iarjetIARJETIARJET2708-5163https://doi.org/10.47310/iarjet.2021.v02i02.007Integrating Informal Settlement Settlers into Planned Neighborhood Development of Eagle Island, Port Harcourt, NigeriaNkerirukaOkwakpan AdibeIbieneT. AnakiriDepartment of Architecture, Rivers State University, Port HarcourtInformal settlement can be improved most effectively when planed neighborhood adopted pro-poor approaches that are incremental to build on previous developments. Consequently, Eagle Island neighborhood in Port Harcourt City Council has been embroiled with forceful eviction and demolitions of informal settlement by government in time passed over certain fundamental issues affecting planned development. This study examined the integration informal settlements into neighborhood planned development in Eagle Island neighborhood, Rivers State, Nigeria. The study adopted a case study approach with primary data sourced through semi-structured questionnaires administered to 15 senior officials Rivers States Ministries of Lands and Surveys, Urban Development and Lecturers at Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Rivers State University in Port Harcourt representing 75% response rate, while secondary data were mainly from documents from United Nations Human Settlements Programmes. The data collected was qualitatively analyzed using simple percentages with thematic analysis. The findings showed that the approaches for integrating informality into formality are granting of temporal licenses for settlers to occupy land, removal of anti-informality land laws and policies by government and provision of laws and policies for integrating informality, government and well-spirited individuals for the intention of providing affordable housing. Therefore, the study concluded that informal settlement should not be considered as an anomaly but rather incorporating them into the formal system that will necessitate to address the responses actually needed to represent terms desires and the needs for the poor to access urban land.