Authors :
OLOYEDE, JOHNSON OLAOYE; ADENIYI, SALIU; OLOYEDE, TEMILOLUWA MERCY
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 7 - July
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6982379
Abstract :
The population explosion especially in the
developing nations of the world makes urban sprawl a
continuous issue in both mega and smaller cities in the
said regions of the world. Sprawl in Ile-Ife is no
difference and the crux of the research that is Urban
Sprawl Increase Decoyer of Urban Heat Island and the
Catalyst of Global Warming in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The
research made use of the Multi-date Landsat imageries
of 1986, 2000 and 2017 (Landsat TM, Landsat ETM+
and Landsat OLI respectively) with spatial resolution of
bam were used to assess the sprawl and land use/cover
dynamics of the study area. GPS receiver was also used
to capture the coordinates of features on ground. Daily
temperatures of the study area were also sourced via
internet. Results showed spatial pattern of land
use/cover for the based years, land use/cover change
analysis equally revealed spatial pattern of sprawl.
Temperature readings supported tremendous increase in
heat and plates of devastations in public buildings by
storms also indicated the result of damages’ made to
forest. The research therefore concluded with its
recommendations that there should be adequate
planning which should be strictly followed in the study
area. There should be afforestation at the fringes of the
city and that there should be promulgation against trees
felling within and the surroundings of Ile-Ife.
The population explosion especially in the
developing nations of the world makes urban sprawl a
continuous issue in both mega and smaller cities in the
said regions of the world. Sprawl in Ile-Ife is no
difference and the crux of the research that is Urban
Sprawl Increase Decoyer of Urban Heat Island and the
Catalyst of Global Warming in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The
research made use of the Multi-date Landsat imageries
of 1986, 2000 and 2017 (Landsat TM, Landsat ETM+
and Landsat OLI respectively) with spatial resolution of
bam were used to assess the sprawl and land use/cover
dynamics of the study area. GPS receiver was also used
to capture the coordinates of features on ground. Daily
temperatures of the study area were also sourced via
internet. Results showed spatial pattern of land
use/cover for the based years, land use/cover change
analysis equally revealed spatial pattern of sprawl.
Temperature readings supported tremendous increase in
heat and plates of devastations in public buildings by
storms also indicated the result of damages’ made to
forest. The research therefore concluded with its
recommendations that there should be adequate
planning which should be strictly followed in the study
area. There should be afforestation at the fringes of the
city and that there should be promulgation against trees
felling within and the surroundings of Ile-Ife.
