ABSTRACT:

Our attempt in this work is to present graphically the major milestones that are important in repositioning Nigeria for Urban and rural development. For there to be a sustainable development there has to be a well thought out National Development Plan and there must be the political will to assiduously pursue and implement the plan as enunciated. We concluded that Development Control and national Building Code are the bedrock for the management of the physical development in a developing nation like Nigeria. The method we have used here is that of integrative humanism. Urban and rural development can only be achieved if all the subsectors in physical development are harnessed for national integrated growth.