URBAN GROWTH: CHALLENGES, MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING IMPLICATION IN PORT HARCOURT MUNICIPALITY .......

The management of urbanisation has long been a major problem for governments, particularly in developing countries in the global south, such as Nigeria. The dynamics of urban expansion and administration in Nigerian cities have been entangled in a variety of difficulties ranging from socio-spatial to institutional to political in recent years. The purpose of this study is to identify and assess the obstacles that the relevant agencies have in implementing development control and urban growth management strategies, as well as their impact on physical planning in the Port Harcourt Municipality. The study's goals are to look at the current development control process, identify the operational, institutional, and political obstacles that development control agencies confront, and determine the impact of these failures on development control activities in Port Harcourt Municipality. The cross-sectional sampling technique was used in this investigation. The ninety-two (92) respondents were chosen by random sampling from agency staff, prospective applicants, successful applicants, and unsuccessful applicants for development permits in the municipality. The data was analysed using a descriptive technique, and the results were presented in simple percentages and figures. The investigation discovered that development permit applications are approved without regard for existing rules and norms. Other limitations in the municipality's urban management and development control efforts were also discovered, according to the research. Operational, institutional, and political problems are among them. According to the report, if Port Harcourt municipality is to reclaim its former glory and even ascend, everyone must make a concerted effort to say no to slums, pockets of uncontrolled development, squatter settlement, sprawl, and so on. To do this, the issue of rural-urban migration must be addressed by consciously making rural regions more habitable by providing basic amenities.

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