Abstract
<p><em>This paper seeks to review the non-implementation of the Greater Jos Urban Master plan, considering some options and strategies. It was carried out by examining the current master planning approach and master planning-cum-spatial planning. The research strategy used is </em><em>“</em><em>mixed method</em><em>”</em><em> with a deductive-inductive reasoning. </em><em>Multiple sampling methods were adopted; t</em><em>he s</em><em>nowball to get </em><em>30 Town planners working in the 9 </em><em>case studies (</em><em>planning authorities</em><em>) to be engaged in the face-to-face interview</em><em>, Purposive and Convenience sampling methods were employed to select over 90 documents on planning authorities and implementation of master plan in Jos, metropolis, Nigeria. The instruments employed were face-to-face interviews and review of archived documents on the implementation of master plans and other options. </em><em>The data obtained through the face-to-face interviews and the 90 archive documents were analysed using the thematic and content analyses. The results obtained revealed that the implementation of the proposed greater Jos Urban master plan was affected by unproved legislations, the plethora of planning authorities covering the planning region and inadequate funding as well as its phasing. Hence the consideration of the strategies to employ for the implementation of plans which concluded with the recommendations to help practitioners (Town Planners), policy makers (Legislators in the area of planning) and the academia. </em></p>
Highlights
The approach of planning practice adopted by Federal, State and Local government areas in Nigeria and most developing countries is a major problem in physical planning administration (Wapwera, 2014)
Constraints have been identified as a framework to analyse the current institutional framework within which the planning authorities exist in Jos Metropolis, Nigeria and how the constraints have affected the functionality of the framework towards the implementation of the Greater Jos Urban Master Plan 2008-2025 and other related plans within the metropolis leading to a non-functional framework
This paper has set out to examine the non-implementation of the Greater Jos Urban Master Plan 2008-2025 with a view to make recommendations by considering its best options and identifying and examining planning strategies adopted to address the physical planning problem. It observed the following; 1) Implementation of master plan is in phases but in the Greater Jos Urban Master Plan 2008-2025 this has not been enacted into law to make it viable law or document to be utilizes to control urban growth and development in Jos and its environs
Summary
The approach of planning practice adopted by Federal, State and Local government areas in Nigeria and most developing countries is a major problem in physical planning administration (Wapwera, 2014). A good planning approach has a great tendency to contribute to Nigeria’s development, because it possesses the technical capacity to deliver pro-poor planning from the Local, State and National, as well as the Regional levels to bring about sustainable development in Jos Metropolis, Nigeria and West Africa It is against this background that this paper seeks to examine the non-implementation of the Greater Jos Urban Master Plan 2008-2015, with a view to making recommendations by considering its best options; and identifying and examining planning strategies adopted to address the physical planning problem.
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