Urban & Regional Planning
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Item Degradation and Depletion of Forest Resources: Case Study of Oyo State, Nigeria.(Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ogun State, Nigeria, 2014-03-05) Bayode, T.J., Adeleye, B.M., Abiodun, O.D. and Ayangbile, O.A.nilItem A Spatial Growth Assessment of Minna and Its Effect on Vegetal Cover(School of Environmental Technology, Federal University of Technology, Minna, 2014-04-04) Adeleye, B. M., Medayese, S., Ayangbile, O. A., Shaibu, S. I., and Owoyele, G.S.nilItem An Appraisal of Household Domestic Energy Consumption in Minna, Nigeria(IOSR Journal Of Environmental Science, Toxicology And Food Technology (IOSR-JESTFT), 2012-11-03) Abd’razack, N.T.A., Medayese, S.O., Matins, V. I., Idowu, O.O., Adeleye, B.M. and Bello, L.O.One of the characteristics of African cities is uncoordinated urbanization with a trend of 4% annually, but the rate differs according to regions. Several factors are associated with urbanization such as lifestyle, consumption habit and pattern. The environment today is facing challenges from urbanization as consumption of resources such as land; water; energy, and air have changed to artificial environment. Energy consumption has been the driving force in global warming. Overtime, urbanization has been a great threat to sustainability of urban environment. However, kerosene and LPG that are supposed to be the major source of energy for cooking becomes unaffordable to low income households. This research was conducted in two residential areas of the identified neighbourhood and the choice of this neighbourhood is influenced by the fact that the phenomenon under study is more prevalent in the high and medium density localities. The effect of increase in electricity tariff, kerosene and LPG has shifted the focus of household source of cooking energy to biomass and this has been the cause of the environmental problems in the area which includes Indoor Air Pollution, Deforestation and Desertification. The analysis however shows a significant relationship between choice of energy and income. Keywords: Deforestation; Energy Consumption, Households; Environment; Urbanization.Item Poor development control as a flood vulnerability factor in Suleja, Nigeria(University of Free State, 2019-06-30) Adeleye, B. Popoola, A. Sanni, L. Zitta, N. & Ayangbile, O.,Like many developing countries over the decade, Nigeria has experienced rapid urbanization associated with numerous problems such as, among others, improper waste management practices, building development regulations and standards contraventions, environmental pollution, overcrowding, and flooding. In light of the foregoing, this article examines the use and effectiveness of development control measures in addressing flood vulnerability in Suleja, Nigeria. In carrying out this study, buildings vulnerable to flooding were identified and factors influencing their vulnerability as well as the implications of non-adherence to development control measures were also determined. As part of this study, a total of 278 questionnaires were administered to adult residents of the study area, using multi-stage sampling techniques. A quick bird’s eye image of 15-meter resolution was used to identify and map out the buildings in the area considered vulnerable to flooding, using a 15-meter setback from the river banks. The study reveals that 799 buildings were built in contravention of building development standards and regulations in Suleja, while indiscriminate solid waste disposal methods were found to be strong factors influencing vulnerability to flooding in the area. The study also revealed that 47% of drainages in Suleja are blocked with indiscriminately disposed solid waste materials. The study recommends that an improved solid waste management system for Suleja be put in place to stem the imminent outbreak of diseases associated with poor environmental management and that development control measures be strictly enforced by the Niger State Urban Development Board. Keywords: Building standards, development control, flood, solid waste, vulnerabilityItem INTEGRATED REMOTE SENSING APPROACH TO DESERTIFICATION MONITORING IN THE CROP-RANGELAND AREA OF YOBE STATE, NIGERIA(Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa. Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Clarion, Pennsylvania, 2010) Haruna D. Musa; Bukar ShaibOne of the most important recent issues facing Yobe State, North Eastern Nigeria, as well as Sub-Saharan Africa, is the threat of continued land degradation and desertification as a result of climatic factors and human activities. Remote sensing and satellites imageries with temporal and synoptic view, play a major role in developing a global and local operational capability for monitoring land degradation and desertification in dry lands, as well as in Yobe State. The process of desertification in Yobe State, especially in Yusufari, Nguru, Karasuwa, and Bade areas, has increased rapidly, and much effort has been devoted to define and study its causes and impacts. This study depicts the monitoring capability afforded by remote sensing to analyze and map the desertification processes in Yobe State by using supervised classification by maximum likelihood technique. Three cloud-free Landsat; Multispectral Scanner (MSS) sensor on board the Landsat-2, Thematic Mapper(TM)sensor on board the Landsat-5 satellite and Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM +) scenes covering the study area were selected for analysis. Imageries were acquired in January (the dry and rainy season in the study area) in years 1973, 1986, and 2006, respectively. Application of multi-temporal remote sensing data on this study demonstrated that it is possible to detect and map desertification processes in the study area, as well as in arid and semi-arid lands. The results emphasized the phenomenon of sand encroachment from the northern part (Yusufari) to the southern part (Bade), following the wind direction. The increasing wind speed during the dry season is mainly attributed to the increase of sand encroachment in the study area. The study comes out with some valuable recommendations and comments, which could contribute positively in reducing sand encroachments, as well as land degradation and desertification processes in Yobe State.Item Delphi method of developing environmental well-being indicators for the evaluation of urban sustainability in Malaysia(Procedia Environmental Sciences Published by Elsevier B.V., 2015) Haruna Danladi Musaa; Mohd Rusli Yacoba; Ahmad Makmom Abdullahb; Mohd Yusoff IshakUrban sustainability is the goal of many cities to improve well-being of urban residents that live in cities. This study sought expert consensus in a 2-round Delphi survey to rate the importance of environmental well-being indicators to assess urban sustainability. A multidisciplinary group of 45 experts rated the importance of 18 indicators with response rates of 75.6% and 91.2% in the rounds. Consensus was reached on 12 indicators with a high level of group agreement (Kendall's W=0.522,P < 0.001), and high correlation in rounds rankings (rho:0. 964, p>0.01).Item Estimating the Non-use Value: The Contingent Valuation Approach on Rural Households in Hadejia-Nguru Wetlands, Northern Nigeria.(International Journal of Ecology & Development.http://www.ceser.in/ceserp, 2018) Abdullahi. Adamu; Mohd Rusli Yacob; Alias Radam; Musa Haruna DanladiWetlands are unique ecosystem of the earth that provides variety of goods and services to the society. The Hadejia-Nguru wetlands (HNW), being the first site to be identified as wetland of international importance (RAMSAR site) in Nigeria, is however facing serious anthropogenic threats. Lack of information on economic value of the wetlands, especially the non-use values has contributed tremendously to its continuous exploitation and degradation. The objective of this study is to estimate the non-use values of the wetland and determine the factors influencing respondents' willingness to pay for its conservation. The study employed dichotomous choice contingent valuation method (DC-CVM) on 405| systematically sampled households of some upstream communities near the wetland between the months of August to October, 2016. The study results showed that 78.8% of the respondents were willing to pay through donation for the conservation of the wetland. The mean WTP value was estimated at N2, 290.31 > $ 7.51 per household, and the aggregate non-use value estimated was N 29,366,540,335.11 ($=96,283,738.8) yearly. From the logit regression model, gender, age, income, household size institutional trust, bid amount and attitudes were the significant predictors of WTP for non-use value. The study finding explicitly reveals the importance attached to the wetland by the local people and their willingness to make investment for its conservation and restoration. This outcome has significant policy implications for balancing development and conservation eforts and thus, recommends the incorporation of local communities in decision making for sustainable wetland management.Item Delphi exploration of subjective well-being indicators for strategic urban planning towards sustainable development in Malaysia(Journal of Urban Management journal . www.elsevier.com/locate/jum, 2019) Haruna Danladi Musa; Mohd Rusli Yacoba; Ahmad Makmom AbdullahThis study seeks expert consensus to determine indicators that could be used to assess subjective well-being for strategic urban planning in the context of sustainable development. For this purpose, a Delphi study including a panel of 45 academic experts was carried out. The study consisted of two rounds. At each round, experts were asked to rate key elements by assessing indicator as very low importance, low importance, moderate importance, high importance and very high importance. A 75% agreement was used as cutoff. The results at second round reveal that panelists agreed on 37 key indicators being essential to assess subjective well-being for sustainable urban development. Using these results as a framework to develop guidelines at local, state, and national levels would allow better assessing and comparing transition programs towards sustainability.Item Urban sustainability and gross national happiness: a review of community well-being domains and dimensions(Int. J. Innovation and Sustainable Development.inderscienceonline.com, 2021) Haruna D. Musa; Mohd R. Yacob; Ahmad M. Abdullah; Mohd Y IshakThe effort in measuring well-being and happiness by plethora of different indicators and frameworks are stepping up globally, despite critics for not being accepted as the national indicator to promote subjective well-being due to the methodological approach and choices of dimensions employed. This study, reviews current research on community well-being measurement to justify the inclusion of different sustainability metrics to optimise outcomes for national happiness and urban sustainability. Forty-four (44) scientific articles were identified, out of 300 research studies drawn from the electronic data search from the world of science focusing on key dimensions: economic, social, environment, governance, politics, culture, and health. Finding shows that social dimension and objective approach remains the most studied on community well-being with few studies on subjective domain. Finding suggests that a multidisciplinary conceptual framework towards a holistic view is desirable to allow for a more theory-based tool to evaluate multidimensional issues of community well-being at all levels.Item Closing the policy-practice gaps in Nigeria’s desertification interventions: a qualitative document analysis of sustainable practice(Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning.Routledge Taylor &Francis Group, 2020) Abdullahi Mohammad Jalam; Amir Hamzah Sharaai; Mariani Ariffin; Norzalina Zainudin; Haruna Danladi MusaIn Nigeria’s frontline states, the southward dryland degradation continues due to the failure of interventions to address the human and natural causes. This study provides a theory-driven evaluation to ascertain the causes of desertification intervention’s poor performance. It provides a conceptual model for scaling up interventions towards achieving the 2030 target 15:3 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Guided by intervention theory, relevant policy documents on desertification control were analyzed via Qualitative Document Analysis and triangulated by a semi-structured interview, and secondary data with the aid of ATLAS.ti 8. Findings revealed that a weak integration of Sustainable Practice across the policy cycle is responsible for notable gaps in the areas of an absence of participation of Civil Society Organizations and the use of Indigenous Knowledge, non-involvement of local government, and poor community ownership. Others include monitoring lapses, and the non-inclusion of the Land Degradation Neutrality concept – leading to failure in the Sustainability of Policy Instrument. A pragmatic approach integrating multi-stakeholder participation, the establishment of grass-root structure, and situation awareness should be incorporated across the policy cycle. The need for the development of Key Performance Indicators for tracking the progress of the Pan-African Great Green Wall initiative is also required.