The Coastal Niger Delta: Environmental Development and Planning

The author has been conscious for several years of the problems of flooding, erosion, and other natural constraints in the Delta. These are his experiences, his knowledge of the coastal Niger Delta region. His MPhil and PhD research were on these problems. Above all, he was born and grew up in the delta, which gave him the determination to find solutions to the problems that have been giving the authorities the excuse to neglect the region, since its independence in 1960. The influence that these scourges exercise on the region is as much human as the topography of the environment and the morphology of the towns. He believes that there are solutions and engaged himself in finding these solutions.

He is an authority in development and planning of the coastal Niger Delta. His research work for his MPhil and PhD were on the Niger Delta planning problems. He holds an MPhil (geography of development and town planning) and a PhD (town/regional planning), Paris IV-Sorbonne; BSc (town planning) and MSc (rural development and planning), Institute of Urbanism-Paris VIII; BSc and MSc (civil engineering), Sussex.