Browsing by Author "Asiyanbi Adedolapo Oloruntoba"

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    Impact of Land Use Change on the Agrarian Land and Livelihood of Suburb Dwellers of Ilorin, Nigeria
    (Direct Research Journal of Agriculture and Food Science, 2023-01) Asiyanbi Adedolapo Oloruntoba
    Land-use change in Ilorin's suburb appears to be increasing at an unprecedented rate, altering the existing land-use pattern and transforming the livelihood of suburb dwellers as agricultural land in the suburb continues to decline. This land use change has varying effects on agriculture and the livelihoods of the residents. This study looks into the impact of land use change on agricultural land and the livelihoods of Ilorin's suburban dwellers. Ganmo and Eyenkorin were specifically chosen for the study due to their proximity to Ilorin and the intensity of land-use change they have witnessed over the years. The 366 questionnaires were distributed using a simple random sampling method. The study's findings revealed that agricultural land is being lost in the suburbs, with 86.1% of respondents losing their land due to urban-suburb migration and land-use change, affecting their livelihood. The regression analysis yielded R2 = 71.5%, indicating that land-use change has a significant impact on the livelihood of suburb dwellers. The study comes to the conclusion that increased urban-suburban migration, a disregard for suburban planning, and a lack of emphasis on agriculture is to blame for the majority of the issues caused by land-use change in the suburb. Therefore, the study suggests that all interested parties be involved in the administration and planning of land use in the suburb. This will stop urban sprawl toward the suburbs and protect agricultural land and endangered land uses.
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    Impact of Land Use Transformation on Environmental Quality in Nigerian Urban Suburbs. A Case Study of Eyenkorin and Ganmo, Kwara State
    (FUOYE Planning Journal, 2023-12) Asiyanbi Adedolapo Oloruntoba
    Land use transformation in the suburbs seems to be growing at a fast rate, this has become rampant in the Nigerian city suburbs over the years. Transforming the existing land use in the suburb, the transformation has an impact on environmental quality in the suburb which this research assessed. Two suburbs of Ilorin (Ganmo and Eyenkorin) were specifically selected as the case study. The growth of Ilorin over the years is unprecedented while Ganmo and Eyenkorin are the closest suburb with evidence of land use transformation. A simple random sampling method was used for questionnaire administration to 366 respondents. Likert scale rating was employed to examine the opinion of respondents on factors responsible for the lack of control of land use transformation and the impact of land use transformation on environmental quality in the suburb. The study revealed that four variables are accountable for the lack of control of land use transformation and political influence and corruption having the highest Resident Agreed Index of (RAI 4.44) while the findings on the impact on environmental quality revealed that uncontrolled land development has influence in six areas with haphazard physical growth having the highest RAI of 4.55. The study concludes that the lack of land use transformation control significantly contributes to poor environmental quality in the suburbs of Nigerian cities. Therefore, the study suggests that all stakeholders in land use management, especially the Town Planning Authority should be allowed to carry out their functions without the interference of political class for better environmental quality.
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    Incidence and Impact of Land Use Change on Physical Development in Ilorin Metropolis, Nigeria
    (Journal of Contemporary Urbanology, 2020-08) Asiyanbi Adedolapo Oloruntoba
    Land-use Conversion in cities of developing countries is growing at an unprecedented rate. This has continued to pose threats to physical development and residents’ livability. It is against this background that this research seeks to investigate the abnormalities associated with land-use conversion, in Ilorin metropolis. This is with the view of suggesting measures of controlling and guiding land-use conversion in Ilorin metropolis. The metropolis was stratified into three zones (Central Business District, the zone of transition and zone of residence). Google earth was used to capture the number of buildings in the three zones. A sample of 4.6% of buildings in each zone was determined using Tarro Yamane statistical formula. Purposive sampling method was used to administer 382 copies of questionnaires to landlords or older tenants of buildings where conversion has occurred. Likert scale rating was employed to examine the opinion of respondents on factors and the impact of the land use conversion on physical development. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test variation in the incidence of land-use change across the zones. The study revealed that mixed (49.5%) and commercial use (45.0%), was the dominant land use conversions in the study area. The major factor for land use conversion is a good location for trading (RAI 4.86) Most of these conversions are unauthorized and thus led to incompatible land use and uncontrolled development. The result of ANOVA (F= 9.653 and P= 0.000) indicated that there was a significant difference in the incidence of building conversion across the zones in the study area. The study, therefore, recommended that there should be adequate enforcement of the law on unauthorized building conversion, public orientation and environmental impact assessment (EIA) of building conversion is also recommended.
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    Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Land Use and Land Cover Change in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
    (Nigerian Journal of Geography and the Environment, 2020-09) Asiyanbi Adedolapo Oloruntoba
    The study examines the spatial and temporal changes in land use and land cover in Ilorin, Kwara State between the year 2000 and 2018. Landsat 7 was used to extract imageries of land cover change between the specified years, Integrated Land and Water Information System (ILWIS) 3.3 academia was used to analyse the imageries. While Likert scale was employed in measuring the weight of responses of the respondents on their level of agreement on factor that is responsible for land use change. The results obtained shows that between the years under study, built-up land increase from 88.12km2 to 204.56 km2. Forest increased from 150.77km2 to 200.87km2. There is decline in grassland from 543.86km2 to 287.70km2 and water body from 3.45km2 to 3.07km2. The underlying factor for the unprecedented increase in the built up area is rapid population increase and urbanization (RAI 4.86). The study recommends provision of master plan as a tool for guiding and monitoring development. This will prevent illegal change of land use and further promote sustainable environment.