Browsing by Author "Abdulyekeen, Abdulazeez Ola"

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    Appraisal of Urbanization Trends in Ilorin, Nigeria
    (Clarion University of Pennsylvania, 2014) Ibrahim, Rafiu Babatunde; Bako, Abdullateef Iyanda; Raheem, Wasiu Mayowa; Abdulyekeen, Abdulazeez Ola
    The rapid urbanization which is a common feature of countries of developing nations since the last century has constituted a great threat to urban sustainable development. It is against this backdrop that this paper examines the urbanization trends in Ilorin, Nigeria. The data used for the study were obtained from secondary sources. Some of these data include population growth of Ilorin since the pre-colonial era, annual population growth, spatial expansion of Ilorin between 1960 and 2010; and Built-up area of Ilorin from 1986-2006. Findings from this study show that the spatial expansion of the study area was propelled by rapid population growth i.e. in 1931 the total population of the town was 100,592, it grew to 208,546 in 1963, while in 1991 Ilorin population was confirmed to be 532,088 by the National Population Commission and it is believed that by the year 2020 the population of Ilorin will reach 3,518,771 based on projection. Moreover with the spate of the growing population, demand for land to build houses was on the increase, thereby causing the physical growth of the study area. For instance, the built-up area of study area was 1235.84 Ha in 1960, and in 1980 it was 3170.24Ha and in 2010 the physical built-up area reached 14,306.71Ha. In addition, the study revealed that as the built-up area is increasing due to population growth, the land consumption is also increasing, for instance, the land consumption rates in hectare of land use were 0.0054 in the year 2003 and in the year 2012 it has reached 0.0091. The study recommends integrated National programmes for the spatial distribution of population and to this effect priority consideration should be given to the preparation of a master plan which will make provision for a more equitable system of distribution of development in all areas. This will no doubt address the issue of rapid urbanization and thereby enhance the sustainability of the city.
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    APPRAISSAL OF URBANIZATION TRENDS IN ILORIN, NIGERIA
    (2014) Ibrahim, Rafiu Babatunde; Bako, Abdullateef Iyanda; Raheem, Wasiu Mayowa; Abdulyekeen, Abdulazeez Ola
    The rapid urbanization which is common feature of countries of developing nations since the last century has constituted great threat to urban sustainable development. It is against this backdrop that this paper examines the urbanization trends in Ilorin, Nigeria. The data used for the study were obtained from secondary sources. Some of these data include population growth of Ilorin since pre-colonial era, annual population growth, spatial expansion of Ilorin between 1960 and 2010; and Built-up area of Ilorin from 1986-2006. Findings from this study show that the spatial expansion of the study area was propelled by rapid population growth i.e. in 1931 the total population of the town was 100,592, it grew to 208,546 in 1963, while in 1991 Ilorin population was confirmed to be 532,088 by the National Population Commission and it is believed that by the year 2020 the population of Ilorin will reach 3,518,771 based on projection. Moreover with the spate of the growing population, demand for land to build houses was on the increase, thereby causing the physical growth of the study area. For instance the built-up area of study area was 1235.84 Ha in 1960, and in 1980 it was 3170.24Ha and in 2010 the physical built-up area reached 14,306.71Ha. In addition, the study revealed that as the built up area is increasing due to population growth, the land consumption is also increasing, for instance the land consumption rates in hectare of land use was 0.0054 in year 2003 and in year 2012 it has reached 0.0091. The study recommends integrated National programmes for spatial distribution of population and to this effect priority consideration should be given to the preparation of master plan which will make provision for a more equitable system of distribution of development in all areas. This will no doubt address the issue of rapid urbanization and thereby enhance sustainability of the city.
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    Finding lasting solutions to the early deterioration of constructed roads in Nigeria.
    (Nigerian Journal of Technology, 2019-10) Ahmadu, Hussein Adomu; Abdulyekeen, Abdulazeez Ola; Alade, Azeez Kola; Yusuf, Abdulganiyu
    The socioeconomic benefits of having good roads is hardly realized in most developing countries, due to the fact that most constructed roads tend to deteriorate very rapidly before their expected life span. Several factors have been identified by different researchers to be the cause of this problem. This paper tried to find solutions to some of these factors using three phases of route survey and design of roadways, namely; route location, data acquisition, and geometric design. The results showed that most of the factors that facilitate early deterioration of constructed roads could be solved through the processes involved in the three phases of route survey and design of roadways. The paper concluded that route survey and design of roadways thoroughly addresses and solves most of the factors that facilitate early deterioration of constructed roads.
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    GIS AS A TOOL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL MAPPING
    (Journal of Environmental Spectrum, 2019-04-30) Ipadeola, Ademuyiwa Oyedapo; Abdulyekeen, Abdulazeez Ola; Olatunde, Gbemisola
    The paper focuses on using GIS as a tool for sustainable development in public secondary school mapping of Ilorin west local government area of Kwara State, Nigeria. The purpose is to map and carry out geospatial analysis of the public secondary schools in the study area to enable effective and efficient planning and management of the public secondary schools in a sustainable manner. This has been achieved through identification of the public secondary schools in the study area, mapping of the schools through the satellite imagery and global positioning system (GPS) technology, generating the attribute data of the schools, creation of GIS database for the schools and finally carry out geospatial analysis of the school data. The base map of the study area was obtained using SAS planet software package. The school addresses were obtained from the Kwara State ministry of education while the geospatial locations were obtained by field observations using GPS receivers and the attribute data through the administration of questionnaires and interviews with major stakeholders of the schools. A GIS database was created, the spatial and attribute data encoded, and geospatial analysis carried out including production of relevant maps using QGIS software. The resulting school location, student gender ratio, staff-student ratio, year of establishment and school type maps provides stakeholders with relevant maps and working environment for data management and also allows efficient query of information needed for decision making that would aid in sustainable development of the schools and education sector.
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    GROWTH AND CHALLENGES OF URBAN SPRAWL IN SULEJA, NIGER STATE
    (Department of Architecture, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, 2017) Idowu, Olusegun Owoeye; Bako, Abdullateef Iyanda; Ohadugha, C.B.; Abdulyekeen, Abdulazeez Ola; Raheem, Wakeel Adeyemi
    This paper aimed at examining the growth and challenges of urban sprawl in four selected peri-urban neighbourhoods of Suleja: Maje, Paulossa, Chassa and Gwazunnu. The objectives are to: examine the pattern of development; determine the factors responsible for spread; and analyze the challenges of urban sprawl development. The data employed were sourced from primary and secondary sources. The primary data were sourced from questionnaire administration. A systematic random sampling method was used in the selection of 320 respondents in these four neighbourhoods. The questionnaire was analyzed using descriptive method The Google earth image maps of the neighbourhoods were downloaded and geo-referenced. The Google earth image map was digitized using GIS techniques. The study revealed that the peri-urban areas exhibited different characteristics of urban sprawl; the proximity of the town to Abuja (64.3%), ethnicity and religion (56.5%), displacement (91.6%) strongly influenced the pattern of peri-urban development; the challenges of peri-urban areas are insecurity of tenure (87%), accessibility to community facilities (98.4%), lack of infrastructure (98.4%), and poor physical planning. Thus, the suburbs of Suleja are increasingly spreading, therefore, participatory planning approach, and refurbishment of facilities and development of comprehensive land use planning are required for effective monitoring of development.
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    HARNESSING SOCIAL MEDIA AS VIABLE PLATFORMS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY
    (2016) Raheem, Wasiu Mayowa; Bako, Abdullateef Iyanda; Moyo, Uthman Tunde Osena; Abdulyekeen, Abdulazeez Ola
    Environmental problem is currently one of the major global challenges of the 21st century. In the past, the three components of the environment- air, soil and water were pure, virgin, undisturbed, uncontaminated and basically most hospitable. Today, the reverse is the case; this is largely due to urbanization and development of science and technology leading to total conquest of the earth by man. The results are soil erosion, flooding, pollution and land degradation among others. In the face of these numerous challenges however, it is discovered that not only the enforcement by government agencies concerned is the problem but also awareness regarding why, when, and how to prevent and manage a particular environmental problem in the immediate environment. The use of social media platforms at getting information regarding the basic requirements and management of the environment closer to as many people as possible is therefore the central theme of this paper. The various platforms of social media as well as their characteristics are discussed, and ways by which social media can accelerate environmental management are suggested to enhance environmental management and attain sustainable development.
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    HARNESSING SOCIAL MEDIA AS VIABLE PLATFORMS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY
    (Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Clarion, Pennsylvania, 2016) Raheem, Wasiu Mayowa; Bako, Abdullateef Iyanda; Moyo, Uthman Tunde Osena; Abdulyekeen, Abdulazeez Ola
    Environmental problem is currently one of the major global challenges of the 21st century. In the past, the three components of the environment- air, soil and water were pure, virgin, undisturbed, uncontaminated and basically most hospitable. Today, the reverse is the case; this is largely due to urbanization and development of science and technology leading to total conquest of the earth by man. The results are soil erosion, flooding, pollution and land degradation among others. In the face of these numerous challenges however, it is discovered that not only the enforcement by government agencies concerned is the problem but also awareness regarding why, when, and how to prevent and manage a particular environmental problem in the immediate environment. The use of social media platforms at getting information regarding the basic requirements and management of the environment closer to as many people as possible is therefore the central theme of this paper. The various platforms of social media as well as their characteristics are discussed, and ways by which social media can accelerate environmental management are suggested to enhance environmental management and attain sustainable development.
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    An Investigation into the performance and accuracy of Automatic Image Registration Using Epipolar Geometry
    (Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Ilorin., 2018-07-03) Ahmadu, Hussein Adomu; Abdulyekeen, Abdulazeez Ola; Alade, Azeez Kola; Yusuf, Abdulganiyu
    Image registration has being of great importance to a variety of applications in remote sensing, medical diagnosis, computer vision and pattern recognition. Owing to this, several methods have been adopted by different researchers, with a view to enhance the performance and accuracy of image registration process. This paper presents an investigation into the performance of automatic image registration using epipolar geometry. The epipolar geometry was recovered through the estimation of a fundamental matrix from matched image points, rectification transforms were computed using the F-matrix, and the images were registered using epipolar correlation. A Root mean square error (RMSE) of 0.032 and 0.00 was recorded for the correlated points, and the paper concluded that the performance of the image registration process was successful and accurate.
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    Land
    (Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Ibadan., 2017) Bako, Abdullateef Iyanda; Raheem, Wasiu Mayowa; Abdulyekeen, Abdulazeez Ola
    Introduction According to Stewart et al. (2015), all human life ultimately depends on land including the soil and water found there. From land, food is grown, on it, protective shelters are raised, and through and across it the freshwater we drink is purified and delivered. Land provides humans with the means to live and from the first steps tread upon it, has been a patient provider of vital resources. Stewart et al. (2015) further expressed that at the start of the 21st century, our lands are no longer able to keep up with the pressures placed on its limited resources. Increasing misuse and demands for its goods are resulting in rapidly intensifying desertification and land degradation globally which is an issue of growing importance for all people and at all scales. United Nations (2005) stated that the rate at which contemporary cities are growing testing to the rapid urbanization of the world population which has been the widespread conditions for an increase in the demands on land to produce food, energy, water, resources, shelter and livelihoods. Stewart et al. (2015) opined that environmental shifts induced through stressors (e.g. climate change) and dissolution of ecosystem stability are further decreasing the ability of land to respond resiliently to natural or anthropogenic pressures. Sustainable spatial planning is highly essential in the contemporary to safeguard the diverse functions of land through active management of land resources, acknowledging both the competing forces behind growing conflicts over the use and underlying necessity for prudent management of land and soil as natural resources to secure access to productive land which is critical to the millions of people living in urban and rural areas of the world. According to International Fund for Agricultural Development (2008), productive land reduces vulnerability to hunger and poverty; influences capability to invest in productive activities and in sustainable management of resources; enhances prospects for better livelihoods; and helps develop more equitable relations with rest of the society, thus contributing to justice, peace and sustainable development.
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    Physical Planning Approach to Urban Youth Violence in Ilorin Metropolis
    (Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Ilorin, Nigeria, 2018) Bako, Abdullateef Iyanda; Aduloju, Olalekan Tolulope B.; Abdulyekeen, Abdulazeez Ola; Moyo, Uthman T.O.
    No country or community is untouched by violence. Images and accounts of violence pervade the media; it is on our streets, in our homes, schools, workplaces and institutions. However, youth has been victims, drivers and cynosure of violence right from the time immemorial, however, in explaining increasing levels of urban youth violence, this research was borne out with aim of examining the predisposing and incendiary factors responsible for the proliferation of youth violence and more importantly in Ilorin metropolis. The methodology employed focused on the disadvantaged neighbourhoods, areas surrounding higher institutions, wealthy neighbourhoods. Etc. It was pointed out that most of the urban youth violence that occurs in Ilorin happens in an uncompleted/abandoned building and usually at night. However, the findings of this research clearly labelled Poly area of Ilorin East as the most violent area of Ilorin metropolis. Furthermore, chi-square analysis performed shows that there exists a consolidated degree of association between number of youth gangs and drivers of crime and prevalent violent measure at X2 (41.490 and 43.873) in Ilorin. This research concluded by submitting some policy responses like emergency operational plan for violence, smart infrastructural technological plan, development control, public counselling and correction service as a way forward.
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    PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF SPATIAL DEPRIVATION IN NIGERIA; THE SMART CITY APPROACH
    (Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria, 2018) Bako, Abdullateef Iyanda; Ola, Akeem Bayonle; Abdulyekeen, Abdulazeez Ola
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    A STUDY ON PERI-URBAN LAND ADMINISTRATION, PLANNING AND GOVERNANCE SYSTEM IN MINNA, NIGER STATE
    (Centre for Human Settlements and Urban Development, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria, 2018) Idowu, Olusegun Owoeye; Bako, Abdullateef Iyanda; Abdulyekeen, Abdulazeez Ola; Moyo, U.T.O.
    The administration of the peri-urban land in Africa and particularly in Nigeria has been a serious concern to scholars and policy makers. In Minna, peri-urban land is confronted with a number of challenges. This study examinedthe system of peri-urban land administration, planning and governance in Minna. Qualitative data were employed in this study and these were collected through open ended questionnaire and interviews, using semi-structured interview guides. The leaders/heads of five native communities, the Director of Town Planning Department and General Manager, Niger State Urban Development Board was selected for the interviews. These interviews were transcribed after which the transcripts were coded and analyzed using content analysis method.Thus, the perspective drawn from the interviews is structured under six (6) different themes. The study revealed three (3) major stakeholders involved in land administration in the peri-urban areas of Minna; based on planning and development of peri-urban areas, the expiration of the Minna master plan in the year 2000 contributed to the worsen situation of the peri-urban land management; despite the existing physical planning framework for land administration, implementation of these laws remainsthe problem. The study concluded that the failure of the formal land delivery system has wielded enormous influence and control, which the informal land system of delivery has on the peri-urban areas of Minna.It therefore recommended the development of strategy and modality that will encourage formalization of customary land title holders to certificate of occupancy.
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    Violence
    (Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Ibadan, 2017) Bako, Abdullateef Iyanda; Balogun, F.A.; Abdulyekeen, Abdulazeez Ola
    Introduction Graving urbanization is a distinctive trait of the 21st century (Thales, 2012). According to UN forecasts, half of the earth’s current population of seven billion lives in towns and cities, by 2050 it would have reached nine billion of which, 70% of that number will be city dwellers. The rate at which contemporary cities are growing due to the rapid urbanization of the world’s population, has brought about widespread conditions of insecurity to human settlements among which are natural and man-made disasters, crime and violence. As insecurity has skyrocketed over the years it has become abundantly clear that there is no magic formula or policy to address it (Chioda, 2017). These threats occur in all regions and countries of the world, as Latin America and the Caribbean being the most violent region with a high rate of attendance too coming from developing countries of the Sub-Sahara Africa(Chioda, 2017). Boer(2012) expounded plainly that the world became a predominantly urban society in2007. Across the world, an estimated three quarters of economic production takes place in cities. Urbanization brings with it possibilities of improved access to job, goods and services for poor people in developing countries and beyond as globalization trends connect cities world-wide. However, urbanization has brought new challenges in terms of conflict, violence, poverty and inequalities. The World Bank Development Report of 2011 highlighted the significance of violence as a development problem. It noted how violence is changing, becoming less structured around nations of civil war and conflicts, and more focused around criminal violence, terrorism and civil unrest. The report also underscored the close relationship between violence and poverty, stating that no low-income fragile or conflict-affected state has yet to achieve a single Millennium Development Goal. Robert (2012) opined that violence is becoming more wide-spread and chronic in many of the world’s interest – growing cities – particularly in Latin America, the Caribbean and sub-Sahara Africa, but also increasing in South and Central Asia as well. While affecting all socio-economic groups in numerous direct and indirect ways, the burden of such violence is especially heavy on the urban poor. Together, these facts raise concerns amongst security and aid experts about their implications for national and regional stability, and for human development more generally. According to the United Nations and World Bank reports of 2007, violence crime cost Guatemala an estimated $2.4 billion or 7.3% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP); in Mexican government estimated the cost of violence in 2007 at $9.6 billion, primarily from lost investment, local business and jobs. The UN and World Bank reports in 2007, also estimated that Jamaica and Haiti could have increased their GDP by 5.4% merely by bringing down their crime levels to that of Costa Rica. Miller and Stephen (2009) stated that in today’s world, it will be accepted that violence exacts a higher cost on global development. In about sixty (60) countries over the last ten years, violence has significantly and directly reduced economic growth. It has hampered poverty reduction efforts and limited progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. About half of these countries experience violence conflict or are in post-conflict transition. The other half experience high levels of violence crime, street violence, domestic violence, and other kinds of common violence. Common violence often increases significantly in post-conflict countries after large-scale politically motivated violence ends. Such cases include Somalia, Liberia, Guatemala, and El. Salvador. Conversely, countries with high levels of common violence have shown tendencies toward sporadic large-scale instability, for example Kenyan (in the form of ethnic violence) and Brazil (in the form of urban riots). In much of the development literature of the 1960s and 1970s, violence was viewed as an individual issue of criminal pathology linked to rapid urbanization and to the marginality of migrant population. Moser (2006) further argues that evidence from Latin America challenges the population stereotype that poverty is the main cause of violence and shows that inequalityand exclusion (unequal physical infrastructure) coupled with poverty precipitate violence. At the same time, in the context of several inequalities, living conditions of the urban heighten the potential for conflict, crime and violence. Globalization and the spread of neoliberalism world increased social polarization and led to a worldwide criminal economy in drugs, firearms, prostitution and extortion which are of crime and violence experiences. However, this article focusses on the meaning and causes of violence, and appropriate planning programs and policies capable of preventing violence.