ON-GOING WORKSHOP FOR REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING CURRICULUM ON 19TH APRIL 2023 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI TOWERS

PROF. KARANJA MWANGI MAKES PRESENTATION DURING THE WORKSHOP

The goal of the programme is to increase the number of trained and professionally qualified physical planners able to facilitate and guide society in spatial policy, plan formulation, plan preparation and implementation in the village, community, neighbourhood, rural/urban areas, urban metropolitan, regional/sub-national, and national levels.

The aim is to impart the requisite skills and knowledge needed to contribute effectively to the formulation, design and implementation of local, sub-national/regional and national planning in its various concerns at the undergraduate level; provide in-depth knowledge and understanding of the complex interactions between the natural and the built environment and the dynamic nature of urban and regional development; and develop appreciation and commitment to professional standards and ethics, recognizing the pluralistic nature of development, variety of stakeholders and the planner’s multiplicity of roles.

The curriculum review participants were drawn from various Institutions and private practice.  More