This paper explores urban land use management practices in Akure, Nigeria with the
aim of determining its effectiveness. It discusses the implications of uncoordinated land
use management and constraints to land use management in the city
The paper draws on a systematic survey of land use mechanisms and activities, departments
and agencies of government responsible for land management and land owners
in the study area.
The paper revealed that land use management in the city has been mainly concerned
with the granting of statutory right of occupancy and approval of plans to use land
without monitoring the outcomes of such approvals. It also shows that land management
and control tools are either not available or weakly implemented, and that land
management is disjointed and uncoordinated since several organizations and agencies
are involved without a coordinating agency or an overall land use plan within which
effective land use management can be undertaken.