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• TITLE: Geospatial Assessment of the Impact of Urban Sprawl in Akure, Southwestern Nigeria

  AUTHORS: Victor A. Usman, Esther O. Makinde, Ayobami T. Salami

  KEYWORDS: Remote Sensing, Geodatabase, Land Use, Land Cover, Urban Sprawl, Global Positioning System (GPS)

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, Vol.6 No.4, April 4, 2018

  ABSTRACT: This study analyzed trend and examined the factors responsible for urban sprawl in Akure with a view to develop a user-friendly geospatial database for monitoring urban sprawl in the study area. Medium resolution satellite imageries derived from Landsat (TM) and (ETM+) comprising of four dates (1986, 1991, 2002 and 2011) were analyzed. The results revealed that built-up area increased rapidly by 43.31% from 5857.54 hectares in 1986 to 8394.21 hectares in 1991. It further increased by 72.02% from 8762.76 hectares to 15073.7 hectares in 2011. Field study conducted in 2013 involved in-depth interviews and questionnaires to stakeholders and residence respectively. The analysis showed that there was a weak negative relationship (r = -0.189, p