Welcome : Department of Urban and Regional Planning

1. WELCOME

On behalf of the students and staff, I warmly welcome you to Nigeria's foremost planning school, the Department of Urban and Regional Planning (DURP), Faculty of the Social Sciences, of the premier University of Ibadan. The Department currently runs only postgraduate professional and academic programmes in Urban and Regional Planning and in Housing. We have turned out seasoned and reputable and high caliber academicians and professionals over the years that man key positions in both the public and the private sectors

The goal of the Department is the pursuit of excellence in Urban and Regional Planning and this has challenged several postgraduate students of the Department and other planning institutions to desire to expand the horizon of their knowledge. The Department has, therefore, over the years been broadening the academic base of its professional programmes to produce planners that can competently handle diverse planning issues and concepts with in-depth focus on some specialized areas. This has become very urgent in contemporary times because of the dearth of senior academics in the various planning schools across the country. The University of Ibadan is being looked upon to produce these much-needed personnel for the increasing number of Town Planning Departments in the expanding number of the nation’s Universities and Polytechnics at higher academic levels up to the PhD level.

The Department is a warm and conducive place for effective teaching and learning as students and staff and visitors relate very cordially.

2. HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT.

The Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) Programme evolved from the then Master of Planning Science (MPS) programme that was run by the Department of Geography, Faculty of the Social Sciences, between 1974/75 and 1978/79 Sessions, The MPS course had to fold up after the 1978/79 session for a number of reasons, chief among which was the non-recognition of the graduates of the programme by the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP). In the 1980/81 session, the Department of Geography made a determined effort to re-organize the programme in a way that it would qualify for professional recognition. A new syllabus was, therefore, designed with the knowledge of and input from the NITP through its Education Committee. The determination to have a professionally recognized programme led to the appointment of a visiting Professor for one academic year to assist in organizing the programme.

The course was resuscitated and renamed Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) on the advice of the NITP and took off in the 1981/82 academic session with 18 students and was run by the Centre for Urban and Regional Planning in the Department of Geography. In January 1983, the NITP sent a Visitation Panel to the University with a view to assessing the programme and the facilities for the purpose of recognition. The Department has had five accreditation visits since its inception. These were in 1983, 1985, 1990, 1995 and 2004. The latest in the series of accreditations was that of the 2005/2006 academic session for a five-year term and was conducted in July, 2007.

In April, 2001, the then Centre for Urban and Regional Planning started the process of changing to a Department by intimating the process that scaled through all requisite committees and culminated in the Senate of the University upgrading the status of the Centre to a full-fledged Department of Urban and Regional Planning in March 2004. With this new status, the Department can run all its academic and professional programmes with all the rights and privileges of a Department, including the capacity to run undergraduate programme in Urban and Regional Planning.

2.1 Accreditation/Visitation

The Department has had five accreditation visits since its inception. These were in 1983, 1985, 1990, 1995 and 2004. The rationale for the short duration of the accreditation given between 1983 and 1985 was to satisfy the visitors that the issues raised in 1983 such as autonomy, syllabus restructuring, recruitment of more staff and provision of more studio space were fulfilled. These were adjudged to have been fully satisfied in the 1985 visit. The 1985 visitation panel requested the Department to, as a matter of urgency, commence the Ph.D programme and the restructuring of the DURP building should be completed. While all the other requests were fulfilled, the Ph.D programme was not. The 1985 visitation gave us a clean bill of health for five years.

The issue of autonomy re-echoed in the 1990 visitation while the panel was of the opinion that those who had B.Sc in URP should not spend two years for the MURP. The panel found the programme nomenclature, curriculum, staffing and library facilities adequate and gave us another five years of professional accreditation till 1995. The August 24 and 25^th 1995 panel which was led by Mr, F.A. Aileme found, in their own words, "the programme objectives, admission requirements and national spread as very satisfactory." The equipments were found adequate but the classroom, staff offices and studio spaces were inadequate. In these, the Department has been able to keep up the excellent tradition of professional excellence with which the Department started.

The 2004 visitation came after some delays and the Department was found worthy in all spheres and consequently granted full accreditation for five years that terminated in 2004/2005 academic session. The 2005/2006 accreditation was conducted on schedule between 8th and 11^th of July, 2007 in the 2005/2006 academic session and was led by Chief R. B. Kumapayi. While the results are being awaited, we have so far had favourable feedbacks.

2.2 External Academic and Professional Linkage Programmes

The Department has an established linkage programme with the World Health Organization (WHO). By a letter No. H6/72/1 of 1992, the WHO designated this Department (then Centre) as a WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Health and Physical Planning with all its rights and responsibilities. By this designation, this Department becomes the first and the only WHO Collaborating Centre of its type in English speaking Africa. This is in recognition of the valuable work being carried out by the Department's researchers. There have been some beneficial fallouts of this linkage. For example, in 2002/2003, the Department was mandated by the WHO to carry out a research on food safety using the much less known and appreciated Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP). Many of the Department's students were employed to carry out the survey including some analysis. The next stage of the process for which we are expecting funding is the physical demonstration project in Bodija market and this will involve the construction of a model food canteen etc. The design has been made and forwarded to Geneva while the preparation of the Action Plan is in progress.

We are seeking other linkages and in November, 2003, the United Nations Center for Human Settlement (HABITAT) initiated a discussion which will enable HABITAT to anchor its training programme in Environmental Planning and Management (EPM) in the Department. Two Universities, the University of Ibadan and the Federal University of Technology in Minna will be used for what amounts to Capacity building initiatives of the global human settlement body. The discussions are still on to finalize the modalities of this worthwhile linkage.

2.3 Research and Professional Activities of the Department

The staff of the Department has displayed scholarly proficiency in both the professional and academic spheres. This is borne out by their copious publications in reputable books and international journals and in several on-going projects and researches.

The Department also had the privilege of preparing a befitting Master Plan for the University of Ibadan. The Department was commissioned to review the 1982 Plan and prepare a Master Plan to include the Ajibode Extension of the University (which is about the same size with the existing campus). The plan was professionally prepared with a robust team led by Professor Tunde Agbola and some colleagues from the Polytechnic, Ibadan. The Vice Chancellor and the University Council commended the efforts of the Department for a job well done. This has also launched the Department into the limelight as the University now notes the great potentials of the Department. Accordingly, the University commissioned the Department to prepare alternative designs for the wall fence of the main gate and the design of the Second Gate. The design you see on the wall fence of the Main Gate was designed by the Department and the new Second Gate was also designed by the Department.

The Department presented her ever first Faculty Lecture on Thursday, 27, March, 2008 by Dr C. O. Olatubara, The Acting Head of Department. The Lecture titled, “The Dynamics of Residential Location Choice in Nigeria” highlighted the various factors that influence the choice of individuals in selecting where to reside, emphasizing the fact that the choice of the parents might not necessarily be in consonance with that of the children and that parents who build large houses with the anticipation that their children will inherit them might after all, be disappointed with the choice of their children.

Also, recently, Professor S. B. Agbola, of this Department, was appointed as the first Director of Physical Planning in the University of Ibadan. The new office of the Physical Planning Unit is in the Vice Chancellor’s Office.

The families of Late Professor Poju Onibokun, in executing his will, informed the Department about the donation by late Prof. Onibokun of his books, monographs and publications in his library at No 5, Paul Hendrickse, New Bodija, Ibadan, to our Department. The news was received with admiration. The Department was, however, not surprised considering the dedicated love and concern of the late Professor for the Department that he nurtured from conception to fruition. It is on record that he was one of the founding fathers of the Department and taught several key courses at various times. Even shortly before his death he was teaching a very crucial course in one of our programmes without taking any payment. The Department holds the donation in high regard and will try to immortalize the name of our highly respected mentor as a section in our library to be called, as he desired, PROFESSOR ADEPOJU GABRIEL ONIBOKUN COLLECTIONS, will be created. Efforts are on to properly index and number the 868 collections.

The Department has the latest in the series of computer facilities and other equipment to enhance effective teaching and learning. As of now and starting from the 2002 set of students, all the dissertations of our students are being stored electronically on CDs in addition to the hard copies. The students also have access to the GIS facilities at the GIS Laboratory of the Department of Geography. Some of the available facilities include, Multi-Media projector, GPS equipments, Sound Meters, Weather Tracker, high resolution A3 colour Printers, Scanner , high resolution Digital Cameras (7.0 pixels), TV and DVD Player for seminars and workshops, .modern Drawing Boards and a Computer Room.

3. CURRENT HEAD OF DEPARTMENT AND HIS PROFILE.

Dr Waheed Bolanle WAHAB

Dr. Waheed Bolanle Wahab is a Senior Lecturer and holds a Diploma degree in Town and Regional Planning, M. Sc and PhD in Urban Design from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh (UK). He was an awardee of the Oyo State Government overseas postgraduate scholarship (1982-1984). He is a member of Iowa State Univers ity’s Alpha Delta Chapter of Phi Beta Delta Honors Society for International scholars. He has at various times served as a consultant and resource person to UNDP, UMP, UNICEF, UNCHS (Habitat), CASSAD, Sustainable Ibadan Project, Nigerian Urban Forum, InWEnt, Institute for Human Settlements and Environment, on environmental planning and management issues including water and sanitation, HIV/AIDS prevention education, integrated waste management, community mobilization, master plans of towns and universities. He was the Local Project Coordinator in Ibadan for InWENT Capacity Building International of Germany on municipal solid waste management (2007-2009); a member of Technical Working Group that prepared the Draft National Healthcare Waste Management Plan for Nigeria 2007; member of waste Management Stakeholders from Kano and Ibadan on Study Tour of Waste Management Facilities in Germany (2008) and a resource person to the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) on accreditation of Urban and Regional Planning programmes in Nigeria Polytechnics (2003 to date).

He was also a visiting scholar to the University of Northern Iowa (USA) in 1996, a temporary Assistant Professor at Iowa State University (USA) Department of Community and Regional Planning, and a visiting scholar at the Centre for Indigenous Knowledge in Agriculture and Rural Development (CIKARD), Iowa State University, Ames, USA in 1997. He is a mentor to a number of international students on research in Nigeria from Canada and USA.

His areas of specialization are urban design and housing studies, environmental planning and management, community water and sanitation planning and indigenous knowledge systems.

He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (FNITP), a Registered Town Planner (RTP), a Fellow of FDI and a member of six other professional associations including Institution of Environmental Science, Urban Design Group, International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments and American Planning Association.

4. Professional and Academic Programmes

The Department runs five programmes. These are:

Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) (Professional)
M.Sc Urban and Regional Planning (Professional and Academic);
MPhil in Urban and Regional Planning (Academic),
MPhil/PhD and PhD in Urban and Regional Planning (Academic); and
M.Sc. Housing (Professional).

The Department is making efforts to commence its undergraduate programme. The preparation of the curriculum is at an advanced stage and will soon be forwarded to the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP) and the Town Planners Registration Council of Nigeria (TOPREC) for their input and to all relevant committees in the University.

5. COURSE DESCRIPTION

A. PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMME IIN URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING.

1. Regulations for the Professional Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) Degree.

a. A course leading to the professional degree of Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) shall be organised as a programme for 4 semesters.

b. Admission to the Urban and Regional Planning degree programme is open to graduates of this University, or of other approved Universities; who have been admitted to the appropriate degree of Bachelor in Science, Social Sciences, Engineering and Environmental Studies. Full Professional Diplomas with a minimum of upper credit level pass in Town Planning will also be considered.

c. The course programme shall comprise lectures, seminars, laboratory/studio demonstrations, field projects and 2-months period of internship in a planning organization and the production of a professional project.

d. The degree shall be awarded on the basis of examinations on course work, practical work, sub-group and individual field projects; and a successful completion of a professional project to be defended before a panel of examiners duly constituted by the Head of Department of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning on behalf of the University of Ibadan.

e. There shall be three types of courses: the CORE Courses which are compulsory and must be passed by all students irrespective of their areas of specialization; the REQUIRED Courses which are to be taken by all students and ELECTIVES from which students shall select their areas of specialization and other courses relevant to their choice

f. Candidates may be allowed to select additional courses from other Departments on the recommendation of the Head of Department. Candidates may also be required to take non-scoring cognate courses offered in the Faculty of the Social Sciences or any other Faculty, on the recommendation of the Head of Department.

g. A student shall undergo a period of internship whereby he/she shall be attached to a planning organization (private or public) for 2-months where he/she works under the supervision of practising planners. The Internship shall be assessed through the report of the organization and members of staff who may be assigned to visit the student on the job

h. A course shall be examined during the academic year in which they are taken candidates will be credited with the number of course units assigned to the course for which they have passed the examination.

i. A student shall not be permitted to qualify for a degree until he/she has completed a minimum of 4 semesters including the period of internship.

j. A student who fails to complete the minimum requirement for the degree in line with the regulations of the Postgraduate School will be expected to withdraw from the programme.

k. To be considered for the award of the MURP degree, a student must have been credited with a minimum of 45 units in a combination of courses approved by the Faculty of the Social Sciences and a project approved by Senate on the recommendation of the Board of the Postgraduate School.

2. Course Programme for Professional MURP Degree.

Course designed for this programme are organized into 700 level courses. The programme has the following components

A. Planning Theory and Traditions.

B. Planning Methodology.

C. Design and Planning Practice.

D. Internship

E. Independent Research project.

F. Electives.

The electives are meant to provide flexibility to the programme so that students can specialize in different areas of the profession of Urban and Regional Planning. The Department prepares for 5 areas of specialization:

1. Design

2. Regional Planning

3. Housing.

4. Environmental and Resource Management.

5. Transportation

Details of the courses offered by the Department are presented below:

I. CORE COURSES (COMPULSORY)

A. PLANNING THEORY AND TRADITIONS

URP 701: Philosophy and Theory of Urban and Regional Planning. (3 units)

URP 702: History of Urban and Regional Planning. (3 units)

B. PLANNING METHODOLOGY

URP 703: Urban and Regional Planning Methods. (3 units)

URP 704: Statistical Methods in Urban and Regional Planning. (3 units)

URP 705: Land Use Planning. (3 units)

C. DESIGN AND PLANNING PRACTICE

URP 711: Principles of Design and Site Planning. (3 units)

URP 753: Advanced Design Studio. (3 units)

URP 750: Planning Law and Administration. (3 units)

URP 752: Planning Ethics. (3 units)

II. REQUIRED COURSES

URP 720 Computer Applications in Urban and Regional Planning

Research. (3 units)

URP 732: Environmental Engineering (3 units)

URP 713: Land Surveying. (3 units)

III. INTERNSHIP

URP 740: Internship-A two month period spent under practicing planners in

planning organizations. (3 units)

IV. INDEPENDENT RESEARCH

URP 745: Seminar. (2 units)

URP 791: Project. (6 units)

V. ELECTIVES

A. DESIGN

URP 712: Intermediate Design Studio. (3 units)

URP 721 Spatial Decision-Making Information Support System (3 units)

URP 722 Computer Aided Design in Urban and Regional Planning (3 units)

URP 754: Design Aspects of Urban Development. (3 units)

URP 755: Case Studies on Urban Design Projects. (3 units)

URP 756: Landscape Planning and Design. (3 units)

B. REGIONAL PLANNING

URP 707 Regional Development Planning. (3 units)

URP 760: Industrial Location Planning and Implementation. (3 units)

URP 762: Rural Settlements and Facilities Planning. (3 units)

URP 763: Locational Analysis. (3 units)

C. HOUSING

URP 731: Housing (3 units)

URP 771: Housing Development Process. (3 units)

URP 772: Housing Issues and Discourse. (3 units)

D. ENVIRONMENTAL AND RESOURCES PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

URP 781: Environmental Planning and Management. (3 units)

URP 782: Water Resources Inventory and Development (3 units)

URP 783: Soils and Soil Capability Studies. (3 units)

URP 784: Land Resources Evaluation. (3 units)

URP 785: Energy Resources Planning and Management. (3 units)

URP 786: Environmental Geomorphology. (3 units)

E. TRANSPORTATION

URP 733: Transportation Planning (3 units)

URP 741: Transportation Engineering and Design (3 units)

URP 742: Public Transportation Planning and Administration (3 units)

URP 743: Transportation Network Design. (3 units)

URP 744: Project Design and Evaluation in Transportation. (3 units)

F. URBAN MANAGEMENT.

URP 706 Communication Skills in Urban and Regional Planning (3 units)

URP 710 Introduction to Business Management Techniques in Urban and Regional Planning (3 units)

URP 759 Project Planning and Management (3 units)

(B). ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL M. Sc. DEGREE PROGRAMME IN URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING

1. Regulations for Professional and Academic M.Sc. in Urban and Regional Planning

a. A course leading to the professional and academic degree of M.Sc. in Urban and Regional Planning shall be organized as a programme for 4 semesters.

b. Admission to the Urban and Regional Planning Degree Programme is open to graduates of this University or of other approved Universities; who have been admitted to the appropriate degree of Bachelor with not less than Second Class Lower in Science, Social Sciences, Engineering and Environmental Studies.

d The degree shall be awarded on the basis of examinations on course work, practical work, sub-group and individual field projects; and a successful completion of a professional and academic project to be defended before a panel of examiners duly constituted by the Head of Department of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning on behalf of the University of Ibadan.

g. A student shall undergo a period of internship whereby he/she shall be attached to a planning organization (private or public) for 2-months where he/she works under the supervision of practicing planners. The internship shall be assessed through the report of the organization and members of staff who may be assigned to visit the student on the job.

h. A course shall be examined during the academic year in which they are taken. Candidates will be credited with the number of course units assigned to the course for which they have passed the examination.

i. A student shall not be permitted to qualify for a degree until he/she has completed a minimum of two academic years of the degree including the period of internship.

j. A student who fails to complete the minimum requirement for the degree in line with the regulations of the Postgraduate School will be expected to withdraw from the programme.

k. To be considered for the award of the professional and academic degree of M.Sc. in Urban and Regional Planning degree, a student must have been credited with a minimum of 45 units in a combination of courses approved by the Faculty of the Social Sciences and a project approved by Senate on the recommendation of the Board of the Postgraduate School.

2. Course Programme for Professional and Academic M.Sc. Urban and Regional Planning

Courses designed for this programme are organized into 700 level courses. The programme has the following components:

A. Planning Theory and Traditions.

B. Planning Methodology.

C. Design and Planning Practice.

D. Internship.

E. Independent Research Project.

F. Required Courses.

G. Electives.

The Required Courses are to enable students have the basic knowledge of skills such as the use of the computer and of the essentials of public-planning and finance interface.

The Electives are meant to provide flexibility to the programme so that students can specialize in different areas of the profession of Urban and Regional Planning. The Department prepares for 5 areas of specialization:

1. Design.

2. Regional Planning.

3. Housing.

4. Environmental and Resource Management.

5. Transportation.

Details of the courses offered by the Department are presented below:

I CORE COURSES (COMPULSORY)

A. PLANNING THEORY AND TRADITIONS

URP 702: History of Urban and Regional Planning. (3 units)

URP 708: Theoretical and Philosophical Issues in Urban

and Regional Planning. (3 units)

B. PLANNING METHODOLOGY

URP 704: Statistical Methods in Urban and Regional Planning. (3 units)

URP 705: Land Use Planning. (3 units)

URP 709: Conceptual and Theoretical Methods for

Urban and Regional Planning Analysis. (3 units)

C. DESIGN AND PLANNING PRACTICE

URP 711: Principles of Design and Site Planning. (3 units)

URP 753: Advanced Design Studio. (3 units)

URP 750: Planning Law and Administration. (3 units)

URP 752: Planning Ethics. (3 units)

II REQUIRED COURSE

URP 720: Computer Applications in Urban and Regional

Planning Research (3 units)

URP 732: Environmental Engineering (3 units)

URP 713: Land Surveying. (3 units)

III INTERNSHIP

URP 740: Internship: A two-month period spent under

practicing planners in planning organization. (3 units)

IV INDEPENDENT RESEARCH

URP 745: Seminar. (2 units)

URP 791: Project. (6 units)

V ELECTIVES

A. DESIGN

URP 712: Intermediate Design Studio. (3 units)

URP 721 Spatial Decision-Making Information

Support System. (3 units)

URP 722 Computer Aided Design in Urban and Regional

Planning (3 units)

URP 754: Design Aspects of Urban Development. (3 units)

URP 755: Case Studies in Urban Design Projects. (3 units)

URP 756: Landscape Planning and Design. (3 units)

B. REGIONAL PLANNING

URP 707: Regional Development Planning. (3 units)

URP 760: Industrial Location Planning and Implementation. (3 units)

URP 762: Rural Settlements and Facilities Planning. (3 units)

URP 763: Locational Analysis. (3 units)

C. HOUSING

URP 731: Housing. (3 units)

URP 771: Housing Development Process. (3 units)

URP 772: Housing Issues and Discourse. (3 units)

D. ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE PLANNING & MANAGEMENT

URP 781: Environmental Planning and Management. (3 units)

URP 782: Water Resources Inventory and Development. (3 units)

URP 783: Soils and Soil Capability Studies. (3 units)

URP 784: Land Resources Evaluation. (3 units)

URP 785: Energy Resources Planning and Management. (3 units)

URP 786: Environmental Geomorphology. (3 units)

E. TRANSPORTATION

URP 733: Transportation Planning. (3 units)

URP 741: Transportation Engineering and Design. (3 units)

URP 742: Public Transportation Planning and Administration. (3 units)

URP 743: Transportation Network Design. (3 units)

URP 744: Project Design and Evaluation in Transportation. (3 units)

F. URBAN MANAGEMENT.

URP 706 Communication Skills in Urban and Regional Planning (3 units)

URP 710. Introduction to Business Management Techniques

in Urban and Regional Planning. (3 units)

URP 758: Urban Management and Planning. (3 units)

URP 759 Project Planning and Management (3 units)

(C). THE M.Phil, M.Phil/PhD AND PhD DEGREE PROGRAMMES IN URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING

1. Regulations for the M.Phil and M.Phil/Ph.D Degree in Urban & Regional Planning

Admission to the M.Phil. and M.Phil/Ph.D Degree Programmes shall be open to:

(a) Admission into the programmes shall be as stipulated in the Regulations Governing Higher Degrees of the Postgraduate School and available for candidates with MURP/M.Sc Degree in Urban and Regional Planning and other relevant degrees in Science, Social Sciences, Engineering and Environmental Studies of the University of Ibadan, or of other Universities recognized by Senate of the University of Ibadan. Each case will be considered on its own merit.

(b) Part-time registration will normally be considered.

(c) The programme will not normally involve course work except where the Department specifically recommends that such course(s) be taken for remedial purposes. Such courses so recommended must be passed by the candidates.

(d) A student shall not be determined to qualify for an M.Phil degree until he has completed a minimum of two semesters after the M.Sc. degree programme.

(e) To be considered for the award of the M.Phil degree, a student must have been credited with a satisfactory dissertation to be approved by Senate on the recommendation of the Board of Postgraduate School.

2. Regulations for the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Degree in Urban & Regional Planning

(a) Admission to the Ph.D. degree shall be open to:

(i) Candidates who have attained an average of 60% and above in the course examinations of the MURP/M.Sc. Degree Programme in Urban and Regional Planning of the University of Ibadan and other appropriate degrees in Science, Social Sciences, Engineering and Environmental Studies of the University of Ibadan may be provisionally admitted to the M.Phil/Ph.D. Programme. Such candidates shall be assessed on a written examination not later than the end of the first semester of registration. The pass mark in this case shall be 60% to proceed to the Ph.D. Programme. Any candidate who scored less than 60% shall be allowed to proceed for the M.Phil. Degree.

(ii) Candidates for the M.Phil. Degree in Urban and Regional Planning of the University of Ibadan who have satisfied all course requirements for the M.Phil. Degree and have been permitted by Senate of the University of Ibadan to up-grade their registration on the basis of satisfactory progress in research.

(iii) Candidates with MURP/M.Sc. Degree in Urban and Regional Planning and other degrees in Science, Social Sciences, Engineering and Environmental Studies from other Universities awarding degrees recognized by Senate of the University of Ibadan with at least 55% average course-work score may provisionally be admitted to the M.Phil./ Ph.D. Programme. Such candidates may be required to take any relevant courses(s) that may be prescribed by the Department.

(b) Part time candidates will normally be considered.

(c) An M.Phil./Ph.D. candidate will be required to take a minimum of three courses (that is 9 units) at the 800-level. The courses are basically reading courses to be examined by seminars and term papers. Such a candidate shall be required to present a research proposal for examination.

Conversion to the Ph.D. Degree Programme shall be subject to satisfactory performance in the courses and research proposal.

(d) A Ph.D. student must present a Research Proposal to be defended before a panel to be constituted by the Head of Department in consultation with the candidate’s supervisor.

(e) Other detailed requirements are as provided by the Postgraduate School of the University of Ibadan.

3. Areas of Specialization

The Department prepares for 8 areas of specialization

1. Design.

2. Regional Planning.

3. Housing.

4. Environmental Planning and Resource Management.

5. Transportation.

6. Health Planning.

7. Urban and Regional Planning Information System.

8. Urban Management.

4. Description of Courses for Ph.D. Degree

URP 801: Advanced Quantitative Techniques in Urban and

Regional Planning (3 Units: Compulsory).

URP 802: Advanced Philosophical and Theoretical Reasoning

in Urban and Regional Planning (3 Units: Elective).

URP 803: Contemporary issues in Planning in the Developing

Countries (3 Units: Elective).

URP 804: Computer Application to Advanced Analytical Techniques

in Urban and Regional Planning Research: (3 Units: Required)

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Code	Course Title/ Description	No. of Contact Hours(T:P)/ Units/ Status
URP 701	Philosophy and Theory of Urban and Regional Planning: The nature of planning, procedural and substantive 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.	45 (45:0) 3 C
URP 702	History of Town and Regional Planning: The history and evolution of Urban and Regional Planning thought in Europe, America, and Africa. Physical Planning as a distinct activity. Influence of 19^th and early 20^th Century concept on modern urban planning. The changing role of the planner and case studies of the planning process. Spatial inequalities and the origins of regional planning and national development planning.	45 (45:0) 3 C
URP 703	Urban and Regional Planning Method: The cities and Central Place Systems. The nature of cities, the hinterland, classical models, factorial ecology and micro-economic explanations of urban spatial structure. Economic base and input-output methods. Methods of population projections. National and Regional Income Accounting and Industrial Complex Analysis. Methods of Evaluation in Planning; Methods of Cost Benefit and Goals Achievement Analysis; Planning Programming and Budgeting systems.	45 (45:0) 3 C
URP 704	Statistical Methods in Urban and Regional Planning: 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, multivariate methods; factor analysis, grouping techniques and canonical correlation.	45 (45:0) 3 C
URP 705	Land Use Planning: The nature, trends and pattern of urbanization and the consequences for land use planning including conversion process of rural land to urban use. Techniques of land use analysis, including those for determining current land use, evaluating current land use effects and conflicts, planning standards and sub-division control. Land Use Estimation and Projection Methods. Land tenure and land policies. Mathematical modeling of urban land use and activity systems.	45 (45:0) 3 C
URP 706	Communication Skills in Urban and Regional Planning: Definition, types and dynamics of communication and language art. Encapsulations of communication information in figures and symbols. Effective communication with the use of data, plans, maps and graphic presentation in planning. Perception of the public and end users of planners products. Demonstration of writing skills	45 (45:0) 3 E
URP 707	Regional Development Planning: Regional development process: conceptual and functional issues. Case studies of Regional Planning practice in both developed and developing countries. Socialist and capitalist approaches to Regional Planning special problems of regional planning in developing countries.	45 (45:0) 3 C
URP 708	Theoretical and Philosophical Issues in Urban and Regional Planning: The various schools of thought in planning in both Capitalist and Socialist economies. The contribution of social sciences in the field of planning. The evolution of development strategies in the developing and developed world. The expanded role of planning and planning crisis in the developing world.	45 (45:0) 3 C
URP 709	Conceptual and Theoretical Frameworks for Urban and Regional Planning Analysis: Advanced analysis of city system and the urban and regional structural compositions. Advanced techniques of evaluation, monitoring and control in planning.	45 (45:0) 3 C
URP 710	Introduction to Business Management Techniques in Urban and Regional Planning: Planning as a business venture. Business skill acquisition and self-employment strategies. Introduction to business management. Personnel management (recruitment, motivation and rewarding). Prudence in financial management. Business ethics and planning ethics. Some laws governing contracting/consultancy case studies.	45 (45:0) 3 E
URP 711	Principles of Design and Site Planning: Macro theories of design; the formulation of minimum and desirable space standards. Ecological approaches to urban and regional design. Visual elements in an urban complex. Design resources, Design composition, space articulation and aesthetic qualities. Site planning and design for neighbourhoods, industrial, agricultural, commercial and recreational land-use.	105 (15:90) 3 C
URP 712	Intermediate Design Studio: Practical Assignments in site planning particularly the design of Housing, Industrial and Commercial Estates. Preparation of three-dimensional models.	105 (15:90) 3 C
URP 713	Land Surveying: Chain surveying, traversing, plotting, and triangulation, plane tabling, physiographic analysis for the site design. Remote sensing and photogrametry analysis.	45 (45:0) 3 C
URP 720	Computer Application in Urban and Regional Planning Research: Introduction to computer basics. The computer environment, soft wares and hard wares. Use of basic office softwares for word processing and data management. Relevance of computer to urban and regional information management. Methods of data entry and editing using dBase, Epi-Info and SPSS.DE, etc. Demonstration of data analysis using such soft wares as SPSS, STATA and SAS. Computer graphics and data presentation. Using computer for modeling and simulation for planning decision-making. Practical Exercises.	45 (45:0) 3 R
URP 721	Spatial Decision-Making Information Support System: Maps and plans digitizing. Methods and tools necessary to convert scanned images into vector format. The use of soft wares such as Arc./Info-CAD, Aldus Free Hand, Aldus Page Maker and Atlas/GIS in planning design. Image processing. Introduction to the use of computer in spatial analysis in urban and rural land use planning, resource planning and conservation, etc.	45 (45:0) 3 E
URP 722	Computer Aided Design in Urban and Regional Planning: Application of computer softwares such as AutoCad and Archi-Cad for 2D design of development schemes, layout plans, master plans, regional plans and building and facilities design, including their 3D modeling. Use of rendering softwares such as Corel Draw, Arcu-render, etc. to enhance design presentations. Setting up and managing information system for planning.	45 (45:0) 3 E
URP 731	Housing: 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 needs/demand and analysis.	45 (45:0) 3 C
URP 732	Environmental Engineering: Design of public utilities such as water, electricity, and telephones. Design and management of sewers and treatment of sewage. The management of Solid Waste collection and disposals. Public Health Laws and Management in environmental issues. Case studies from Nigeria.	45 (45:0) 3 R
URP 733	Transportation Planning: Transportation Problem: Introduction to various aspects of 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; travel demand-forecasting process covering trip production analysis, modal split, trip distribution and trip assignment techniques. Transportation Policies and Programs. Planning transport network services delivery systems.	45 (45:0) 3 C
URP 740	Internship: Working in a planning situation under the supervision of practicing planners in a planning office or other relevant situation.	45 (45:0) 3 C
URP 741	Transportation Engineering and Design: Urban road systems; factors effecting road alighnment; design speeds, sight distance, gradients, vertical curves, horizontal curves, location and alighnment; layout of road junctions, grade separated inter-changes; capacity of junctions and inter-changes. Design of parking lanes, bus bays, taxi stands, bus terminal, etc. Traffic Control Systems: Traffic signals, area traffic control street, markings, street furniture, trees and shrubs; Footways, cycle tracks and cycle ways. Introduction to pavement design.	45 (45:0) 3 E
URP 742	Public Transportation Planning and Management: Public transport systems (Road, rail and water); Administrative organisational structure; fare structures, and collection systems, interchange facilities; demand for and supply of public transport, criteria for route selection in various land uses, highway design and traffic management for road, public transport, rural public transport service, subsidies and other sources of revenue for public transport, legislation; public transport in the planning process.	45 (45:0) 3 E
URP 743	Transportation Network Analysis and Design: Structural analysis of transport modes (road, air, rail and water). Network analysis and mode co-ordination; regional analysis of transportation flows and links; terminal locations and their regional impact. Route design at the regional and local levels.	45 (45:0) 3 E
URP 744	Project Design and Evaluation in Transportation: Definition of a Project. Formation and design in transport. Costs and Benefits Analysis in Transportation Projects. Methods of project appraisal in transport, Case studies on road rail, port and air transport projects in both developed and developing countries	45 (45:0) 3 E
URP 745	Seminar: Seminars to be presented in any of the areas of specialization. Content, therefore, varies.	30 (30:0) 2 C
URP 750	Planning Law and Administration: Detailed studies of Planning Acts and Legislations in Nigeria. Land Laws; the Public Health Code and the Housing Code. Laws on compensation with special reference to Nigeria. History and development of Local Government in U.K. and Nigeria and effects on Urban Planning, Urban Government systems, the enforcement of development control, zoning; politics of planning in Nigeria.	45 (45:0) 3 C
URP 752	Planning Ethics: Planning practice and procedure, norms and ethics of the planning profession, professional responsibilities and discipline, NITP management strategies for moral hazards.	45 (45:0) 3 C
URP 753	Advanced Design Studio: 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.	105 (15:90) 3 C
URP 754	Design Aspects of Urban Development: Concept of visual elements of urban form. Formation of urban image and its elements. Anatomy of urban districts. Urban form determinants: urban scale, urban space, urban mass and open spaces.	45 (45:0) 3 E
URP 755	Case Studies in Urban Design Project: Analysis of central or core areas of selected Nigerian cities: their forms, their strong images, their common themes, element interrelationships and structure orders, urban renewal. Case studies as class projects.	45 (45:0) 3 E
URP 756	Landscape Planning and Design: Landscape Planning in the context of overall land use (master) planning; design of urban and rural landscapes; 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.)	45 (45:0) 3 E
URP 758	Urban Management and Planning: Urban management structure: departments, units, sections, etc. Role of each segment of the structure in urban management. Urban services provision: organization, management and coordination. Sources of fund for urban management: statutory allocations and internally generated revenues. Urban policy makers approach to solving urban problems: policy decisions and economic, political, social and other considerations. Harmonising urban managers approach with planners’ expertise. Improving revenue generation through effective and efficient urban planning practice. Striking a compromise: the politics in and of planning for urban improvement.	45 (45:0) 3 R
URP 759	Project Planning and Management: Identification and formulation of a project. Analysis of a project, definition of a project, private and social profitability. Project proposal writing. Sources and sourcing of fund for project execution. Costing of project using professional scale of fees. Sourcing of professionals; co-ordination and management of project. Risk factors and management in project execution. Difference between academic project and applied project report writing.	45 (45:0) 3 E
URP 760	Industrial Location Planning and Implementation: Industrial location theories and models; Role of industrialization in development. Typology of industrial estates; case studies of selected industries and industrial regions.	45 (45:0) 3 E
URP 762	Rural Settlements and Facilities Planning: Principles and elements of human settlement; Approaches to spatial, social, human resources and technological problems of rural areas; policy goals and instrument and rural integration; principles and strategies in the planning of public and private rural facilities, the problem of rural threshold.	45 (45:0) 3 E
URP 763	Location Analysis: Location of route networks the minimal spanning tress, the shortest path and the traveling sales man’s problem. Advanced treatment of central place systems. Von Thunen and Weberian location systems; optimal partitioning of point set, the maximal covering problem.	45 (45:0) 3 E
URP 771	Housing Development Process: The institutionalized 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; slum improvement techniques, squatter upgrading strategies and urban renewals.	45 (45:0) 3 E
URP 772	Housing Issues and Discourse: An advanced analysis on selected special topics in housing and public policies. Content to vary.	45 (45:0) 3 E
URP 781	Environmental Planning and Management: Ecological background and the physical, human and the planning process: use and mis-uses of the environment, the rural and urban environments; environmental issues; policies and agencies. Environmental conservation, protection and preservation; Nigerian attitude to Environmental Planning and Management.	45 (45:0) 3 E
URP 782	Water Resources Inventory and Development: Natural sources of water and development agencies, approaches and design of water development scheme. The drainage basin in water resources development.	45 (45:0) 3 E
URP 783	Soil and Soil Capability Studies: The soil as a factor of production. Land classification and land-systems. Soil productivity indices and their computation. Soil improvement techniques.	45 (45:0) 3 E
URP 784	Land Resources Evaluation: Economic analysis of existing natural resources complexes in different regions; the classification of land types and assessment of their development potentials; river basin planning; water resource development; perception of the natural environment.	45 (45:0) 3 E
URP 785	Energy Resources Planning and Management: Energy resources inventory; supply transmission, consumption and conservation of energy types; economics of energy use, pricing and subsidies; energy demand forecasting techniques. Enabling authorities and legislations concerned with energy. Energy Policy. Energy Politics, OPEC.	45 (45:0) 3 E
URP 786	Environmental Geomorphology: The concept of man-landform inter-relationship; study of geomorphological processes and terrain that affect man and his activities; man-made landform, man utilization of geomorphic resources; geomorphology in environmental planning and management.	45 (45:0) 3 E
URP 791	Independent Research Project: An independent research project that must make substantial contribution to knowledge in general and the profession in particular.	45 (45:0) 3 C
URP 801	Advanced Quantitative Techniques in Urban and Regional Planning: Application of quantitative techniques in planning. A critique of the use and misuse of quantitative techniques in planning	45 (45:0) 3 C
URP 802	Advanced Philosophical and Theoretical Reasoning in Urban and Regional Planning: Different schools of thought in planning. Evolution of planning techniques and the changing role of the planner.	45 (45:0) 3 E
URP 803	Contemporary Issues in Planning in the Developing Countries: The influence of Western planning culture on planning in Third World Countries. Review of case studies of adaptation of orthodox planning techniques to specific planning issues in the developing countries.	45 (45:0) 3 E
URP 804	Computer Application to Advanced Analytical Techniques in Urban and Regional Planning Research: Use of computer for advanced statistical and mathematical analysis and modeling in Urban and Regional Planning.	45 (45:0) 3 R

PROFESSIONAL M. Sc. HOUSING DEGREE PROGRAMME.

1. Introduction

Housing problems in many countries, especially the developing countries, have assumed such a dimension that many governments and international bodies are compelled to make pragmatic efforts to rise to the challenges. There is no gainsaying the fact that housing is basic to man and must, therefore, be thoroughly understood, planned, developed and managed. The increasing level of homelessness and high cost of procuring a liveable accommodation are problems taking seemingly intractable dimensions. While there are diverse approaches to solving these problems within different socio-economic and cultural contexts, the bottom line is to make human beings enjoy a liveable environment.

Efforts by successive governments in many developing countries appear to yield no significant result due to a multiplicity of reasons ranging from a lack of properly trained staff, inadequate and poorly managed public resources, conflicting theoretical propositions and inconsistent and disjointed housing policies and programmes.

It is evident that housing issues are interdisciplinary and seem to be a common knowledge. Everybody purports to know much about housing but really little about the depth and dimension of housing issues. The M. Sc Housing programme is an attempt by the Department of Urban and Regional Planning to provide an avenue to develop a crop of practitioners/professionals who are theoretically and practically sound to rise to the challenges that housing issues present. This is achieved through lectures, seminars, fieldwork, laboratory/studio demonstrations and case studies.

Housing/Property Development Corporations, New Town Authorities, Building Societies, Mortgage Financial Institutions, estate agents, planners, architects, government ministries and agencies and all those that work to improve human habitat would benefit immensely from this programme that is full of challenges.

2. Admission Requirements

Admission to the M.Sc. Housing is competitive and open to graduates of this University or of other University recognized by Senate, in Social Sciences, Administration, Environmental Design and Management, Technology, Law, Sciences and Environmental Health. Limited number of candidates with long standing experience in housing oriented establishments, but with recognized equivalent professional membership may be considered for admission. Holders of HND with minimum of 5 years post – qualification experience may also be considered for admission.

3. Duration

The programme is both full–time and part-time and will be for 3 semesters minimum and semesters maximum for full-time students and 5 semesters minimum and 9 semesters for part-time students commencing at the beginning of each academic session of the University. The award of the degree will be conditional on a student’s success in all the set courses and in the independent project.

4. Regulations

1. Candidates for admission shall normally be graduates of this University or of any other approved University recognized by Senate.

2. All candidates shall complete their registration formalities at the beginning of their first semester.

3. Candidates shall be required to take an approved combination of 700 level courses as Senate, on the recommendation of the Board of the Postgraduate School, may determine from time to time.

4. Candidate shall be required normally to take examinations at the end of the semester in which a course is taught, and, in any case, not later than the end of the academic year. Candidates shall be credited with the number of course units assigned to the courses which they have passed.

5. The workload of each course shall be evaluated in terms of course units. A course unit is defined as either a series of 15 one-hour lectures/seminars/case discussions or an equivalent amount of other assigned study; or a series of 15 three-hour laboratory/studio classes or fieldwork.

6. The course programme shall comprise lectures, seminars, laboratory/studio demonstrations, fieldwork/case studies and the production of a professional project. Candidates are also expected to undertake a 3 – month period of internship in housing related organizations. A successful completion of a professional project shall be defended before a panel of examiners duly constituted by the Head of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning on behalf of the University of Ibadan.

7. Candidates may be allowed to select additional courses from other Departments on the recommendations of the Head of Department.

8. Candidates shall be required to register for a minimum of 12 units and a maximum of 22 units in any one semester for full-time programme and in any one session for part-time programme.

9. Housing seminar shall be organized on a fortnightly basis during the session. All students shall register for this course which will carry not more than 2 units.

10. A student who fails to complete the minimum requirement for the degree in line with the regulations of the Postgraduate School will be expected to withdraw from the programme.

11. To be considered for the award of the M.Sc. Housing degree, a student must have been credited with a minimum of 45 units in a combination of approved courses and a project approved by Senate on the recommendation of the Board of the Postgraduate School.

5. Course Programme

The programme is designed with the main purpose of training suitable candidates to become professionals in housing. To achieve this, the courses are organised into 700 level courses with core courses in the basics of housing.

These courses include:

HSG 701: Fundamentals of Housing (3 Units) Compulsory

HSG 702: Economics of Housing (3 Units) Compulsory

HSG 703: Sociology of Housing (3 Units) Compulsory

HSG 704: Quantitative Techniques in Housing

Research (3 Units) Compulsory

HSG 705: Behavioural Aspects of Housing (2 Units) Compulsory

HSG 706: Case Studies in Current Housing Issues (3 Units) Compulsory

HSG 707: Theoretical and Conceptual Issues in Housing

Research: (3 Units) Compulsory

HSG 708: Housing Policy and Programmes (3 Units) Compulsory

HSG 740: Research Project (6 Units) Compulsory

HSG 741: Internship (3 Units) Compulsory

Students are to select courses from the following areas of specialization to complete their required minimum number of units:

A. Housing Finance and Management

HSG 711: Mortgage Financing in Developing Countries (3 Units) Required

HSG 712: Mortgage Banking (3 Units) Elective

HSG 713: Housing Administration and Management (3 Units) Elective

HSG 714: Valuation (3 Units) Elective

B. Housing Programme Planning and Implementation

HSG 721: Building Design and Costing (3 Units) Elective

HSG 722: Housing Project Planning and Development (3 Units) Elective

HSG 723: Building Material Production and Use (3 Units) Elective

HSG 724: Rural Housing (3 Units) Elective

HSG 725: Housing Facilities Supply and Management (3 Units) Elective

HSG 726: Urban Renewal (3 Units) Elective

HSG 727: Housing Maintenance (3 Units) Required

C. Housing Policy Formulation

HSG 731: Land and Land Laws (3 Units) Required

HSG 733: Health and Housing (3 Units) Elective

HSG 734: Residential Landuse Planning (3 Units) Elective

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course No.	Course Description	No. Of Contact Hours(T:P)/Units/ Status
HSG 701	Fundamentals of Housing: Housing and shelter; need for housing; right to housing; type of housing; nature, characteristics and dynamics of housing; urbanization and housing problems	45 (45:0) 3 C
HSG 702	Economics of Housing: Economic analysis in housing studies – indifference curves, hedonic pricing, etc. Supply and demand for housing; competition for land; market allocation of land; ability of housing to compete for urban land; inelasticity of housing demand; effects of housing on national development – national multiplier effect; economics of housing investment – affordability, profitability and cost recovery, etc.; the theory of low-priority housing.	45 (45:0) 3 C
HSG 703	Sociology of Housing: Socio-cultural significance of housing – status symbol, etc.; group living behaviour; crisis management; landlord-tenant relationship; homelessness and street living; slum; squatter settlements and crime; social groupings in urban areas – social area analysis; perception of type, nature and adequacy of housing by different social groups; social implications of housing on national economic development.	45 (45:0) 3 C
HSG 704	Quantitative Techniques in Housing Research: Sources of housing information; data calibration, storage and retrieval methods; simple statistical techniques for summarizing housing data; hedonic pricing analysis; computation of housing needs and housing demand; use of multivariate statistical techniques for housing quality analysis, residential location and residential mobility etc; computation of mortgage loan repayment over an amortization period.	45 (45:0) 3 C
HSG 705	Behavioral Aspects of Housing: Territoriality and personal space; Human response to physical environment; Fear and the defensible space; The psychology of site location, size and colour of residence and security of neighbourhood; effects of heat, noise, crowdiness and other psycho-environmental elements on acceptability and functionality of housing	45 (45:0) 3 C
HSG 706	Case Studies in Current Housing Issues: Case studies of some selected current housing issues in Nigeria. Content to vary.	45 (45:0) 3 C
HSG 707	Theoretical and Conceptual Issues in Housing Research: Definitions of Concepts, Models and Theories. Housing problems conceptualization methods. Models and model building. Theories and theorizing. Inductive and Deductive theories. Substantive and Normative issues in Housing. Some selected concepts, models and theories in housing research.	45 (45:0) 3 C
HSG 708	Housing Policy and Programmes: The goals of National Housing Policy; process of housing policy design; the Nigerian Housing Policy;Politics and housing programmes; Economic dimension of housing policy implementation organizational implication of housing policy implementation; citizen participation in housing programmes planning and implementation; assessment of Nigerian housing policy and programmes.	45 (45:0) 3 C
HSG 740	Research Project: An independent research project that must make substantial contribution to knowledge in general and housing in particular.	45 (45:0) 6 C
HSG 741	Internship: Working in an organization engaged in housing related activities.	45 (45:0) 3 C
HSG 711	Mortgage Financing in Developing Countries: Sources of funds for shelter projects for individual and corporate bodies; accessibility and constraints to housing fund; interest rates; housing production costs; role of NGOs and cooperatives in reducing problems of housing fund; approaches to assisting households acquire housing – core housing and installment construction; government housing fund (housing loan).	45 (45:0) 3 R
HSG 712	Mortgage Banking: Principles of banking; what is mortgage banking?; sourcing and disbursement of funds in mortgage banks; financial management; social and economic interest rates; loan and loan recovery; fraud and fraud detection and management mechanism; personnel management; human relations in mortgage banking; the Annual General Meeting.	45 (45:0) 3 E
HSG 713	Housing Administration and Management: Housing administration under different types of government in Nigeria; housing administration at federal, state and local government levels; budgetary allocation to housing at various levels of government; management of public housing project; the role of real estate agents in private housing management.	45 (45:0) 3 E
HSG 714	Valuation: Concept of Valuation; definition, types of values, etc; purposes of valuation (i.e. rentals, insurance; sale and purchase, etc.). Methods of valuation (traditional methods and modern methods). Construction and use of valuation tables: identifying types of tables and their uses, determining how to construct some tables, e.g. amount of naira, present value, etc. Valuation of specialized properties. Inspection of properties and preparation of valuation reports.	45 (45:0) 3 E
HSG 721	Building Design and Costing: Types of residential building; basic considerations in the design of residential buildings, building design standards and building codes; fundamentals of residential building costing; types and quantity of materials for foundations, walls, roofs, coverings, finishings, in-house facilities, utility network; practical exercises in the design studio; field experience of on-going residential building projects.	45 (45:0) 3 E
HSG 722	Housing Project Planning and Development: Housing project identification and formulation process; cost-benefit approach to housing project planning; project analysis for affordability and profitability; self-help programmes and NGOs in housing project planning and development; appropriate pricing of housing; project site selection process; project design and evaluation; feasibility study and reports; environmental impact assessment of projects; citizen participation for project acceptability; project implementation and monitoring machineries and strategies.	45 (45:0) 3 E
HSG 723	Building Material Production and Use: History of man’s use of material for building; types and sources of building materials; traditional norms and foreign invasion of tastes and values in building materials; trend in the cost of building materials; low-cost technology in building materials production; suitability and excesses in the use of building materials; building materials and minimum building standards; effects of building material production on the national economy.	45 (45:0) 3 E
HSG 724	Rural Housing: Rural architecture; rural building technology; low-cost materials in rural housing; self-help and cooperative approach to rural shelter projects; rural residential layout; facility provision in rural housing – water, lighting and energy, sewage and refuse collection and disposal; role of government in rural housing programmes; an overview of housing in the rural areas of Nigeria.	45 (45:0) 3 E
HSG 725	Housing Facilities Supply and Management: Types of facilities needed in a shelter project; sources, treatment and distribution of water; types of power sources for domestic use --- fuel, electricity, solar, bio-energy, windmills, etc; health, social and economic consequences of types of energy sources; telecommunication; over-head and underground network of facilities; refuse and sewage production, collection and disposal; public and private agents in housing facilities supply and management.	45 (45:0) 3 E
HSG 726	Urban Renewal: Causes, characteristics and consequences of squatter settlements, slums, etc.; goals, principles and methods of urban renewal; problems of urban renewal; urban upgrading; financing urban renewal; cost-recovery in urban renewal programmes; fieldwork in urban renewal exercise.	45 (45:0) 3 E
HSG 727	Housing Maintenance: The concept of maintenance; types and accessibility to maintenance materials in shelter projects; what to maintain in housing project – shelter, drains, facilities; neighbourhood maintenance; approaches to housing maintenance – ad-hoc and organized approaches; cost/benefit of housing maintenance; over-view of housing maintenance in private and public housing vis-à-vis cultural and socio-economic situation in Nigeria.	45 (45:0) 3 R
HSG 731	Land and Land Laws: Land and housing supply and demand for land among competing uses; urban land problems – cost, uncertainty of ownership, etc.; land acquisition and compensation for public housing schemes; land laws in Nigeria – the Land Use Act, etc.	45 (45:0) 3 R
HSG 733	Health and Housing: Housing standards, ventilation, safety and crowdiness in housing; common types of housing related health problems; causes and consequences of health problems in housing; variation in health situation with different housing qualities and housing environment; the place of health consideration in housing project planning and implementation; approaches to up-grade health situations in housing programmes.	45 (45:0) 3 E
HSG 734	Residential Landuse Planning Landuse theory; location of households within the urban space; facility location and other landuse planning in housing projects; interaction models; application of remote sensing and geographic information system to residential landuse analysis, planning and management.	45 (45:0) 3 E

6. ACADEMIC STAFF AND THEIR PROFILE.

(i). Professor Samuel Babatunde AGBOLA.

Professor Samuel Babatunde AGBOLA was born at Ikinyinwa in Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State on the 25^th of September, 1949 to late Chief Isaiah Taiwo Agbola and Mrs Felicia Olateju Alake Agbola. He holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from the Ahmadu Bello University, Samaru, Zaria in 1975 and Master in City and Regional Planning in 1980 and PhD in 1983 from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.

He joined the Department of Geography in 1983 as Lecturer II. He was promoted Lecturer I in 1987 and Senior Lecturer in 1990. He was appointed Professor in 1996. He was the Acting Director of the Center for Urban and Regional Planning from 1989 to 1993 and the Head, Department of Urban and Regional Planning from 2000 till 2006. He has served the University in various capacities, the latest being the Chairman of the Committee on the Development of Ajibode and Private Development of Hostel Accommodation.

His main research area is Housing where he has published many articles and books. His other areas of research attention include climate change and landuse / land-cover change, food safety (HACCP), Healthy Cities, biomedical waste management, etc.

He is a member of many international organizations and professional bodies. He is the country focal person for the International Human Dimensions Programme of the IGBP. He is a life member of the Nigeria Economic Society, Life Member of the Society for International Development, Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (FNITP) and a Registered Town Planner (RTP). He is also a Member of the Royal and American Institutes of Town Planners.

Professor Agbola is happily married with three children.

(ii) Dr. Charles Olufisayo OLATUBARA

Dr. Charles Olufisayo OLATUBARA is a Reader in Urban and Regional Planning. He was born on 2^nd June, 1958 in Okitipupa, Ondo State, Nigeria. He had his early education at Ode-Irele and Okitipupa up to 1970. He had his secondary education between 1971 and 1974 at the United Grammar School, Ode-Irele in Ondo State, where he was the Head Boy, and thereafter proceeded to the then University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife, Nigeria, where he obtained his B. Sc. (Social Sciences) Geography in 1981, emerging as the best overall student in the Department. He attended the University of Ibadan between 1985 and 1987 for his Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) where he also emerged as the best overall student in the year. He went back to Obafemi Awolowo University where he obtained his PhD Geography in 1995. He had a National Merit Award (Scholarship), covering 1978 – 1981 and CODESRIA (Dakar, SENEGAL) Award for Ph.D. Thesis, 1991.

He joined the Obafemi Awolowo University as Assistant Lecturer in 1987 after his postgraduate degree. He rose to the post of Lecturer I after which he transferred his services to the University of Ibadan in the then Centre for Urban and Regional Planning (now Department of Urban and Regional Planning). He is a Member of Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (MNITP) and a Registered Town Planner (RTP).

His main research focus is Housing where he has published extensively. He has, however, written articles in other areas of planning such as regional/rural development and environmental management. He has participated in several researches including family planning, environmental impact assessment (including those of breweries, food companies, oil and construction companies, telecommunication cells/masts, universities, etc), master planning of universities, food safety, healthy cities, bio-medical waste management, etc. He currently teaches statistics and research methods; urban and regional planning methods; and contemporary issues in housing research.

He is married and blessed with children.

(iii). Dr. Lekan SANNI,

Dr. Lekan Sanni, a Lecturer, was born on 16^th January, 1956 at Iremo, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. He had his early education in St. John’s Grammar School, Oke-Atan, Ilode, Ile-Ife after which he proceeded to the then University of Ife, (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife where he had his B. Sc and M. Sc in Urban and Regional Planning in 1983 and 1987 respectively. He had his PhD in Geography at the University of Ibadan, Ibadan in 2005. Since 1984, he has worked as a planning and development consultant with reputable firms and has lectured on human and environmental development at both Polytechnic and University levels. He has also published very extensively in reputable international journals, contributed chapters in well-reviewed books and presented papers at well-attended seminars and conferences. He thus has vast up-to-date knowledge of both theoretical and practical aspects of physical and human development. He is a registered professional Town Planner (RTP).

His marriage to Oluyemisi (Nee Aletan) is blessed with two sons: Ifedayo and Oluwafikayomi.

(iv). Dr. Olusiyi IPINGBEMI.

Dr. Olusiyi IPINGBEMI, was born on 7th July 1972 at Mopa in Kogi State, Nigeria. He had his early education in St. Augustine’s College, Kabba, Kogi State, between 1983 and 1988 and obtained his Higher School Certificate in 1990 from the Federal School of Arts and Science, Ondo. He had his B.Sc. Degree in Geography from University of Ilorin in 1995 and his M.Sc. and Ph.D degrees from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, in 2001 and 2006 respectively. He has several distinctions and awards to his credit including University of Ilorin undergraduate scholarship awards (1992-1993); University of Ilorin Departmental prize award (1993-1994); Postgraduate Federal Government Scholarship Awards (2002/2003); Overseas Conference Grant for Postgraduate Teachers, University of Ibadan (2005/2006) and MacArthur Grant for Short- Overseas Training, University of Ibadan (2009).

His area of specialization is Transportation Planning and Safety. Dr Ipingbemi is a chartered member, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), London. He has published widely in transportation planning and safety (rural and urban transportation) in both local and international journals; contributed chapters in well reviewed books and presented papers at conferences. He teaches courses such as transportation planning, public transportation management and administration and traffic engineering and design among others in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Ibadan. He recently supervised National Transport Data Bank project for the NITT in Kwara State, Nigeria in January, 2010. He participated in the Environmental Survey and Planning of the Niger Delta (NDES) between 1997 and 1998 using PRA/PLA methodology. Also, he worked with the World Bank on rural development and Community approach to development known as Community Driven Development (CDD) from late 2004 to early 2005 in 10 communities in Niger State.

He is happily married.

(V) Moruf Adekunle ALABI

Moruf Adekunle Alabi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Geography and Master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He is currently at the verge of completing his Ph.D in Geography. He joined the staff of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) Ibogun campus as a lecturer in November, 2005. In January 2008, he became a lecturer in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning. He has participated in a nuber of research projects that are sponsored by local and international organizations. He has co-authored /co-edited books, contributed chapters to books and published articles in both local and international journals. He has also presented papers at well attended seminars, workshops, conferences and consultation fora. He is an associate member of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planner (NITP) and holds full registration with the Town Planning Registration Council (TORPREC) of Nigeria. His areas of interests are housing; Quantitative Techiques; Environmental Planning and Management.

(vi) Josiah Olayide OMIRIN

OMIRIN Olayide Josiah was born on 20^th August 1957 at Ilesa, in Ilesa West Local Government Area of Osun State. He attended Times Journalism Institute, Iganmu, Lagos where he obtained the basic professional diploma in Journalism in 1985.

In 1995, he obtained B.Sc. degree in Geography and Planning at the University of Lagos, Akoka and by 2003 he had his Masters Degree in Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) at the University of Ibadan where he is currently a doctoral student.

Omirin was appointed as an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Ibadan in 2008. His main research area is Transportation Planning and Development. Omirin is a Registered Town Planner (RTP) and a Member of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planner (MNITP).

He is happily married with Children.

7. DEPARTMENTAL STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATIONS, CLUBS AND SOCIETIES.

The programmes run by the Department are categorised into two; Planning and Housing. The students’ associations are organized according to this categorization. The two associations in the Department are: The Association of Postgraduate Students of Urban and Regional Planning (APSURP) and the Association of Housing Development and Management (AHODEM).

(i). ASSOCIATION OF POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING (APSURP).

This is the oldest association in the Department and was established as a students’ society aimed at protecting the interests of its members by holding the banner of the planning profession aloft. The association was formerly known as Master of Urban and Regional Planning Students’ Association (MURPSA). However, with the approval by Senate in 2001 of the professional and academic M. Sc and the M. Phil and PhD in Urban and Regional Planning, the name of the association became insufficient to capture the varieties of students in the various planning programmes in the Department. It was, therefore, renamed as Association of Postgraduate Students of Urban and Regional Planning (APSURP), which is more encompassing.

The association has an annual membership of an average of sixty students. It has carried out several projects in the Department including the landscaping of the surroundings of the Department and, recently, repainting of the Departmental Building in readiness for the recently concluded accreditation exercise by the Town Planners Registration Council of Nigeria (TOPREC) in July, 2007.

Objectives of the association are:

Promotion of the spirits of oneness among its members by fostering Co-operation, Unity and Mutual Understanding.
Improving and Modernizing the existing social security systems, institutions, organizations or bodies with a view to facilitating a better living standards and sustainable environment.
Fostering the social and economic interest of members by encouraging seminars, workshops, public lectures and excursion visits as may be considered suitable and appropriate.
Promoting cordial relationships between the staff (academic/non-academic) and the entire students of the Department through healthy interactions.
Engaging in such other activities as may be considered ancillary, incidental or conducive to the promotion and attainment of the aforementioned objectives

(ii). ASSOCIATION OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT STUDENTS (AHODEMS).

This association was formed as a result of the approval of the M. Sc Housing Development and Management programme by Senate in 2000. The programme consists of postgraduate students in the various professions of the built environment. One of the major problems faced by the Departmental is that its building is not large enough to provide lecture space for the housing students with an average of fifty students per stream and, therefore, has to share facilities with the Department of Economics. It is, therefore, an irony that the Department that prides itself as capable of solving housing problems (with the introduction of the Housing Programme) has no house of its own. This emanated, partly, because of the late entry of the Department into an already fully occupied Buildings of the Faculty of the Social Sciences. The Department has been humorously reminded, times without number, to actively and practically demonstrate what it professes to know. The Department is said to be running housing programme without houses. This has posed a great challenge to the Association and it has been making spirited efforts, over the years, to ensure the construction of a befitting building for the programme. Currently, the Association has levied its members in this regard and has made some substantial deposits to execute the project. It has also recently got the pledge of a State Governor to build the structure in the name of his late father. It is hoped the very soon the dream of the project will be a reality.

1. To organize and harmonize all M.Sc. Housing Students and their ideas to achieve a greater height in their academic pursuits and social interactions.

2. To make spirited efforts to ensure cordial relationship between Departmental staffs (academic and non-academic inclusive), the students and the University community at large.

3. To generate and update the list of past and present Graduates and students of Housing through production of year Books for continuity and concurrent collaboration towards achieving a national legal professional Housing Experts body.

4. To collaborate with all necessary bodies, organizations, personalities and institutions towards actualizing focal agenda: “Housing the Housing Programme of Department”

5. To create and maintain avenues to interact with players/stakeholders in the provision, development and management of Housing and its policies, programmes and plans.

The average membership of the association is about one hundred.

8. DEPARTMENT’S CONTACT ADDRESS

The contact address of the Department is:

Department of Urban and Regional Planning,

Faculty of the Social Sciences,

University of Ibadan,

Ibadan, Oyo State,

NIGERIA.