PL701: ADVANCED PLANNING THEORY - 3 UNITS

The nature of planning, procedural and substantive theories in planning.  The planning process, planning modes and traditions in both capitalist and socialist economies.  Citizen participation and evaluation in the planning process.  Social science contribution to the development of planning theory.  The evolution of regional development strategies in developing and developed countries of the world.

PL702: COMPUTER APPLICATION IN PLANNING - 3 UNITS

History and development of computers. Hardware and software(s) description.  Storage medium. Operating system.  Mini and micro computers. Data processing and data coding.  Information processing, keying insertion.  Debugging, deleting and insertion.  Sample programmes.  Further details on mini computer and micro computer handling.  SPSS (statistical package for social scientists).  Introduction to computer graphics (computer aided design, graphics and ventures).

PL703: ADVANCED QUANTITATIVE TECHNIQUES IN PLANNING - 3 UNITS

Analytical techniques for analysing planning data.  Regression analysis, Factors analysis. Analysis of variance, forecast techniques, spatial interaction models in planning.

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PL704: PLANNING LAWS, POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION - 3 UNITS

Land tenure system in Nigeria. Laws relating to sale, conveyance and mortgage of land.  Procedure for sub-division of land.  The structure and working of the Nigeria’s legal system.  The courts and their procedure. Tribunals and inquires; reference to court for decision in any matter affecting land generally and legal proceedings.  Acts relating to highways, public health, industrial location etc.  Land use decree 1978.  The Nigerian Urban and Regional Planning Law Decree 88 of 1992.

PL705: ADVANCED RESEARCH METHODS   - 3 UNITS

Sources of data for planning: Social Survey methods and the design of questionnaires.  Descriptive and inferential statistics including chi square and analysis of variance techniques. Multi variance methods; Factor analysis, Grouping techniques and Canonical correlation.

PL706: PROFESSIONAL PLANNING COLLOQUIUM - 3 UNITS

Office organization and practice. Operational methods and efficiency. Decision making process. Zoning practice and procedure.  Implement of corporate and individual action.  Public enquires.  Public relations.  Citizen’s participation in the planning process. Implementation of local, city and other physical development plans.  Fiscal, legal, city and other administrative tools for effectuation of plans.  Zoning and subdivision regulations. Capital improvement programmes, fiscal programming and long term budgeting.  Phasing urban development. Town and country planning as a full-fledged profession, scope and limitations, qualifications required to practice the profession. Relationship of a partner with client’s contractors, developers and institutions, contact document; contact procedures.  Basic principles and techniques of management of a technical office.  Management of local, state and federal planning departments, management of consultant firms, office procedures, code of professional conduct and business ethics, conditional and special services, disputes and arbitration; competitions, copy-right.

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PL707: ADVANCED PLANNING STUDIO I - 3 UNITS

Subject: Village planning. A survey analysis and design programme in village planning and rural housing.  The scope of the project will include the selection of studies, evolving development and redevelopment strategies and applying them to the case study with view to preparing a re-development plan.  Attention to be paid to rural housing, ecological, conservation methods, and development cost.

PL708: ADVANCED PLANNING STUDIO II - 3 UNITS

Practical Projects in site planning particularly the design of Industrial, Commercial Housing Estates, Academic Institutions and Government Officers.

PL709: ADVANCED SITE PLANNING AND ANALYSIS - 2 UNITS

Relation of sites with design solutions.  Site selection factors for various projects.  Geomorphologic aspect of sites, infrastructure and site development.  Importance of various spaces and linkages with various sketches. Conceptualisation, development, refinement and presentation.  Difference between presentation drawings and working drawings.  Schematic standard scale.  Design process with examples of projects.

PL711: DESIGN CONCEPT AND THEORIES - 2 UNITS

Visual elements in an urban complex: form, scale, colour and texture; emotional characteristic in relation to visual elements.  Design resources; natural features, building materials, structures etc. and their influence on urban form.  Design composition: Relationship between spaces, solids and voids, proportions, scale, symmetry, height, mass, balance, harmony, dominance.  Space articulation: concept of space in urban design squares, vistas, focal point, and their role in creating the image of the city.

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PL712: URBAN SOCIOLOGY - 2 UNITS

Social norms and behaviours. Social theory. Relationship between Sociology and urban planning.  Clarifications of concepts regarding ethnic groups, social institutions, social structure, etc.  Social stratification. The effects of physical environment on behaviour.  The effects of community on the residents.  Urbanism and sub-urbanism as ways of life.  Social problems of the urban community - crime delinquency and violence.  Neighbourhood concepts, its implications and limitations in the Nigerian context.

PL713: ADVANCED DESIGN STUDIO - 2 UNITS

Designs of New Towns and capital cities.  The preparation of master plans and structure plans. Element of the design and planning of urban and regional systems.

PL714: ADVANCED LANDSCAPE DESIGN - 2 UNITS

Landscape planning in the urban area.  Values, forces and institutions, shaping urban form.  Principles in urban design.  Organization of space.  Elements within organised space.  Movement and scale.  Theoretical concepts and approaches to urban forms and design - pattern language.  Understanding of emerging urban design realities in Nigerian towns and cities e.g. functional distinction of mass and voids in relation to circulation and amenities. Study of image - ability - images of city, behavioural basis for design. The search for meaningful community form.

PL715: URBAN POLITICS - 2 UNITS

Policy formation and long range planning evaluation and appraisal of public policies case studies improving public policy making, the role of government in economic planning and the extent to which it affects Urban Planning.

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PL716: ADVANCED URBAN RENEWAL TECHNIQUES - 2 UNITS

Urban renewal as a technique for improving living condition.  Cost and benefits of urban renewal schemes.  Economic and social considerations for urban renewal.  Management of urban renewal schemes.  Case studies of renewal schemes.

PL721: REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT THEORY - 2 UNITS

The concepts of region, regional planning and regional development.  Functional administrative and planning regions, their unifying characteristics, delineation techniques.  Aims and objectives of regional planning process; goal formulation, surveys and analysis, preparation of the regional plan, evaluation and implementation, regional systems, surface utilization; transportation and communication networks, regional water and power systems, regional investment and employment base.  Analysis of regional change and growth; economic base theory.

PL722: REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION - 2 UNITS

Regional planning and regional administration.  Administrative and planning regions. Aims and objectives of regional administration. Delimiting the region and studying its development problems.  Preparation and evolution of plans for a region or sub-region.  Analysis of regional change and growth, survey methods and data collection for effective regional administration.

PL723: ADVANCED LANDSCAPE PLANNING - 2 UNITS

Landscape planning in the context of overall landuse planning, design of urban and rural land spaces:  Evaluation and use of natural landscape elements (Vegetation and relief), aesthetics principles of landscaping standards, specifications and materials.  Practical projects on selected landscape sets (parks, gardens, boulevards, urban streams, courtyards, etc.).

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PL724: RURAL PLANNING - 2 UNITS

Village Communities in Nigeria, their types and structure.  Rural planning in relation to national and regional policies.  Basic principles of Community development.  Community development in relation to rural planning and housing, self-help techniques, role of voluntary organizations in Community development.  Delineation of rural areas for planning purposes; types of rural settlement form.  Factors affecting the site and location of rural settlement; accessibility of villages, inter-village communication; village planning principles, concepts and standards, institutional basis for planning rural settlements, village regrouping, model.  Village planning and resettlement planning (with local examples).

PL725: METHODS OF REGIONAL ANALYSIS - 2 UNITS

Regional income estimation and social accounting, Inter regional flow analysis, regional cycle and multiplier analysis, Industrial location analysis, Inter regional and Regional Input-Output Analysis, Inter regional linear programming, Gravity Potential and spatial Interaction Models.

PL726: INFRASTRUCTURE POLICY AND COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS - 2 UNITS

The role of project (infrastructure) in the wider context of urban, regional and national planning. Various technical, operational, financial and economic considerations crucial to infrastructure policy and cost benefit analysis and the associated problems faced by planners. Techniques involved in both Infrastructure policy as well as cost benefit analysis.  Infrastructure identification and analysis.  Principles and practice of cost benefit analysis, private and public profitability, project appraisal using such methods, Discount cash flow method, Net present value (NPV) method, and cash cost etc.  Project selection and investment programming, feasibility study and report writing, sensibility analysis, choice of discount rate and cost capital, Analysis of financial condition and risk capital, Economic bases of cities, Municipal and local government authorities to invest in projects, Fiscal planning choices, Efficiency analysis, Equity or distribution analysis.  Methods of securing public revenues.  Spatial implications of investment decisions.  Harmonization between investment decisions and physical development planning and implementation.

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PL731: SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT - 2 UNITS

Elements of sustainable societies, Elements of sustainable development.  Nature’s Capital conservation, restoration, and prevention of future harm.  Participation planning for sustainable development of infrastructure and settlements.  Indicators of sustainable development.  Analysis of sustainable infrastructure development.

PL732: SANITATION SYSTEM PLANNING - 2 UNITS

Sanitation systems as a technique for improving living conditions.  Cost and benefits of Sanitation system.  Problems facing urban sanitation systems.  Economic and social consideration for sanitation system.  Management of sanitation system.

PL733: URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING - 2 UNITS

Urban Drainage system, urban Hydrology, Urban Microclimate, Urban waste Disposal System, Urban Greening, Integration of Environmental Planning with other Development, Participatory Environmental Planning.

PL734: POPULATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEMAND - 2 UNITS

Tools of demographic analysis, techniques of migration and socio-economic trends, dynamics of population and infrastructure demand, population models the life table, effects, positive and negative of population as regards infrastructure demand and needs.

PL735: ROADS AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING - 2 UNITS

Contemporary transportation problems in the third world as compared to developed countries.  Transportation analysis: Theory and methods employed by planners in the process of solving transportation problems.  Transportation policies and programs.  Planning transport network services delivery systems.

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PL736: PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PLANNING & MANAGEMENT - 2 UNITS

Urban movement Pattern, The Journey to work, Urban landuse model and Traffic Generation, Model Splits, Traffic Forecasting and Management.  Types of public transportation.  Urban public transportation management techniques. 

PL741: HOUSING POLICY ANALYSIS - 2 UNITS

The formulation of housing policies and programmes in various countries of the world.  The determinants of standards and criteria in the design of houses, formulation of minimum desirable standards of space and environment in building design.  Ecological Versus economic perspectives on environmental planning.  Housing finance in the private and public sectors.  Housing management.  The role of government in housing.  Rural housing and community development.  Housing needs/demand and analysis.

PL742: HOUSING FORM AND DEVELOPMENT - 2 UNITS

Existing controlling measures of Housing Forms and their efficacy. The concept of flexible controls and Community guidance. Spontaneous and shatter housing in Nigeria.  Experience in housing in selected developing countries.  Assessment of Nigerian specific case studies.

PL743: HOUSING ECONOMICS - 2 UNITS

The institutionalised private and public development of housing estates covering land acquisition and compensation, site planning design and cost aspects, development finance and funding, development appraisal, construction and project management.  Allocation of public housing units, and merchandising of private housing estates.  Non-institutional housing development process; squatters’ traditional self-help and petty commodity production in housing. Redevelopment schemes; slums improvement techniques, squatter upgrading strategies and urban renewal.

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PL744: CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING - 2 UNITS

Aims and objectives of co-operative housing, problems, prospects and basic considerations of co-operative housing.  Appraisal of existing housing options in Nigeria: Private housing, co-operative housing and public housing.  Planning and design criteria for co-operative housing, housing norms and standard in relation to co-operative housing, Housing densities, locations and layouts services and community facilities.

PL745: HOUSING DELIVERY AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - 2 UNIT

Experience in housing in selected developing countries.  Appraisal of official housing programmes in Nigeria through presentation of detailed case study revealing its initiation, design, planning, finance, construction and management aspects in highlighting problems and prospects.

PL746: HOUSING FINANCING - 2 UNITS

Aims, objectives and concepts of housing financing.  Priorities in financing urban and rural housing.  Housing as a factor of investment and integral part of national plans in Nigeria.  Assessment of housing needs and demands.  Housing market analysis and related studies.  Importance of housing financing studies in urban and regional planning, progress and failures of Nigerian housing financing adventures.

PL751: GENESIS AND CONCEPTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT - 2 UNITS

Theory of E/A.  Definition and genesis of EIA from UNEP and other perspectives; Institutional Aspects; Historical Evolution of EIA as a Legal Process in both developed and developing countries. EIA and the planning Process; Risk Assessment, Environmental Monitoring and Audition.

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PL752: SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS - 2 UNITS

Concepts of Socio-economic impacts: distinguish between economic and social impacts.  Direct and indirect impacts, impact prediction, Mitigation and enhancement, Monitoring examples of Socio-economic impacts of industrial, water resources and Oil development activities.

PL753: TECHNIQUES OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS - 2 UNITS

EIA Methodology and Procedures, Techniques of EIA - steps, Process and associate activities, Impact Identification checklists, matrices, Networks, PADC method, models, Qualitative methods, Mitigating Measures, Public Participation Cumulative.

PL754: ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY - 2 UNITS

Environmental Laws - characteristics and the legal process, Environmental Institution - NGOs, International and National.  Case studies from USA and Europe.  Environmental Policy - case studies and Evaluation.  Environmental Laws in the Context of the Planning Laws and Procedures.

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PL755: ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT - 2 UNITS

Concepts of risks and Hazards, key steps in performing an Environmental Risk Assessment, Different levels of risk analysis, parallel between EIA and ERA, Risk Communication.

PL756: CASE STUDIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS - 2 UNITS

Appraisals, analysis, criticisms, evaluations, policies, approaches in Specific EIA Projects - Energy, Agriculture, Forestry, Water Resources, Road Construction, Airports, Markets, Stadia, Motor Parks etc.

PL797: PROJECT I   - 2 UNITS

An independent research project that must make substantial contribution to knowledge in general and the profession in particular.  A formal Research Proposal formulation, Presentation and defence at a Departmental Seminar.

PL798: PROJECT II   - 2 UNITS

Original Research in which the candidate is expected to demonstrate a proper grasp of the concepts and analytical techniques in the area of specialisation.  The dissertation shall be defended before a panel of internal and external examiners.