Abstract
Institutional frameworks, coordinated or non-coordinated, for effective urban and regional planning in most developing countries are highly constrained, making it almost impossible to control urban development and management of urban areas, hence the haphazard growth and development bringing about disproportionate distribution of resources in terms of basic infrastructure. It is against this backdrop that this paper purports to critically analyse current institutional frameworks for urban and regional planning in Jos metropolis, Nigeria by identifying the constraints and their effects on the components of institutional framework. The research approach adopted is qualitative and quantitative with deductive-inductive reasoning. The strategy used is ‘mixed method’ and the instruments employed were questionnaires, face-to-face interviews, case studies documents reviewed with planning authorities in Jos, Nigeria. The quantitative data sets obtained were analysed using N-way ANOVA and the qualitative data were analysed using thematic and content analysis. Statistically, the results showed that the components of institutional framework, specifically, tiers of government (institutions), planning legislations and the administrations were not significantly affected by the culture, physical, political, institutions, financial, knowledge, analytical and legal constraints whilst the planning authorities were significantly constrained. Based on the results recommendations are proffered to practitioners, academia and policy makers. Key words: Constraints, institutional framework, Jos metropolis, urban and regional planning system.
Highlights
Urban centres in developing countries have shown development and distribution of new settlements to be haphazard and making it very difficult for the development authorities to govern and manage such settlements as a result of varying factors
The 2 tiers of Government; State and local government are considered as the institutions involved in ensuring that the Greater Jos urban master plan is used in controlling the urban development by the planning authorities
This paper sets out to critically analyse the current institutional framework of urban and regional planning in Jos Metropolis, Nigeria, based on the identified constraints and how it has affected the control of development and its management
Summary
Urban centres in developing countries have shown development and distribution of new settlements to be haphazard and making it very difficult for the development authorities to govern and manage such settlements as a result of varying factors. Wapwera et al 245 cumulatively bring about changes in the original urban landscape of the settlements, urban systems, urban ecology and urban political economy as observed by Knox (2009) These changes are evident as physical planning problems and can best be addressed by the transformation processes involving key aspects of urban management through planning practice (PP) by planning authorities (PAs) using their policy guide. Failures of these have manifested in the numerous physical planning problems; Urban sprawl, slums, poverty and environmental degradation as observed in most developing countries such as India in Asia and Nigeria in Africa (Mabogunji, 2002; Obateru, 2004; Oyesiku, 2004; Jiriko, 2008)
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