The Impact of National Development on the Built Environment and Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria

Abstract

National development is about working strenuously to change the general disposition of our basic resources of land, labour, capital and entrepreneurship towards greater production and productivity. It is simply about wealth creation. The built environments encompass places and spaces created or modified by people including buildings, parks and transportation systems. The environment is structured by land use rules as well as by economics and design features.  Creating healthy environments cannot be done in isolation by anyone organization or field. It requires coordinated and comprehensive efforts by multiple organizations, leaders, fields and sectors. In Nigeria, credible leadership seems to be critical challenge we are confronting. In this paper, field survey was carried out using structured questionnaire among professionals of the built environment. A total of seventy questionnaires were distributed, out of which fifty were returned. Data was analyzed using percentage frequency table. The result of the study showed that the impact of national development will be felt with emergence of a credible leader in Nigeria. In conclusion, it can be drawn from the results of the study that attitudinal change of all the built environment stakeholders in Nigeria is required for the built environment to be transformed.