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Papers by Gbenga OLADEHINDE

AAUA Journal of Environmental Design and Management, 2022

This study investigated road traffic accident among motorcycle operators in Kabba, Kogi State, Ni... more This study investigated road traffic accident among motorcycle operators in Kabba, Kogi State, Nigeria. It specifically examined socioeconomic characteristics of motorcycle operators as well as the causes of road traffic accidents among them. To actualize the above objectives, a multistage sampling method was used in the administration of 120 questionnaire to motorcycle operators. Data obtained was analysed and presented using frequency table, percentage, and pie chart. Also, chi-square was used to ascertain if there is a significant difference between the rates of road traffic accident among motorcycle operators in the area. The result revealed that there is a significant difference in rate at which male motorcycle operators were involved in road traffic accident compared to their female counterpart in the study area.

AAUA Journal of Environmental Design and Management, 2022

The study determined the most hazardous work item and assessed the risk level of hazard in buildi... more The study determined the most hazardous work item and assessed the risk level of hazard in building construction projects. The mean score method and the 5x5 matrix were used to analyse the data. The result on the most hazardous work items revealed that installation of electrical work, roof construction, lift installation, and steel structures with an average risk score of 11.48, 11.01, 10.74, and 10.71 respectively, representing medium risk. The result of the hazards risk assessment of work items revealed that the most occurring hazards in the work items sampled were the collapse of building structures, falls from a high level, being struck or hit by falling objects, electrocution, and falls to a lower level. It was concluded that professionals in the industry would experience more medium-level risk in the study area. It was recommended that regular hazard risk identification and assessment should be conducted during project execution.

AAUA Journal of Environmental Design and Management, 2022

Major cities in Nigeria grew very rapidly as commercial and administrative centres. An immediate ... more Major cities in Nigeria grew very rapidly as commercial and administrative centres. An immediate consequence of the rapid urbanization in these cities is the increase in demand for urban services like housing, education, public health and a general decent living environment. This paper therefore seeks to examine the major constraints to effective urban land use planning in Nigeria with a view to proffering effective and efficient measures to solve the problems. Findings established that constraints to effective urban land use planning are as a result of people resistant to land use change on one hand and the deficiencies inherent in planning laws and its implementation on the other. The study concluded that there is a need to resolve issues of land acquisition if control measures are to be carried out in any meaningful way. It is obvious that the government cannot achieve this alone. The people who own lands in urban areas must be involved in fashioning out a solution.

AAUA Journal of Environmental Design and Management, 2022

This study investigated the effectiveness of solid waste management techniques in Akure South Loc... more This study investigated the effectiveness of solid waste management techniques in Akure South Local Government Area, Ondo State, Nigeria. Simple random sampling was used in selecting 436 households from 3 wards in the study area. Descriptive statistics was used to examine the effectiveness of the solid waste technique in the study area. Findings revealed that 39.2% of the respondents see nothing wrong with the method used by the Ondo State Waste Management Agency in collecting and disposing their household generated wastes. The study concluded that despite the establishment of waste management authority, 22.02% of the wastes generated are neither collected nor taken proper care of. The study recommended that government should intensify efforts at creating more mobile dump sites in every quarter so as to complement the existing waste disposal techniques in the study area.

AAUA Journal of Environmental Design and Management, 2022

The study empirically analyzed residential mobility in Aba with a view to evolving reliable and r... more The study empirically analyzed residential mobility in Aba with a view to evolving reliable and robust predictable patterns of the factors influencing residential mobility in the commercial city of Aba, Nigeria. Stratified, systematic, as well as simple random sampling techniques were used to proportionately select the respondents in the study area. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was used to test the hypothesis which stated that the predominant factors that influenced residential mobility in Aba cannot be identified and that the factors that influence residential mobility among residents do not differ significantly across the residential densities in Aba. The study revealed that intra-neighborhood residential mobility, intra-residential density mobility, and inter-residential density mobility were the patterns of mobility in Aba. The predominant factors influencing residential mobility include security, commercial activities, travel behavior/proximity, household lifecycle, facilities, social status, work/personal, and neighbourhood characteristics. The study recommends that government should take into consideration all the identified factors that influenced residential mobility among residents across the densities when making policies and provisions for housing.

AAUA Journal of Environmental Design and Management, 2022

This study examined the performance of property investment relative to availability of neigbourho... more This study examined the performance of property investment relative to availability of neigbourhood infrastructure in North Central Nigeria. A Frankfort-Nachmias model was applied and arrived at 817 sample size. Descriptive and inferential methods were adopted to analyse the data collected. The result revealed a better performance on property investment in Abuja than Jos and Ilorin and a considerable variation existed in the property investment market across the three cities. The findings showed better infrastructure conditions in Abuja, good in Jos and fair in Ilorin as revealed by infrastructure condition index developed through the scoring analysis and measured in line with the international standard rating. The results indicate that, infrastructure conditions accounted for variation in the rate of performance in property investments in the study area. The study concluded that differences in property investment performance are as a result of available and functional infrastructure. The study recommends that stakeholders in real estate investment sector should consider best property investment decision relative to functional neighbourhood infrastructure for better performance.

AAUA Journal of Environmental Design and Management, 2022

The study investigates residents' perception of crime prevention strategy in Ota, Ogun State, Nig... more The study investigates residents' perception of crime prevention strategy in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria. Systematic sampling technique was used to draw sample size of 177 respondents. Data obtained were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Also, 5 points Likert's scale was used to compute Residents' Perception Index (RPI). The study established that active population increases with distance from the core residential area. Residents in the three residential zones were mostly (5.9%) tenants. Residents' perception of crime prevention measures show that community policing (4.05) was considered to be most effective, while the use of dogs was perceived to be the least (3.67) strategy of preventing crime. Other measures with positive deviation about mean were close circuit television (0.10), reorientation of youth (0.02) and installation of lighting facilities (0.01). The study concluded that the perceived level of crime prevention measures varied among residential zones. It is therefore recommended that policy on crime prevention should give priority to the identified remedies as perceived by the residents.

AAUA Journal of Environmental Design and Management, 2022

The study made use of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems technologies (GIS) to und... more The study made use of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems technologies (GIS) to understudy Obokun LGA, Osun State, Nigeria. Land SAT images of years between 1990 and 2020 were used as the source images. This was classified into five major groups, namely forest, agricultural land, bare/rocky land, settlement and wetland/water bodies using supervised classification method in digital image processing. The research work revealed that settlement has been on a rapid development over the years with a net increase change of 68% over the 30 years of study. Forest cover is losing at a rate of 8% for the period of 30 years, which is equivalent to 1241.91 hectares of forest land cover, this is a serious matter that calls for forest conservation and management practices. About 197.099 hectares of bare land has been lost to either settlement, or wetland encroaching, same is observed as 5% of wetland has also been lost; it is quite encouraging to have a 7% growth in agricultural lands. The study recommends that the degradation effect of the anthropogenic activities should be checkmated and also there must be a proper documentation on land use changes in form of land management information system.

AAUA Journal of Environmental Design and Management, 2022

This study explored factors influencing student housing location choice at the Federal University... more This study explored factors influencing student housing location choice at the Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was used to select fifty students spread across fifty (50) departments operating in the University for Questionnaire Administration. Results of findings were presented using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study revealed that the University embraces a dual-residential model (on and off-campus housing) of students housing. Existing residential units on campus can only accommodate a limited number of students, as such, off-campus housing is the predominant mode of students housing in FUTA. The discriminant function analysis revealed the suitability of the predictors for the study and identified academic level, cost of housing, cost of transportation, and friend influence as the most significant predictors determining the choice of student housing in FUTA. To bridge the gap between students' intake and existing on-campus students' housing, timely and periodic construction of on-campus students' housing equipped with the necessary facilities by government, school management and private donors should be prioritized.

AAUA Journal of Environmental Design and Management, 2022

This study evaluates solid waste generation and disposal challenges in the Osogbo metropolis in o... more This study evaluates solid waste generation and disposal challenges in the Osogbo metropolis in order to recommend workable solutions and to achieve sustainable urban management. A force gauge was used to measure daily solid waste generated by households in the area for two weeks (inclusive of weekends). Also, a set of 250 structured questionnaires were randomly administered to residents. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results revealed that Oja-oba (9.42kg) and Dada Estate (8.08kg) are the locations with the highest waste generation. The ANOVA F= 16.35, p=0.000<0.005 shows a significant difference in the quantity of waste generated across the study area. Household waste constitutes 55.1% of total waste generated with 21.8% of this as nylon. About 29% of the refuse was dumped into drainages and roadsides, while 23.3% was dumped on vacant lands. The challenges associated with household waste management in the study area include, among others, a shortage of waste transporting vehicles and the unwillingness of residents to pay for waste disposal services. The study concludes that there is a need to engage all stakeholders in the waste management system for the enforcement of waste management and sanitation laws as well as policies for effective urban management.

AAUA Journal of Environmental Design and Management, 2022

This paper examined residents' perception of three categories of environmental hazards and risks ... more This paper examined residents' perception of three categories of environmental hazards and risks in coastal towns of Nigeria. Three coastal town (Sapele, Oghara and Koko) where oil production activities are carried out were purposely selected and questionnaire was administered on the 218 residential buildings in the study area through multistage sampling technique. The established variation existed in residents' level of awareness of environmental hazards and severity of risks attached to each category of hazard. The findings also revealed that resident's perception of environmental hazards and risks in the study area were influenced by socioeconomic attributes such as age, and number of years spent in the area. All these cumulatively enhanced environmental awareness in the study area. The study concluded that residents do not view behavioural environmental hazards and risks as threat to their living. The paper called for synergy of efforts among stakeholders for the promotion of environmental sustainability in the creation and implementation of programmes and policies that could enhance residents' awareness and response to all classes of environmental hazards and risks.

Economic and Environmental Studies, 2017

The study examined gender dimension of cross border migration in rural border communities of Ipok... more The study examined gender dimension of cross border migration in rural border communities of Ipokia local government area, Ogun State, Nigeria. The study specifically examined socioeconomic characteristics of migrants, pattern of migration between male and female migrants and reasons for cross border migration in the study area. Multistage sampling technique was used in selecting 184 migrants (both male and female of equal size) in the study area. The study revealed that the mean age of male migrants was 41 years while that of female migrants was 36.3 years. Also, larger percentage of male (75%) and female (51.1%) migrants earn above Nigeria minimum wages (18,000). This was an indication that cross border migration has positive effect on migrants' standard of living. Major reasons for cross border migration (push factor) for male migrants included poor income, bad economic condition, poverty and few employment opportunities and unfavourable climatic condition, while poor income and poverty were major reasons adduced by female migrants. Moreover, good access to land, commerce and better income reasons were the major considerations for choosing destination area by male migrants while good access to land, marriage, to join family members and better income were the considerations for choosing destination area by female migrants in Nigeria (pull factors). The study concluded that despite the increase in cross border migration into the study area, patterns and reasons for cross border migration vary between men and women.

Journal of Geography and Regional Planning, 2017

Accepted 10th July, 2017 Abstract The study examined land accessibility among rural farmers in bo... more Accepted 10th July, 2017 Abstract The study examined land accessibility among rural farmers in border settlements of Ogun State, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to obtain information from 492 small scale farmers for this study. The study established that majority of the respondents were within the active and productive population (31 – 60 years). The common methods of accessing land among farmers were through renting (35.4%), leasing (21.3%) and by community allocation (12.5%) while none of the farmers had access to land through government allocation. It was also discovered that most of the farmers use the land for commercial farming, residential and subsistence farming. Furthermore, there was significant relationship between farm sizes across the village categories (p=0.005). Most of the respondents could not increase their farm size due to high cost of land (96%), tenure insecurity (62.9%), difficulty of land transaction (62.3%) and inability to transfer land (57.6%). The study concluded that rural farmers should be encouraged to cultivate bigger farm size and campaign should be intensified on area of opportunity in land distribution and land management to encourage more acquisition of land in the study area.

The study examined land accessibility among rural farmers in border settlements of Ogun State, Ni... more The study examined land accessibility among rural farmers in border settlements of Ogun State, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to obtain information from 492 small scale farmers for this study. The study established that majority of the respondents were within the active and productive population (31 – 60 years). The common methods of accessing land among farmers were through renting (35.4%), leasing (21.3%) and by community allocation (12.5%) while none of the farmers had access to land through government allocation. It was also discovered that most of the farmers use the land for commercial farming, residential and subsistence farming. Furthermore, there was significant relationship between farm sizes across the village categories (p=0.005). Most of the respondents could not increase their farm size due to high cost of land (96%), tenure insecurity (62.9%), difficulty of land transaction (62.3%) and inability to transfer land (57.6%). The study concluded that rural farmers should be encouraged to cultivate bigger farm size and campaign should be intensified on area of opportunity in land distribution and land management to encourage more acquisition of land in the study area.

AAUA Journal of Environmental Design and Management, 2022

Economic and Environmental Studies, 2017

Journal of Geography and Regional Planning, 2017

Over 50 years ago, oil and gas deposits were discovered in geological structure in the Delta. Thi... more Over 50 years ago, oil and gas deposits were discovered in geological structure in the Delta. This has been the cause of anthropogenic influences particularly dredging and dredged material disposal.