A model of the metropolis: The development of an urban activity location model for Jos, Benue-Plateau State, Nigeria

Planning experience emphasizes the testing of alternative strategies and the analysis of the results as an important aspect of structure planning. Unfortunately, this is yet to be incorporated in the planning methodologies of developing countries. A way of doing this is to develop currently successful models in such environments. Consequently a Lowry-type model developed within the entropy maximizing methodology was calibrated for the city of Jos, Nigeria. Apart from the inadequacies of some categories of data, the model and its results display very stimulating results that could be used in extending the formulation into a predictive framework in such a way that such models would provide concerted attempts at the creation of liveability in cities.