joseph K Aro
Joseph is a creative GIS analyst with several years of experience conducting remote sensing analysis, digital mapping, database design and administration, as well as spatial analysis. Joseph holds a Btech in Geography and an MSc in GIS and Environmental Management. With interests in mapping, community engagements and data analysis, he has carried out numerous researches on climate change, land use changes, urban assessment analysis with focus on housing pattern, distribution and growth factors, climate change adaptability, disaster risk management, forced evictions as well as Environmetal impact assessments. He has worked with the University of Ilorin as a GIS Consultant and is the Director of GIS Cleric International.He is the Mapping and Community Profiling Analyst for Justice and Empowerment Initatives, Nigeria, An SDI affiliate. He is also a veteran radio and TV sports presenter and analyst. He is an International Fellow of the Humanitarian Innovation Initiative Hi2.
Supervisors: Ajibade Lanre Tajudeen and Ifabiyi Paul Tokun
Phone: +2347069681949
Address: Plot B1919, Pegi estate, Kuje Abuja, F.C.T
Supervisors: Ajibade Lanre Tajudeen and Ifabiyi Paul Tokun
Phone: +2347069681949
Address: Plot B1919, Pegi estate, Kuje Abuja, F.C.T
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Nigeria, the largest country in Africa in terms of population has witnessed unprecedented changes in land use structures as well as in the climate sphere. These changes are as a direct result of the economy of the nation. While emphasis has been placed on the contributions of deforestation and carbon forcings on the changes in climate, the land change factor has been quite silent. This research therefore aims to tell the story of the impact of land use/ land cover changes on climate and the vice versa in the north central city of Ilorin, Nigeria using Geographic Information systems.
Land use changes will be studied at a micro level using GIS for 50 years while also assessing the trend of climatic parameters during the same period. Changes in forest sizes and species will also be analysed for the same period and purpose. Climate change ensemble models will be obtained from the IPCC model and used to corroborate the trend of climatic parameters in order to assess cross effects of climate and land use change
While emphasis has been placed on the causes of these changes, little has been done in the way of mitigating these “perceived” hazards and thus protect our future generations from extinction.
A major concept that has emerged and is fast gaining ground in developed nations is the idea of the “green city”. However, due to issues like high level of illiteracy, corruption and poverty in these regions, adapting this approach seems highly unlikely.
This paper therefore aims at intimating policy makers with a new ‘sustainability-oriented’ and ‘environment-friendly’ approach to city building with regards to climate change. This simply entails borrowing from a variety of ensamples from the developed world with respect to “recycling, Brown to green, sustainable public transit and jobs in clean-technology sectors, enforcing land use provisions that make cities more dense and walk able, enforcement of renewable energy requirements in homes by local planning authorities reduce imperviousness and limits urban sprawl” while also assessing measures needed to put in place to ensure a relatively carbon managed economy.
Nigeria, the largest country in Africa in terms of population has witnessed unprecedented changes in land use structures as well as in the climate sphere. These changes are as a direct result of the economy of the nation. While emphasis has been placed on the contributions of deforestation and carbon forcings on the changes in climate, the land change factor has been quite silent. This research therefore aims to tell the story of the impact of land use/ land cover changes on climate and the vice versa in the north central city of Ilorin, Nigeria using Geographic Information systems.
Land use changes will be studied at a micro level using GIS for 50 years while also assessing the trend of climatic parameters during the same period. Changes in forest sizes and species will also be analysed for the same period and purpose. Climate change ensemble models will be obtained from the IPCC model and used to corroborate the trend of climatic parameters in order to assess cross effects of climate and land use change
While emphasis has been placed on the causes of these changes, little has been done in the way of mitigating these “perceived” hazards and thus protect our future generations from extinction.
A major concept that has emerged and is fast gaining ground in developed nations is the idea of the “green city”. However, due to issues like high level of illiteracy, corruption and poverty in these regions, adapting this approach seems highly unlikely.
This paper therefore aims at intimating policy makers with a new ‘sustainability-oriented’ and ‘environment-friendly’ approach to city building with regards to climate change. This simply entails borrowing from a variety of ensamples from the developed world with respect to “recycling, Brown to green, sustainable public transit and jobs in clean-technology sectors, enforcing land use provisions that make cities more dense and walk able, enforcement of renewable energy requirements in homes by local planning authorities reduce imperviousness and limits urban sprawl” while also assessing measures needed to put in place to ensure a relatively carbon managed economy.