Principles and Practice of Urban and Regional Planning in Nigeria
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 276
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Published: 1992
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: A. M. Olaseni
Publisher: Nigerian Institute of Town Planners Lagos State Chapter
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 240
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: PhD Chukudi V. Izeogu
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Published: 2018-12-12
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 1642146730
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book focuses on urban development and planning in Nigeria by analyzing the nature and determinants of urban and regional planning strategies and outcomes in Rivers State, Nigeria. The book is organized into fourteen chapters. The first chapter focuses on population growth and the development of the Nigerian urban system. The second chapter traces the roots of Nigerian urban and regional planning system. The third chapter discusses the institutional framework for planning the evolving planning institutions and the emergence of the planning profession in the country and Rivers State. Chapter four examines political and economic forces and the substantive urban planning issues and problems faced by planners in the PH metropolis. Chapter five focuses on PH urban politics, planning administration and institutions. Chapters six and seven focus on the responses of planning to environmental, housing problems, transportation, land use, local economic development, and urban services issues. It documents how urban development and planning policies pertaining to these issues affect urban population groups and how the populations have responded to the outcomes of conventional planning intervention and offers alternative policies. In chapter eight, the problems of plan implementation is examined focusing on the implementation of the Diobu Master Plan, while chapters nine, ten, and eleven present physical planning and development control within the context of local government system in Rivers State. In chapter twelve, the book presents planning for a new town, New Finima, in Rivers State, designed to resettle the Finima. Chapters thirteen and fourteen dwell on the problem of rural urban balance and regional planning in Rivers State and Nigeria in general. It focuses special attention on the problem of urban and rural disparities as the key issue facing regional planning and suggests measures for ensuring that urban planning promotes the welfare of all and enhances the opportunities for the procurement of benefits of development programs by all socioeconomic groups. The book concludes with chapter fifteen on planning imperatives to make the Port Harcourt metropolis livable.
Author: Moris Dabuahat Wetnwan
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Published: 2021
Total Pages: 131
ISBN-13: 9789789960927
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Catherine Kẹhinde George
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 192
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: James Duminy
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014-10-02
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 1137307951
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book addresses the relevance of the case study research methodology for enhancing urban planning research and education in Africa and the global South. It provides an introduction to the case study methodology and features examples of its application to planning research and education on the continent.
Author: Robert W. Taylor
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 264
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA case study of urban development policies in Nigeria. The book provides the writings of both geographers and urban planners who analyze past urban policies in Nigeria, particularly policies from the oil boom years of the 1970s and 1980s, and recommends urban development strategies for the future.
Author: H. Chike Mba
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-11-28
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 1351153390
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis unique collection of essays examines the environmental problems facing contemporary Nigeria. The relationship between environmental degradation and such social issues as poverty and pollution growth has been impressively analyzed. There is also a well-researched discussion on how government and citizens can work towards achieving sustainable development with long-term solutions to ecological disorders. This book provides a valuable resource for academics and professionals in the general area of environmental management as well as those searching for long-term solutions to Nigeria's particular ecological disorders.
Author: Nonye F. Duruzoechi
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 170
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Joseph A. Ebiloma
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 232
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