A Chronicle on the Mainstreaming of Land Management and Sustainability into Estate Surveying and Valuation Education: A Case Study of Rivers State University

Purpose: Currently, climate change effects, in the form of incessant flooding is experienced within the inner cities mostly as a result of the destruction of wetland for developments thereby capable of hampering property investment. This environmental injustice could be attributed to uninformed real estate practice which seeks to secure the optimal use of land and its associated resources in order to meet social and economic needs without considering environmental consequences. This phenomenon indicates the possibility that land management, which addresses the tripartite needs (economic, social and environmental) was not factored in decision making for property development in flood prone areas. The purpose of this study is to describe how Land Management and sustainability indicators can be mainstreamed into the Real Estate Education.Design/methodology: Ethnographic research design was adopted since the researcher was an active participant observer. Data collection was by observation, interviews, and documents from university and departmental academic curricular sampled purposefully and theoretically using triangulation analysis by describing, examining relationships, factors and linkages. Limitations/implications: Although the research design is highly recommended by educational researchers, it requires a lot of time since it takes time to build trust for honest discourse. Since data is limited to the researcher’s workplace, there is every likelihood that it may lead to false assumptions about behaviour patterns.Practical implications: This study will influence the practice of real estate profession capable of reducing climate change effect on property investment by introducing sustainability thinking into decision making.Originality: The research is original birthed by the researcher in the test professional competence and adopted for the purpose of this research.