IBIDUN O ADELEKAN
Biographic Data
| ID | 8856101 |
|---|---|
| NAME | IBIDUN O ADELEKAN |
| GIVEN NAMES | IBIDUN |
| FAMILY NAME | O ADELEKAN |
| SIGNATURE | ADELEKAN I O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Geography, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, ibidun.adelekan@mail. ui.edu.ng |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Urban dynamics, everyday hazards and disaster risks in Ibadan, Nigeria
Many cities in sub-Saharan Africa lack official records of deaths and of serious illnesses and injuries from everyday hazards and disaster events at all scales. This is a major limitation to effective planning for risk reduction. This paper seeks to fill some of these data gaps for the city of Ibadan, drawing on newspaper reports, hospital records, and databases or records of government departments for the period 2000–2015. It presents what can b…
Vulnerability to wind hazards in the traditional city of Ibadan, Nigeria
This paper examines vulnerability to recent occurrences of wind hazards in the context of changing patterns of urbanization, land use, land cover and wind climate in Ibadan, the largest traditional urban centre in sub-Saharan Africa. The period 1989–2008 shows a significant increase in maximum wind gusts, with the latter half of the period, 1998–2008, recording higher mean maximum wind gusts and more frequent windstorms with peak gusts of 48 knot…
Vulnerability of poor urban coastal communities to flooding in Lagos, Nigeria
This paper considers the risks from and vulnerabilities to flooding in four urban poor communities close to the coast in Lagos, Nigeria. Drawing on interviews with inhabitants and key informants and also on group discussions, it documents the scale and frequency of flooding in these settlements and the impacts, as well as the individual, household and community responses. It also considers the factors that have contributed to increasing flood ris…
Analysis of the public perception of climate change issues in an indigenous African city
The paper analyses the public perception of climate variability and change on both local and global scales by residents of Ibadan, the largest truly indigenous city in sub‐Saharan Africa. Data for the survey was collected by the administration of a questionnaire to 453 respondents of different social and demographic strata within the city. The questions were aimed at eliciting how citizens perceived climatic experiences in their local environment…
Vulnerability of poor urban coastal communities to flooding in Lagos, Nigeria
This paper considers the risks from and vulnerabilities to flooding in four urban poor communities close to the coast in Lagos, Nigeria. Drawing on interviews with inhabitants and key informants and also on group discussions, it documents the scale and frequency of flooding in these settlements and the impacts, as well as the individual, household and community responses. It also considers the factors that have contributed to increasing flood ris…
Vulnerability to wind hazards in the traditional city of Ibadan, Nigeria
This paper examines vulnerability to recent occurrences of wind hazards in the context of changing patterns of urbanization, land use, land cover and wind climate in Ibadan, the largest traditional urban centre in sub-Saharan Africa. The period 1989–2008 shows a significant increase in maximum wind gusts, with the latter half of the period, 1998–2008, recording higher mean maximum wind gusts and more frequent windstorms with peak gusts of 48 knot…
Urban dynamics, everyday hazards and disaster risks in Ibadan, Nigeria
Many cities in sub-Saharan Africa lack official records of deaths and of serious illnesses and injuries from everyday hazards and disaster events at all scales. This is a major limitation to effective planning for risk reduction. This paper seeks to fill some of these data gaps for the city of Ibadan, drawing on newspaper reports, hospital records, and databases or records of government departments for the period 2000–2015. It presents what can b…
Analysis of the public perception of climate change issues in an indigenous African city
The paper analyses the public perception of climate variability and change on both local and global scales by residents of Ibadan, the largest truly indigenous city in sub‐Saharan Africa. Data for the survey was collected by the administration of a questionnaire to 453 respondents of different social and demographic strata within the city. The questions were aimed at eliciting how citizens perceived climatic experiences in their local environment…
Vulnerability of poor urban coastal communities to flooding in Lagos, Nigeria
This paper considers the risks from and vulnerabilities to flooding in four urban poor communities close to the coast in Lagos, Nigeria. Drawing on interviews with inhabitants and key informants and also on group discussions, it documents the scale and frequency of flooding in these settlements and the impacts, as well as the individual, household and community responses. It also considers the factors that have contributed to increasing flood ris…
Vulnerability to wind hazards in the traditional city of Ibadan, Nigeria
This paper examines vulnerability to recent occurrences of wind hazards in the context of changing patterns of urbanization, land use, land cover and wind climate in Ibadan, the largest traditional urban centre in sub-Saharan Africa. The period 1989–2008 shows a significant increase in maximum wind gusts, with the latter half of the period, 1998–2008, recording higher mean maximum wind gusts and more frequent windstorms with peak gusts of 48 knot…
Urban dynamics, everyday hazards and disaster risks in Ibadan, Nigeria
Many cities in sub-Saharan Africa lack official records of deaths and of serious illnesses and injuries from everyday hazards and disaster events at all scales. This is a major limitation to effective planning for risk reduction. This paper seeks to fill some of these data gaps for the city of Ibadan, drawing on newspaper reports, hospital records, and databases or records of government departments for the period 2000–2015. It presents what can b…
Geography (4 works) · Socioeconomics (4 works) · Climate change (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Environmental planning (3 works) · Environmental Science (3 works) · Flood Risk Assessment and Management (3 works) · Disaster Management and Resilience (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Environmental resource management (2 works)