Children recreational activities provision in neighbourhood landuse design and implementation: ingredient for sustainable dwelling

Land use planning according to Bruton,(1980) as quoted in Agboola, T (2008), is a generic term for the “art and science of ordering the use of land and sitting of buildings and communication routes so as to secure the maximum practicable degree of economy, convenience and beauty” has been in use for centuries. However, land use planning has attained a wider scope, particularly with better appreciation of the linkage between urban areas and their rural interlands. Thus there is the need for the ordering of land beyond the urban area, particularly to ensure that “people lived a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature” (Rio Declaration, 1992). The need for an integrated approach to planning the use and management of land resources makes the involvement of all stakeholders in the process of decision making on the future of the land, and the identification and evaluation of all biophysical and socio-economic attributes of land imperative today.