ABSTRACT
The growth of shopping activities in high density residential areas, specifically in Tudun- Wada District of Kaduna Urban Area is more prominent along residential streets. Shopping activities are more intensive in areas that are in close proximity to the Central Business District. Other factors contributing to this intensive growth include socioeconomic characteristics of the population. The role played by physical planing, local administrative factors and climate. Two proposals were made: the first proposal is to allow existing patterns to continue in the absence of physical planning intervention. The second proposal embraces physical planning intervention, while incoporating existing patterns and characteristics of shopping activities in Tudun-Wada District.