Articles | AFRIGIST Journal of Land Administration and Environmental Management

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Declining Urban Greenery in Kano Metropolis, Nigeria

Halima Abdulkadir IDRIS^*

Urban development disturbs the ecological balance by increasing imperviousness of land and diminishing green cover. Over recent decades, researches have brought to light the importance of urban greenery and its role in sustaining the environment of cities and towns around the world. Urban growth in Kano metropolis has been quite significant over a few decades and activities have been enhanced towa...

May, 2022 pp. 1-13

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Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Fire Outbreaks in Markets of Kano Metropolis, Kano State, Nigeria

Sulaiman Yunus^*

Recurrent fire outbreaks in market places have been a major threat to commercial activities within Kano metropolis. This necessitated the need to examine the spatio-temporal pattern of the outbreaks in relation to the nature and importance of the markets with a view to mitigating its consequences for sustainable commercial development. Fire incidence records (1974-2017) comprising of incidence dat...

Dec, 2021 pp. 1-18

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Research Article

Conflicts and Conflict Resolution over Classified Forests Resources of Maradi Region, Niger Republic

AMADOU CHARIFI Rabiou^*, J. FALOLA Afolabi, SALEH B. Momale, YAMBA Boubacar

Conflict management is a key building block of forest governance; it has received little or no consideration in most of the ongoing governance reforms in Niger Republic. Understanding and finding the means to deal with conflicts related to utilization of forest resources became an important research area under the Governance for Sustainable Forests related to the livelihoods programme. The study a...

May, 2022 pp. 14-26

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Structuration de l’espace autour des lieux sacrés de la ville d’Abomey au Sud-Bénin

Ousséni AROUNA^*, Gildas K. S. MENSAH, Mama DJAOUGA, Erick SOGBOSSI, Ismaïla TOKO IMOROU

Structuring of the Space around the Sacred Places of the City of Abomey in South Benin The natural, historical and cultural heritages are important elements of the city of Abomey. The aim of this research is to analyze the proximity of sacred places to the socio-community infrastructures of the city of Abomey. The mapping is the methodological approach used. The Moran index was used to evaluate th...

Dec, 2021 pp. 19-29

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Research Article

LAND COVER CHANGES IN DANBATTA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KANO STATE, NIGERIA

Mamman Saba Jibril^*, David Sesugh Aule, Ali Hussain Idris

This research analyzed desertification and land degradation in Dambatta Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State with the view to delineating hotspot areas that require intervention. The imageries used for the research analysis were obtained from National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Abuja. The data sets were captured by Landsat Multispectral Scanner/Thematic Mapper (MSS/TM) 19...

May, 2022 pp. 27-38

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Research Article

Pro-Poor Land Administration for National Security and Development in Nigeria

Olayinka AJALA^*, Adewale AKINGBADE

One of the major effects of uncontrolled population growth in most developing countries including Nigeria is the pressure on accessibility to land. The consequence of this is the increasing spate of conflicts between and among communities. In Nigeria like in most African countries, the individuals have strong attachment. This is so strong that they can go to war over even the smallest dispute on l...

Dec, 2021 pp. 30-46