PHYSICAL PLANNING PROPOSALS FOR EFFECTIVE PROVISION OF UTILITIES IN BAUCHI TOWN

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dc.contributor.authorISA, ADAMU HARIR
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-31T08:15:49Z
dc.date.available2014-03-31T08:15:49Z
dc.date.issued1992-07
dc.descriptionThesis submitted to the Postgraduate School Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of degree of master of Science, Urban and Regional Planning JULY, 1992en_US
dc.description.abstractThe weakening economies of most developing countries over the years, have hampered the implementation of many urban planning programmes. This has motivated the search for alternative planning and management strategies in sectors of urban development including the provision of utilities. The study set out to examine the physical planning and management practice for the provision of utilities, using Bauchi town as a study area. Planning the provision of utilities in towns consists of physical planning and engineering operations and application of economic rationale. They are parts of a broad spectrum of plan formulation and implementation and maintenance or management of utility projects. Co-ordination is therefore, required to control and integrate operations for the realisation of efficient utility provision and urban development. Therefore, a comprehensive planning approach in the form of agencies co-ordination, economic effectiveness and social welfare consideration were used as criteria for assessing the efficiency of utilities provision in the study area. VII The analysis shows the absence of a suitable framework to co-ordinate operations between the various sectors of utility planning (especially at the policy formulation level) as one of the major factors hampering the efficient provision of utilities in Bauchi town. Associated with this are the problems of lack of adequate funding by the government to finance the provision of utilities and the required facilities for distribution due to massive subsidisation policy. Over provision of land area for housing development and growth have led to rapid expansion of land area beyond the financial limits of utiLity management agencies to provide facilities. These and the failure to stop development from encroaching on utility lines have contributed to the inefficiencies of utility systems in Bauchi town. In view of these problems of utility provision in Bauchi town, corporate plan formulation approach through a utility planning committee and the adoption of a cost recovery approach with a clearly defined minimum subsidisation of utilities based on affordability of urban population is suggested to resolve the problems of utility planning and management in Bauchi town. VIIIen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4420
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectPHYSICAL PLANNING PROPOSALSen_US
dc.subjectEFFECTIVE PROVISIONen_US
dc.subjectUTILITIES,en_US
dc.subjectBAUCHI TOWN.en_US
dc.titlePHYSICAL PLANNING PROPOSALS FOR EFFECTIVE PROVISION OF UTILITIES IN BAUCHI TOWNen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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