Akure has since it became the administrative headquarters of Ondo State in 1976 been
witnessing rapid developmental changes in terms of physical landscape, city growth and …

There are so many problems confronting most contemporary cities in the recent time
particularly among the less developed countries around the world. These problems have …

Urbanization is currently one of the most pressing environmental issues which cuts across
all countries at unprecedented rates and intensities, with far reaching consequences on …

African cities are experiencing uncontrolled expansion. The focus of this paper is to evaluate
the impact of urban expansion on landuse types of Akure for the period of 1972 to 2009. In …

Urban land uses had been increasingly subjected to changes of different forms, sorts and
types since urban explosion of the 1970s. People move to cities en-mass from the rural …

This paper assesses the effects of urban expansion of Ile-Ife city and appraises the changes
that occurred in the landscape from 1986 to 2009. The study made use of information …

We used three Landsat images together with socio‐economic data in a post‐classification
analysis to map the spatial dynamics of land use/cover changes and identify the …

Urbanization is a process that always initiates the continual transformation of land from one
use to the other. Land transformation is presently being experienced in and around fast …

Information on urban growth, land use and land cover change study is very important to local
government and urban planners for the betterment of future planning for sustainable …

Jos metropolis is a mid-sized city under the pressure of urban growth. Timely and accurate
assessments of urban growth scenarios and associated environmental impacts are crucial …