[HTML][HTML] Urban green infrastructure in Nigeria: A review

OB Adegun, AE Ikudayisi, TE Morakinyo, OO Olusoga - Scientific African, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban green infrastructure is critical to sustainable cities and society, especially in rapidly
urbanising developing countries. This paper provides a review of studies on urban greening …

Spatiotemporal evolution of urban agglomerations in four major bay areas of US, China and Japan from 1987 to 2017: Evidence from remote sensing images

C Yang, Q Li, Z Hu, J Chen, T Shi, K Ding… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
As major urban agglomerations with strong urbanization, global bay areas are seldom
detected and compared in detail regarding the spatiotemporal evolution of their urban …

Heavy metals in soils and road dust in Akure City, Southwest Nigeria: pollution, sources, and ecological and health risks

AJ Adewumi - Exposure and Health, 2022 - Springer
Urbanization has become a major problem because of their adverse consequences on the
environment. This study was conducted to determine the extent of pollution, sources, and …

Conceptualizing and characterizing micro-urbanization: A new perspective applied to Africa

B Chai, KC Seto - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) require sustainable urban development
and management for better human life quality. Small urban settlements—those with fewer …

Descriptive analysis of rainfall and temperature trends over Akure, Nigeria

OA Ogunrayi, FM Akinseye… - … of Geography and …, 2016 - academicjournals.org
Climate change is expected to alter rainfall and temperature regimes across the world,
Nigeria inclusive. Climate projections indicate warming and changes in rainfall varied from …

The outdoor thermal comfort assessment of different urban configurations within Akure City, Nigeria

IA Balogun, MT Daramola - Urban Climate, 2019 - Elsevier
The outdoor thermal comfort condition of Akure city has been assessed in this study. Four
locations within the city (Airport, Ijapo, Alagbaka and Oja Oba) with varying urban settings …

From patches of villages to a municipality: time, space, and expansion of Wa, Ghana

IK Osumanu, JN Akongbangre, GNY Tuu… - Urban Forum, 2019 - Springer
This article examined the mutation of Wa from patches of villages to a Municipality in Ghana
and how the expansion has affected land use/land cover changes. The study was …

Analysis of Akure urban land use change detection from remote imagery perspective

JO Owoeye, OA Ibitoye - Urban Studies Research, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This study presents the analysis of Akure urban land use change detection from remote
imagery perspective. Efforts were made to examine the direction that the continuous …

Analysis of the urban surface thermal condition based on sky-view factor and vegetation cover

MT Daramola, IA Balogun - Remote Sensing Applications: Society and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The analysis of the surface thermal condition within the urban area of Akure City, Nigeria,
has been investigated in this study. Surface heat flux, which is an expression of the thermal …

Hydrological responses to land degradation in the Northwest Benin Owena River Basin, Nigeria

OO Aladejana, AT Salami, OIO Adetoro - Journal of Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Adequate insights into how land degradation alters the hydrology of river basins will help
forecast the hydrological impacts of land cover change dynamics, thereby providing unique …