Authors :
Odinde Oke
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 1 - January
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7652727
Abstract :
Planning law undoubtedly represent an
essential tool in achieving sustainable development and
practical expression of the precautionary principle in
environmental sustainability. If planning law is
rationally applied, it could effectively reduce
environmental problems of waste management,
industrial pollution, poor habitat, deforestation and
flooding. The unplanned use of the environment has
necessitated this research. Although there are no strictly
environmental planning laws in Nigeria; there are
however planning Laws as well as environmental laws.
This is the core of this research; planning and
environmental law are indispensable partners in
environmental protection. Agencies charged with
enforcement of environmental laws do not believe that
planning is the core of environmental sustainability. The
aim of this research therefore points that environmental
as and planning are only but two sides of a coin. In
achieving this, the doctrinal research method is adopted
by utilizing both primary and secondary source
materials; to include scholarly work in this area and
scholarly work in the periodical. In this regard, the
research exposed the short coming in environmental
planning legislation in Nigeria which has also led to
unsustainable planning practices in Nigeria in relation to
the environment. The article therefore recommends a
legal framework for environmental planning. Planning
every usage of land like drainages to channel flood,
periodical or weekly sanitation, planned
residential/commercial areas are advanced as ways of
achieving environmental sustainability.
Keywords :
Environment, Planning, Land, Environmental Laws
Planning law undoubtedly represent an
essential tool in achieving sustainable development and
practical expression of the precautionary principle in
environmental sustainability. If planning law is
rationally applied, it could effectively reduce
environmental problems of waste management,
industrial pollution, poor habitat, deforestation and
flooding. The unplanned use of the environment has
necessitated this research. Although there are no strictly
environmental planning laws in Nigeria; there are
however planning Laws as well as environmental laws.
This is the core of this research; planning and
environmental law are indispensable partners in
environmental protection. Agencies charged with
enforcement of environmental laws do not believe that
planning is the core of environmental sustainability. The
aim of this research therefore points that environmental
as and planning are only but two sides of a coin. In
achieving this, the doctrinal research method is adopted
by utilizing both primary and secondary source
materials; to include scholarly work in this area and
scholarly work in the periodical. In this regard, the
research exposed the short coming in environmental
planning legislation in Nigeria which has also led to
unsustainable planning practices in Nigeria in relation to
the environment. The article therefore recommends a
legal framework for environmental planning. Planning
every usage of land like drainages to channel flood,
periodical or weekly sanitation, planned
residential/commercial areas are advanced as ways of
achieving environmental sustainability.
Keywords :
Environment, Planning, Land, Environmental Laws
