TITLE:
Effects of Urban Land Use Change on Selected Public Utilities for Sustainable Development in Akure, Nigeria
AUTHORS:
Francis Omowonuola Akinluyi, Michael Ajide Oyinloye, Comfort Opeyemi Aladekoyi
KEYWORDS:
Landuse, Public Utilities, Sustainable Development, Remote Sensing, GIS, Satellite Imageries
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection,
Vol.9 No.5,
May
25,
2021
ABSTRACT: Urban
landuse change is one of the main driving forces of global environmental
change. It is central to the sustainable development debate. The aim of this
research is to examine the effects of urban landuse and its impact on selected
public utility services in Akure with a view to improve strategies to protect
these utilities for sustainable development. The research was conducted using
remote sensing, Geographical information System and questionnaire to collect
the required data for the purpose of fulfilling the objectives of this study.
In this study of analyzing the urban landuse change, 2010 and 2018 IKONOS are
used in a post classification comparison analysis to map the landuse changes
and identify the conversion process in Akure. The landuse change statistics
results obtained revealed that residential landuse has changed rapidly for the
periods (2010-2018). The results also show increase in commercial landuses
between the same periods. The results of the analysis reveal that the built-up
area has been growing rapidly for the periods (2010-2018). Findings show that,
housing provision (residential), business purpose (commercial) and educational
(institution) are the major causes of land use change in the study areas. To
reduce the effect of land use expansion in the study areas, policy measures
were recommended which include regulating the growth and spread of development,
regional development programs. In our opinion, the information provided by
these technologies could help city planners and policy makers to attain and
sustain future urban development.