Abstract: We live in an era of rapid change moving towards the information/knowledge/network society and ICT is the major drive towards achieving this goal and the use of ICT in urban and regional planning is a new perspective which is posing great challenge to the planning practitioners and students in the various planning institutions. This paper therefore looks at ICT usage in modern day planning, its challenges and the way forward. The study adopted the literature review method in which relevant literatures was used to get the necessary information for the study. The study suggested therefore that Town planners especially lecturers should get themselves abreast with the new ICT technology so as not to be left out, schools and institutions should grasp the opportunity to inculcate ICT technology into their curriculum and the necessary infrastructures should be provided by the institutions to enhance ICT based learning even in the classrooms learning the ICT skills so as to stand out in this growing technology and also to have smart cities and smart innovations. Keywords: Information and Communication Technology (ICT); Planning Education; Software; Urban Planning. Title: ICT USAGE IN MODERN DAY TOWN PLANNING: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS Author: TPL. Adeniyi, Joshua Olu, Ezekiel Ufuoma Lucky International Journal of Recent Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (IJRRSSH) ISSN 2349-7831 Vol. 10, Issue 2, April 2023 - June 2023 Page No: 63-70 Paper Publications Website: www.paperpublications.org Published Date: 31-May-2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7990551 Paper Download Link (Source) https://www.paperpublications.org/upload/book/ICT%20USAGE%20IN%20MODERN%20DAY-31052023-3.pdf

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