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Department of Urban and Regional Planning

Dr. Brown Ibama

Ag. Head of Department

Urban And Regional Planning

The Department of Urban and Regional Planning was formally established as a separate department in May 1990 as one of the five member-departments of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences.

 

Nonetheless, Urban and Regional Planning was one of the disciplines within the Department of Environmental Sciences in the School of Engineering in 1977, and became a division of the department of Architecture and Town Planning created, in 1982 in the Faculty of Environmental Sciences.

The Urban and Regional Planning Programme started as a two year University Diploma course in 1977. In 1982, the four year degree programme leading to the award of B. Tech degree in Town Planning was introduced. But now, Urban and Regional Planning is a five year degree programme with B. Tech and this is to qualify students as Town Planners.

The Diploma programme was phased out from the Department at the end of the 1989/90 academic session.

Staff List in the Department

NameRankArea Of SpecialisationEmail
Tpl. Dr. I. BROWN Senior Lecturer/Ag. HODDisaster Risk Resilience Planning, Waste Management, Urban Planning, Qualitative Methods, Marine Spatial Planning and Blue Economy brown.Ibama@ust.edu.ng
Prof. O. B. OWEIProfessorUrban Management, Planning Law and Theoryowei.ob@ust.edu.ng
Tpl. Dr. I. I. WEJE ReaderEnvironmental Planning, EIA, Urban Studies, Quantitative Techniques and Housing Studiesikezam.weje@ust.edu.ng
Dr. V. C. OBINNASenior LecturerHousing and Social Impact Assessmenthumansysnig@yahoo.com
Tpl. (Ms). J. O. EMERUEMSenior LecturerTourism, Land Use and Environmental Managementemeruem.jane@ust.edu.ng
Mr. G. E. NKWOSenior LecturerTransport Planning and Managementnkwogift@gmail.com
Tpl. Dr. (Mrs). E. N. Anthony Le-ol Senior Lecturer Regional Planning and Environmental Managementevengelin.le-olanthony@ust.edu.ng
Tpl. Dr. S. W JOHNBULLLecturer IEnvironmental Planning and Management, Urban Design, Rural Development Planning simeipiri.johnbull2@ust.edu.ng
Tpl. Dr. T. EYENGHE.Lecturer IUrban studies, Environmental Planning and Management, Sustainable Development and Quality of Life Studiestari.eyenghe2@ust.edu.ng
Tpl. Dr. D. SAMUELLecturer IRural Development planningdagogo.samuel1@ust.edu.hg
Tpl. Dr. E. C. DIKELecturer IGeo Design and Urban Informatics, Spatial Planning and Data Science, Environmental Remote Sensing, Climate Change and Environmental Modelingemmanuel.dike@ust.edu.ng
Tpl. I. N. DAPALecturer IUrban Design and Wetland Studiesdaminabo.dapa@ust.edu.ng
Tpl. Dr. T. D. IKIRIKOLecturer ILand use and Natural Resource planning, Planning Law, Rural Development. Planning and Urban Securitytamunoikuronibo.ikiriko@ust.edu.ng
Tpl. Dr. B. G. AMEMELecturer IUrban Design, Landuse and Environmental Mgt planning, Housing Studiesbright.ameme2.ust.edu.ng
Tpl. Dr. E. C. NWOKAEZELecturer ISpatial/Infrastructure Planning, Urban Design, Urban Management, Planning Law and Urban Governance.edmund.nwokaeze@ust.edu.ng
Tpl. K. P. VISIGAHLecturer IUrban Design, GIS,Geo-Information MappingKpobari.visgah@ust.edu.ng
TPl. Dr. L. O. AKUELecturer ILand Use/Environmental Management, SIA, Disaster Risk Assessmentakueleka@ust.edu.ng
Mr. F. C. WACHUKWULecturer IIEnvironmental Planning, Recreation Planning and Environmental Management, Marine Spatial Planningfyneface.wachukwu@ust.edu.ng
Tpl. F. O. GBARABELecturer IILand use Planning, Environmental Planning, Urban Design Sustainable Development gbarabeflorence@gmail.com
Tpl. S. S. OWUKIOLecturer IIGIS and Urban informatics, Urban Remote Sensing, , Resilience Planning Flood Risk Assessments, Urban Design and Drone Mapping, AI Machining Learningstewartowukio@gmail.com
David Beauty ChikaPrincipal Confidential Secretarybeautyjackdavid@ust.edu.ng
Johnson JukumePrincipal Executive Officerjukumejohnson@gmail.com
Ojule Benson IgweAdministrative Officer IIojulerowland@gmail.com
Amadi Eyiyie AmadiHigher Executive Officer
Wike Ikechi VivianAdministrative Officer IIvivianwike@gmail.com
Stanley N. AmaewhuleAdministrative Officer IInkaniyele@gmail.com
Oruwari Builder BomaTechnologist oruwaribea@gmail.com
Obia Godswill Technologist godswill.obia99@gmail.com

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

STRUCTURE OF THE UNIT

Dean Faculty Of Agriculture

Head Of Department Of Animal Science

Secretary Departmental Board / Academic Staff

Technologist / Professors

Administrative Officer Readers

Messenger  

Cleaner

Senior Lecturer 

Lecturer I

Lecturer II

Assistant Lecturers 

Graduate Assistants

PHILOSOPHY OF THE PROGRAMMES

The Urban and Regional programme is designed to equip students with qualitative, quantitative and design skills so that they become efficient and functional physical planners; FIRST TO DEAL WITH THE PECULIARITIES OF THE Niger Delta environment and then society in general. To this end, the programme incorporates special course in Coastal Zone Management and Disaster Risk Management.

Urban and Regional (or physical) planning is concerned with change in the physical environment.  The analysis of such change also falls within the province of other applied scientists (including geographers, sociologists, etc.).

However, the distinctive feature of urban and regional planning is that it does not set out merely to analyse change but also actively engages in its prevention, control or promotion.  Urban and regional planning is therefore mainly prescriptive in orientation.

OBJECTIVE

This programme aims at producing competent professionals who should be able to direct the following operations:  

(i) Preparation of Development plans for towns, villages, and  regions.

(ii)Preparation of town expansion schemes.

(iii)Control of development.

(iv)Preparation of Site Layout Plans for residential, commercial, industrial, recreational and other uses.

(v)Preparation of schemes for urban renewal.

(vi)Carrying out of feasibility, impact, and socio-economic studies in relation to proposed development projects.

(vii)Carrying out of research into the problems of the physical environment to provide a basis for policy formulation.