Published Journal Articles
1) "Urban Ecology and Residential Location Theories:
“Urban Ecology and Residential Location Theories: Application in Nigeria’s Socio‑Cultural Millieu,” SOCIO‑ ECONOMIC PLANNING SCIENCES, Vol. 12, No. 4. 1978, pp. 177‑183.
2) "Municipal Governments and City Planning and Management in Nigeria
“Municipal Governments and City Planning and Management in Nigeria”, in AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW, Vol. XXII, No. 3, Dec. 1979, pp. 15‑31.
3) "Ajoda: A Critique of the Application of New Town Concepts in Nigeria
“Ajoda: A Critique of the Application of New Town Concepts in Nigeria in THIRD WORLD PLANNING REVIEW, Vol. l, No. l, 1979, pp. 57‑70.
4) "Housing Density Standards
“Housing Density Standards: A Constraint on Urban Housing Production in Nigeria”, in JOURNAL OF EKISTICS, Vol. 45, No. 270, June 1978, pp. 249‑257.
5) "Rent Control Reconsidered
“Rent Control Reconsidered”, in NIGERIAN BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES JOURNAL, Vol. 3, Nos. 1 & 2, 1980, pp. 67‑85.
6) "Water Supply Constraints on Nigeria's Economic Development
“Water Supply Constraints on Nigeria’s Economic Development: The Case of Anambra State, “THE THIRD WORLD PLANNING REVIEW, Vol. 2, No. 2, Autumn 1980, pp. 170‑ 186.
7) "Towards a Better Conceptualization of Rural Community Development"
“Towards a Better Conceptualization of Rural Community Development: Empirical Findings from Nigeria”, HUMAN ORGANIZATION, Vol. 39, Summer 1980, pp. 161‑169.
8) "Traffic Considerations in Urban Expansion: Reviewing the Enugu Town Plan"
“Traffic Considerations in Urban Expansion: Reviewing the Enugu Town Plan”, NIGERIAN GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL, Vol. 23. No. 1, 1980, pp. 82‑97.
9) "The Apparent Weaknesses of Local Governments in Nigeria: A Fallacy of Affirming the Consequent"
“The Apparent Weaknesses of Local Governments in Nigeria: A Fallacy of Affirming the Consequent”, NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STUDIES, Vol. 23, No. 2, July 1981, pp. 249‑265.
10) "Car Owner Attitudes to Mass Transit Use: A Nigerian Study"
“Car Owner Attitudes to Mass‑Transit Use: A Nigerian Study”, (GEOFORUM, 12, No. 1, March 1981, pp. 59‑ 69).
11) "Estimating Intra Urban Population Size and Distribution from Residential Construction Completions Data"
“Estimating Intra‑Urban Population Size and Distribution from Residential Construction Completions Data”, in COMPUTERS ENVIRONMENT AND URBAN SYSTEMS, Vol. 5, Nos. 3/4. 1980. pp. 155‑161. See also: AFRICAN URBAN STUDIES, No. 8, Fall 1980, pp. 55‑62
12) "Town Planning in Urban Land Development and Management in Nigeria: An Integrative Role",
“Town Planning in Urban Land Development and Management in Nigeria: An Integrative Role”, in URBAN LAND SYSTEM, Papers of Commission 8, Sixteenth Congress of International Federation of Surveyors, Montreux, Switzerland, August 1981.
13) "Accessibility Distribution Aspects of Public Urban Land Management"
“Accessibility Distribution Aspects of Public Urban Land Management: A Nigerian Case”, in HABITAT INTERNATIONAL, Vol. 4, No. 4/5/6, 1979, pp. 593‑610.
14) "On Abating Flood Disaster"
“On Abating Flood Disaster”, in SAVANNA (A Journal of the Environmental and Social Sciences), Vol. 8, No. 1, June 1979.
15) "Nigerian Traditional House Types"
“Nigerian Traditional House Types”, Chapter 43 of Barbour K.M. et al. (eds.) 1982 NIGERIA IN MAPS, (Hodder & Stoughton, Kent, England, 1982).
16) "Urban Traffic Management in Nigerian Cities: The Necessity for Mass Transit Priorities"
“Urban Traffic Management in Nigerian Cities: The Necessity for Mass Transit Priorities”, in S.O. Onakomaiya and N.F. Ekanem (eds.), PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRANSPORTATION IN NIGERIA’S NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 1977.
17) "A Note on Shifts in Housing Form. Explaining the Paradox of Increasing Housing Stock and Increasing Shortages of Housing Units in Nigeria"
“A Note on Shifts in Housing Form. Explaining the Paradox of Increasing Housing Stock and Increasing Shortages of Housing Units in Nigeria”, in JOURNAL OF THE NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF TOWN PLANNERS, Vol. II, Nos. 1 and 2, October 1982, pp. 81‑86.
18) "Negative Externality in Land Use Development: A Nigerian Planning Law Case"
“Negative Externality in Land Use Development: A Nigerian Planning Law Case”, the Journal of EKISTICS, Vol. 49, No. 292, January/February 1982, pp. 43‑48.
19) "Statistical Data Requirements and Use for Urban Planning and Management in Nigeria"
“Statistical Data Requirements and Use for Urban Planning and Management in Nigeria”, in Chapter 23 of Muhammed B.A. (ed.) 1983: PRODUCTION AND USES OF STATISTICS IN NIGERIA, pp. 202‑209.
20) "The Land Use Decree of 1978: If the Past Should Be prologue..."
“The Land Use Decree of 1978: If the Past Should Be prologue…” in JOURNAL OF ADMINISTRATION OVERSEAS, January 1979, pp. 15‑21.
21) "Public and Quasi Public Sponsored Housing in Nigeria: An Appraisal"
“Public and Quasi‑Public Sponsored Housing in Nigeria: An Appraisal”, JOURNAL OF ADMINISTRATION OVERSEAS, Vol. XIX, No. 4, October 1980, pp. 270‑278.
22) "Promoting the Use of Local Building Materials in Nigeria Housing Construction: The Problems and the Prospects"
“Promoting the Use of Local Building Materials in Nigeria Housing Construction: The Problems and the Prospects”, JOURNAL OF ADMINISTRATION OVERSEAS, Vol. XIX, No. 2, April 1980, pp. 118‑127. See also EKISTICS, Vol. 50, No. 298, January/February 1983, pp. 42‑46.
23) "Assessing Public Policy Responsiveness to Social Science Research Findings in Nigeria"
“Assessing Public Policy Responsiveness to Social Science Research Findings in Nigeria”, in A.O. Sanda (ed.) SOCIAL RESEARCH AND SOCIAL POLICY IN NIGERIA, pp. 125‑137.
24) "Day time Only"
“Day‑time Only” Population and Urban Master Plans in Nigeria: A Missing Consideration”, AFRICAN URBAN STUDIES, No. 8, Fall 1980, pp. 55‑62. See also EKISTICS, Vol. 49, No. 297, November/December 1982, pp. 483‑486.
24) "Day time Only"
“Day‑time Only” Population and Urban Master Plans in Nigeria: A Missing Consideration”, AFRICAN URBAN STUDIES, No. 8, Fall 1980, pp. 55‑62. See also EKISTICS, Vol. 49, No. 297, November/December 1982, pp. 483‑486.
25) "The Environmental Costs of Industrialization: The Necessity for Early National Policy Precautions"
“The Environmental Costs of Industrialization: The Necessity for Early National Policy Precautions”, (Co‑authored with Mr. B.U.N. Igwe) THE NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, Vol. 49, No. 292 January/February 1982, pp. 43‑48.
26) "A Note on Making Data Available",
“A Note on Making Data Available”, RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1981.
27) "Housing Tenure in Nigerian Housing Policy: Need for a Re thinking of Current Emphasis"
“Housing Tenure in Nigerian Housing Policy: Need for a Re‑thinking of Current Emphasis”, in AFRICAN URBAN STUDIES, No. 9, Winter 1981, pp. 31‑38.
28) "Managing Urbanization in Nigeria: Social Pressures and the Public Policy Dilemma"
“Managing Urbanization in Nigeria: Social Pressures and the Public Policy Dilemma”, (Working paper, ECOVILLE, Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Canada, 1984).
29) "The Nigerian Land use Decree Revisited"
“The Nigerian Land‑use Decree Revisited”, HABITAT INTER‑NATIONAL, Vol. 6, No. 5/6 1982, pp. 573‑584.
30) "Urban Planning and the Control of Urban Physical Growth in Nigeria: A Critique of Public Impact and Private Roles".
“Urban Planning and the Control of Urban Physical Growth in Nigeria: A Critique of Public Impact and Private Roles”. HABITAT INTERNATIONAL, Vol. 8, No. 2, 1984, pp. 73‑94.
31) "Finance for Urban Management: Evolution and Status of Property Rate Revenue in Nigeria"
“Finance for Urban Management: Evolution and Status of Property Rate Revenue in Nigeria”, THIRD WORLD PLANNING REVIEW, Vol. 7, No. 3, August 1985, pp. 219 ‑ 240. (See also: AFRICAN URBAN STUDIES 15, Winter 1983, pp. 1‑ 16).
32) "The Roles of the Private Builder and the Public Agency in Shaping the Nigerian Urban Environment"
“The Roles of the Private Builder and the Public Agency in Shaping the Nigerian Urban Environment”, JOURNAL OF THE NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF TOWN PLANNERS, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1985.
33) "Problems of Municipalization of Urban Passenger Transportation Services in Nigeria"
“Problems of Municipalization of Urban Passenger Transportation Services in Nigeria”, NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STUDIES, Vol. 26, No. 2, July 1984, pp. 185‑202.
34) "Regional Planning and Regional Plans" in Faniran
“Regional Planning and Regional Plans” in Faniran A, et al, (ed): Urban and Regional Planning Policy Formulation in the Developing Countries, Ibadan University Press 1987 (pp. 235‑248).
35) "Main Currents of Nigerian Regional Planning Thought and Practice: A Review"
“Main Currents of Nigerian Regional Planning Thought and Practice: A Review” NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STUDIES, Vol. 29, No. 1, March 1987, pp. 95‑110.
36) "Research in Town and Country Planning"
“Research in Town and Country Planning”, IN ONIBOKUN (ed). “Elements of Town and Country Planning.
37) "Aspects of Urban Housing and its Policies and Strategies in Africa"
“Aspects of Urban Housing and its Policies and Strategies in Africa”: HABITAT INTERNATIONAL, Vol. 10, No. 3, 1986, pp. 203‑223.
38) "Nigeria: In Imminent Population Danger?"
“Nigeria: In Imminent Population Danger?” in THE UNIVERSITY GEOGRAPHER, Vol. II, May 1972, pp. 15‑18.
39) "Nigeria's Twelve state Structure and Spatial Diffusion of Development"
“Nigeria’s Twelve‑state Structure and Spatial Diffusion of Development”, in THE UNIVERSITY GEOGRAPHER, Vol. II, May 1972, pp. 8‑11.
40) A book review article: "The Taxation of Urban Property in Less Developed Countries"
A book review article: “The Taxation of Urban Property in Less Developed Countries”, edited by Roy. W. Bahl, 1979, RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1983, pp. 95‑98.
41) Book Review Article: Housing for Low income Urban Families
Book Review Article: Housing for Low‑income Urban Families. JOURNAL OF THE NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF TOWN PLANNERS, Vol. III, No. 1, 1983, pp. 65‑8.
42) Book Review Article: Dunstan Wai (1982) (ed). "Inter-dependence in a World of Unequals
Book Review Article: Dunstan Wai (1982) (ed). “Inter-dependence in a World of Unequals: Africa‑Arab‑OECD Economic Cooperation for Development, CANADIAN JOURNAL OF AFRICAN STUDIES, Vol. 19, No. 2, 1985, pp. 496‑498.
43) Book Review Article: "Continental Crisis
Book Review Article: “Continental Crisis: The Lagos Plan of Action and Africa’s Future”, edited by David Fashole Luke and Timothy M. Shaw, University Press of America, 1984. NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STUDIES, Vol. 29, No. 1, March 1987, pp. 125‑130.
44) Book Review Article: "No Short-Cuts to Progress: African Development Management in Perspective"
Book Review Article: “No Short-Cuts to Progress: African Development Management in Perspective; by Goran Hyden, NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STUDIES, Vol. 26, No. 1, March 1984, pp. 103‑110.
45) "Received Concepts and Theories in African Urbanization Studies and Urban Management Strategies: A Critique"
“Received Concepts and Theories in African Urbanization Studies and Urban Management Strategies: A Critique”. (Urban Studies), Vol. 24, 1987, pp. 137‑150.
46) The Institutional Element in the Effective Management of Urbanization in Nigeria
The Institutional Element in the Effective Management of Urbanization in Nigeria”. (Planning and Administration vol. 13, No. 2, Autumn 1986, pp. 39‑47). See also THE NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, Vol XII, No. 1, June 1988, pp. 68‑77
47) "Human Settlements In Africa's Development"
“Human Settlements In Africa’s Development” in RURAL PROGRESS, Vol. VI, No. 2, 1987, pp. 10‑16. (Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 1987).
48) "The Roles and Influences of External Assistance in the Planning and Management of African Human Settlements System".
“The Roles and Influences of External Assistance in the Planning and Management of African Human Settlements System”. (Third World Planning Review 2 No. 3 August 1990 pp. 205-229.
49) "Human Settlements In Africa, 1970 - 1990"
“Human Settlements In Africa, 1970 – 1990”. (Habitat International, Vol. 15 No. 1/2, 1991, PP. 141-155
50) "Land Survey and Parcel Identification: Data for Effective Land Management "
“Land Survey and Parcel Identification: Data for Effective Land Management ” (Land Use Policy, Volume 9 No. 2 April, 1992 pp. 92-98.
51) "Land Management and Aid Programmes"
“Land Management and Aid Programmes”. International Federation of Surveyors (FIG), Official Report of XIXth Congress pp 105-126, Helsinki, Finland, June 1990. Further published in the South African Journal of Survey and Mapping, Vol. 21, Part 5 No. 129, pp 262-274, August 1992.
52) "Planning and Development in Africa: A view Point"
“Planning and Development in Africa: A view Point”. (Third World Planning Review, Vol 14, No 1, February 1992 pp. III-VII.
53) "Housing Production Systems and Technologies in Developing Countries: A Review of the Experiences and Possible Future Trends/Prospects"
“Housing Production Systems and Technologies in Developing Countries: A Review of the Experiences and Possible Future Trends/Prospects”, (Habitat International, Vol. 16, No. 3 pp. 9-32, 1992).
54) Financing Housing in Developing Countries
Financing Housing in Developing Countries: A Review of the Pitfalls and Potentials in the Development of Formal Housing Finance Systems”, Urban Studies, Vol. 31, No. 9 1994 pp. 1571-1586.
55) Book Review Article "An Urban Problematique: The Challenge of Urbanization for Development Assistance"
Book Review Article “An Urban Problematique: The Challenge of Urbanization for Development Assistance”, by Richard Stren et al (in Third World Planning Review, Vol. 15, No. 3, August 1993 pp. 315-316.
56) "The Prospects of Camel as horse designed by Committee"
“The Prospects of Camel as horse designed by Committee” (in Erkelens P.A. and Meulen Van der, G.G. (1994): Urban Environment in Developing Countries, (pp. 192-204) Eindhoven University of Technology, 1994.
57) "View Point: The Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements
“View Point: The Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) (in Third World Planning Review, Vol 18 No. 2, May 1996 pp iii-xii
58) "State of National Land Survey and Mapping"
“State of National Land Survey and Mapping” a Note” (Land Use Policy, Vol 13 No 4, 1996, pp317 to 323.
59) "Up-Grading Slum and Squatter Settlements in Developing Countries"
“Up-Grading Slum and Squatter Settlements in Developing Countries: Is there a Cost-Effective Alternative? (Third World Planning Review 21 No. 1, 1999, pp. 1-17)
60) Book Review of Allain Durand-Lasserve and Lauren Royston
Book Review of Allain Durand-Lasserve and Lauren Royston (eds), Holding their Ground: Secure Land Tenure for the Urban Poor in Developing Countries, in International development Planning Review Vol 25 No. 1 February 2003 pp.108-109
61)“ Urban Housing Situation and the issue of Rent control in Nigeria”,
“ Urban Housing Situation and the issue of Rent control in Nigeria”,The Nigerian Journal of Public Affairs, Vol. VII, May/October 1977 (pp. 54-72).
62) Current Development Paradigms for Africa’s Towns and Cities
Current Development Paradigms for Africa’s Towns and Cities: Expecting order from a rat colony situation? Journal of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners, XXI No.1, October 2008 (pp. 18 – 32).
63)Okpala, D.C.I. (2012): “House-Building Industries: Africa”,
Okpala, D.C.I. (2012): “House-Building Industries: Africa”, (in the International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home, Vol. 3, Oxford: Elsevier 2012 pp. 182 – 186.
64) Okpala, D.C.I. (2009) “Urban Development Planning
Okpala, D.C.I. (2009) “Urban Development Planning: Institutional Imperatives for effective Plan Implementation”.
65) Journal of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners
Journal of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners, Volume XXII No.1, October 2009, pp.88 – 94).
66) Okpala, Don C.I. (2010): ‘Regional Development Planning in Nigeria
Okpala, Don C.I. (2010): ‘Regional Development Planning in Nigeria: The Genesis and Historical Evolution of the Process’( Regional Development Studies,14, 2010 pp. 137 – 151).
67) Okpala, D. (2009) "Regional Overview of the Status of Urban Planning and Planning Practice in Anglophone Africa
Okpala, D (2009): ‘Regional overview of the status of urban planning and planning practice in Anglophone (Sub-Saharan) African Countries”. Regional study prepared for UN-HABITAT’S Global Report on Human Settlements 2009. Link: http://www.unhabitat.0rg/grhs/2009