The development of urban and regional planning legislation and their impact on the morphology of Nigerian cities

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Title:	The development of urban and regional planning legislation and their impact on the morphology of Nigerian cities
Authors:	Agbola, Tunde Agbola, E.O.
Year:	1997
Periodical:	The Nigerian Journal of Economic and Social Studies
Volume:	39
Issue:	1
Pages:	123-144
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Nigeria
Subjects:	legislation land use regional planning urban planning
Abstract:	After briefly alluding to the relationship between land use control and planning legislation, the authors survey all known planning legislation in Nigeria, from the oldest, the 1863 Towns Improvement Ordinance (which was enacted two years after Lagos was ceded to British colonial rule), to the most recent, the 1992 Nigerian Urban and Regional Planning Law (which replaced the largely outdated 1948 Town and Country Planning Law). They then look at the impact of legislation on the pattern of growth and development of Nigerian cities. They conclude that legislation has had minimal beneficial effects on the form and development of Nigeria's cities. The implementation of recent new legislation introduced to replace the antiquated colonial laws will require political will and commitment. App., bibliogr., sum.