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Philosophy & Development

Philosophy & Development
Department Overview

Philosophy & Development

The National Diploma programme is designed to produce technical personal that would be capable of assisting the Professional town planners in their duties. Specifically, holders of the diploma will be able:

- to understand the nature and the purpose of the physical planning at the local, state, regional and national levels;

- to understand the origins, spatial patterns and forms of urban and rural settlements, and the factors that determine and shape their structure;

- to understand the concepts, theories and techniques that can be adopted to plan or re-plan urban and rural settlements;

- to understand the laws that guide the arrangement of land uses, Town Planning Profession and Practice; and

- to understand the techniques of preparing Environment Impact Assessment Report on the location of major physical development so as to minimize their consequences on the environment, the people and facilities.