （β=0.326，p 值=0.02,95 % CI）是环境可持续性状况的重要预测因子，解释了 30.1% 的方差 （R²=0.301）。这意味着加强治理结构对于促进伊巴丹郊区的环境可持续性至关重要。尽管实现可持续性不仅仅取决于土地治理，但有效和公平的土地治理实践可以在实现可持续性方面发挥重要作用。基于这些发现，该研究为政策和实践提供了相关建议。