A Model of Urban Infrastructural Planning in a Traditional African City

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A model is defined as a simplified structure of reality, an organized principle, a synthesis of idea or a mental construct in which an actual life situation may fit in (Timmermans, 2000). Analysis of urban areas, structure of cities, urban activities and their linkages at the level of individual city has witnessed, over the years a number of improved models (Carter, 1975, Ayeni, 1979; Wegner 2001).