A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Incorporating informality into urban and regional planning education curriculum in Nigeria
To achieve sustainable development in any society the educational system must beresponsive to the dynamics of that society. This article discusses issues on the level oftraining on informality in African planning schools with emphasis on the Lagos, Nigeriasituation. The article reviews the concept of informality, the challenges, the quantum oftraining in planning schools curricula on issues relating to the informal sector, legislativetools available to tackle the phenomena, among others. The article concludes thatthere is currently inadequate training and paucity of legislation to guide the integrationof the informal sector into the urban system in the study area. In the light of these findings,the need for responsive planning education curriculum in Africa is imperative. There isthe need to teach on issues concerning the sporadic emergence of the informal sectorin the African urban landscape. This is one of the major consequences of 21st-centuryAfrican urban growth. Unfortunately, African planning schools curricula are based onstandards of developed countries; thus formal training on planning solutions for theinformal sector are not well entrenched, nor adequate planning regulations providedto integrate the informal sector into land use. To achieve a sustainable city landscapethis article recommends the need to introduce courses such as informality, communityengagement, social mobilisation, participatory planning, among others, in planningcurricular. This will go a long way in improving the skills of planners towards resolving thechallenges posed by the sporadic phenomena of the informal sector in Nigerian cities.
Incorporating informality into urban and regional planning education curriculum in Nigeria
To achieve sustainable development in any society the educational system must beresponsive to the dynamics of that society. This article discusses issues on the level oftraining on informality in African planning schools with emphasis on the Lagos, Nigeriasituation. The article reviews the concept of informality, the challenges, the quantum oftraining in planning schools curricula on issues relating to the informal sector, legislativetools available to tackle the phenomena, among others. The article concludes thatthere is currently inadequate training and paucity of legislation to guide the integrationof the informal sector into the urban system in the study area. In the light of these findings,the need for responsive planning education curriculum in Africa is imperative. There isthe need to teach on issues concerning the sporadic emergence of the informal sectorin the African urban landscape. This is one of the major consequences of 21st-centuryAfrican urban growth. Unfortunately, African planning schools curricula are based onstandards of developed countries; thus formal training on planning solutions for theinformal sector are not well entrenched, nor adequate planning regulations providedto integrate the informal sector into land use. To achieve a sustainable city landscapethis article recommends the need to introduce courses such as informality, communityengagement, social mobilisation, participatory planning, among others, in planningcurricular. This will go a long way in improving the skills of planners towards resolving thechallenges posed by the sporadic phenomena of the informal sector in Nigerian cities.
Incorporating informality into urban and regional planning education curriculum in Nigeria
Oduwaye, Leke (author) / Olajide, Oluwafemi (author)
2012-05-31
Town and Regional Planning; Vol. 60 (2012); 31-37 ; 2415-0495 ; 1012-280X
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Electronic Resource
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710
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