SUSTAINING PRIVATISATION OF ELECTRICITY SERVICE DELIVERY IN NIGERIA: A RESOLUTION BETWEEN ASPATIAL AND SPATIAL PLANNING APPROACH

2015 ◽  
Vol 77 (15) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olamide Eniola Victor ◽  
Norsiah Binti Abd. Aziz ◽  
Abdul Razak Bin Jaffar
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Skewed Distribution ◽  
Electricity Supply ◽  
Policy Statement ◽  
Comprehensive Planning ◽  
Planning Approach ◽  
Relationship Of

The symbiotic relationship of the concept of Aspatial and spatial planning approach to power reform cannot be underestimated, as it is critical to the sustainable service delivery of electricity to the target population, especially in Nigeria and other developing countries. As problem statement, the planning of service delivery of electricity supply, most often, had always been approached from the aspatial level of planning that is, “mere policy statement”, just as issue of privatization of electricity service delivery in Nigeria, without much relevance to spatial dimensional aspect. This lopsided planning approach to service delivery of public utilities generally and in particular electricity supply has consequently been the raison d’etre for; poor implementation of its laudable privatisation policy, inability to achieve the goals of its well-articulated and full packaged Strategies. The skewed distribution of electrical facilities, ineffective and malfunctioning conditions, overstretching and overloading of available facilities, incessant power failure, general poor electricity service delivery, inter alia, in Nigeria are attributable to non-adherence to spatial planning approach. The study, methodologically drawn from relevant literatures and tertiary sources of data, objectively aimed at stressing the symbiotic importance of spatial planning approach to the sustainability of aspatial planning strategies. Comprehensive planning, adequate available spatial data, involvement of relevant stakeholders, among others were the suggested recommendations, with main focus on privatization approach to service delivery of electricity in Nigeria.

scholarly journals Relationship of Participative planning, Planning Alignment and Regional Development Performance: Evidence from Special Region of Yogyakarta

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 49-56
Author(s):  
Andilo Toham ◽  
Ernan Rustiadi ◽  
Bambang Juanda ◽  
Rilus Kinseng
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Participatory Planning ◽  
Infrastructure Development ◽  
Human Resource Capacity ◽  
Relationship Of

Participatory planning is a necessity. Unfortunately, participatory planning has various problems that make it ineffective. Human resource capacity as an input factor for participatory planning is still inadequate. The participatory planning process has not optimized the best way of producing the outputs that are needed by the community. Spatial aspects of planning, activities in the space, and budgeting must be aligned. However, empirical facts show the inconsistency of development planning. The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between community participation in planning and regional development performance through spatial planning, development, and budget planning alignment, as the mediating variable. This study explore measurement of all three variables using quantitative indicators. The results of this study, using SEM PLS, indicate that the direct relationship of community participation and the performance of infrastructure development is significant if it does not include the mediation variable.  Process, results of participatory planning, alignment of spatial and development plans, and alignment of strategic plans with work plans are significant variables. Therefore, local governments need to make efforts to improve participation processes in spatial planning and development so as to improve the regional development planning alignment and performance

Children’s Maps in GIS

2013 ◽  
pp. 799-814
Author(s):  
Kerstin Nordin ◽  
Ulla Berglund
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Real World ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Comprehensive Planning ◽  
Gis Application ◽  
Standard Procedures ◽  
Ongoing Development ◽  
Children's Participation ◽  
Different Parts

Since 2002 the authors have successively developed “Children’s Maps in GIS”, a method for children’s participation in spatial planning. Their studies show that 10-15 year-olds are capable of reading maps and using a GIS-application for communicating their interests in a stable and useful manner. The purpose of this article is to discuss the first stages of implementation in a real world project, in relation to ICT. The authors report experiences from a Swedish municipality using Children’s Maps in GIS in a survey with over 600 children as part of a comprehensive planning process and give examples of how data can be visualized. A significant digital divide between different parts of the administration is noted. In the ongoing development into an Internet version of the method the authors aim to increase the access to the GIS-application and develop standard procedures for categorizing and analyzing data.

Children’s Maps in GIS

2011 ◽  
pp. 57-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerstin Nordin ◽  
Ulla Berglund
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Real World ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Comprehensive Planning ◽  
Gis Application ◽  
Standard Procedures ◽  
Ongoing Development ◽  
Children's Participation ◽  
Different Parts

Since 2002 the authors have successively developed “Children’s Maps in GIS”, a method for children’s participation in spatial planning. Their studies show that 10-15 year-olds are capable of reading maps and using a GIS-application for communicating their interests in a stable and useful manner. The purpose of this article is to discuss the first stages of implementation in a real world project, in relation to ICT. The authors report experiences from a Swedish municipality using Children’s Maps in GIS in a survey with over 600 children as part of a comprehensive planning process and give examples of how data can be visualized. A significant digital divide between different parts of the administration is noted. In the ongoing development into an Internet version of the method the authors aim to increase the access to the GIS-application and develop standard procedures for categorizing and analyzing data.

scholarly journals Participatory Modeling With QUICKScan to Shape Sustainable Urban Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Verweij ◽  
Anouk Cormont ◽  
Michiel van Eupen ◽  
Manuel Winograd ◽  
Jorgelina Hardoy
Keyword(s):  
Decision Maker ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Institutional Setting ◽  
Local Data ◽  
Participatory Modeling ◽  
Planning Methods ◽  
Multi Stakeholder ◽  
The Right

Current spatial planning methods are often technocratic, slow, fail to use the right kind of evidence or do not involve (all) the actors needed to create support and consensus. We present a method that facilitates the use of evidence (data) in participatory spatial planning processes, resulting in a joint understanding of the most important causalities, as a means to build capacity across actors. QUICKScan is a participatory modeling method that links stakeholder- and decision maker knowledge and preferences to available spatial and spatio-statistical data, and is designed for group use in a multi-stakeholder workshop setting. We describe four urban QUICKScan applications, that vary in objective, scale and institutional setting. The most critical in organizing a QUICKScan session is to: (i) include crucial participants in a single plenary workshop (decision maker, local data expert, and local thematic experts), (ii) create an open atmosphere in which each and everyone's opinion is treated equally, (iii) dialogue is more important than an abundance of detailed spatial data, and (iv) start with simple modeling rules and iterate often while expanding the set of rules and trying out alternatives.

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