Call for Papers for the 51st National Conference of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP)
Notice is hereby given that the 51st national conference/Annual general meeting of the Nigerian Institute of town Planners (NITP) Will be held In Abuja, Federal capital territory, Nigeria From Monday, 19th October to Friday, 23rd October, 2020
Preamble
The Nigerian Institute ofTown Planners (NITP) is a
professional Association of persons practising the
profession of Urban and Regional Planning in Nigeria.The
Institute regularly holds its National Conference and
Annual General Meeting during which issues of national
importance and relevance are discussed and
recommendations are published for the attention of
Government and others takeholders, inorder to facilitate
and organize the growth and physical development of
human settlements in our Nation.
The 2020 Edition of the National Conference is the 51st in
its series, scheduled to hold in Abuja, Federal Capital
Territory from Monday, 19th October to Friday, 23rd
October, 2020. Its purpose is to assemble all urban and
regional planning professionals in the academia, public
sector and private practice, as well as, scientists, urban administrators, researchers, political office holders at all
levels of governance, real estate developers and
consultants, ICT specialists, stakeholders in human
settlement development and other service providers. It
will provide the opportunity to exchange views and share
experiences and research results, and to have an
exchange of ideas on various aspects of human
settlement planning, development and management. It
will particularly provide the opportunity to host
government officials and to assess the level of progress
achieved on the Agenda 2030, allowing an interdisciplinary
forum for researchers, practitioners,
administrators, and educators to present and discuss the
challenges encountered and propose an agenda that
would guarantee sustainability of physical planning and
development of settlements in Nigeria.
The theme for the 2020 Conference is:
ENVISIONING NIGERIAN CITIES BEYOND 2020: AN AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
The sub-themes are:
- 1. Conceptual and methodological issues in
envisioning Nigerian cities beyond 2020
- 2. Informal Sector Planning and Management
- 3. Plan preparation, Implementation and consultancy services and the Nigerian cities
beyond 2020
- 4. Planning For Public Spaces and Urban
Ecological Services
- 5. Rural and Regional Development Planning and
the Nigerian cities beyond 2020
- 6. Smart Design, Place Making and Inclusive
Cities
- 7. Urban Governance, Management issues and
the Nigerian cities Beyond 2020
- 8. Urban Infrastructure, Transportation Planning
and Management and the Nigerian Cities Beyond 2020
- 9. Resilience Planning and Sustainable Urban Development
- 10. Urban Security and Safety Initiatives
- 11. Issues inaccess to Urban Land and the
Nigerian cities beyond 2020.
Submissions
The National Conference Planning Committee hereby calls
for submission of high quality papers on the Conference
sub-themes for discussion during the Conference. Papers are expected to be original, conceptual,
constructive, empirical, practical, experimental theoretical in presentation.
Final paper presentations shall be on A4 paper double line
spacing, New Times Roman font of 12 points and not
exceeding 15pages, including references.The following
are further required:
All submitted Conference papers in softcopy, will be
subjected to blind peer review by competent reviewers.
The Conference Planning Committee reserves the right to
step down submissions that do not conform to the
stipulated requirements without explanations to the
contributors. All submissions would be duly
acknowledged.
Abstract of papers are to be submitted by authors to the
email addresses stated below on or before Friday, 27th
March, 2020. Abstracts not submitted on the deadline
would not be entertained.
Complete papers (prose only) should be submitted on or
before Friday, 22nd May, 2020 to the same addresses in
the following order, first to the Institute’s email address
and others copied
Authors of papers cleared for conference presentation will
receive notification and further directives on preparation
of PowerPoint versions of their papers. All corrected
papers must reach the Conference Planning Committee
on or before Friday, 10th July, 2020 to qualify for inclusion
in the publication of the Conference Papers, while
outstanding presentations may be recommended to the
Editorial Board for inclusion in the Journal of the Nigerian
Institute of Town Planners (NITP).
Conference sponsorship and exhibition opportunities
The Conference offers opportunities for individuals, real
estate developers and investors, private organizations
and public agencies to sponsor and/or exhibit their
physical planning, urban development and related
products within the premises of the Conference venue.
Interested partners should please contact the names
stated above to receive further details.
Tpl. Sani Daniel FNITP
NATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS SECRETARY (NPRS)
