Prof. O.O. I. Orimoogunje

Citation:

Gbadegesin, A. S., Eze E. B., Oluwagbenga O. O. I., & Fashae O. A. (2015).  Frontiers in Environmental Research and Sustainable Environment in the 21st Century. , Ibadan: Ibadan University Press

Abstract:

The primary object of this book is to present current issues and problems relating to environmental sustainability and to discuss them as elements of the earth’s surface. This book is timely because of the widespread interest in geographical approaches to solving environmental problems. However, the celebration of the two Giants of Geography – Emeritus Professor Adetoye Faniran and Professor Olusegun Areola from the Department of Geography, University of Ibadan, Nigeria afforded scholars to share their interest especially because of the opportunity to celebrate the erudite Giants by holding a National Colloquium on Frontiers in Environmental Research and Sustainable Environment in the 21st Century. The collections of articles in this book result from the scholars’ concerns to evaluate environmental geographical applicability to environmental management in several natural resource fields. The study of such complexes requires more than one individual. This has led to the concept of interdisciplinary research which involves diversity of skills and specialties. Environmental geography has for some time been prominent in research and management studies, but only a few components have been measured or considered in most instances.

The primary object of this book is to present current issues and problems relating to environmental sustainability and to discuss them as elements of the earth’s surface. This book is timely because of the widespread interest in geographical approaches to solving environmental problems. However, the celebration of the two Giants of Geography – Emeritus Professor Adetoye Faniran and Professor Olusegun Areola from the Department of Geography, University of Ibadan, Nigeria afforded scholars to share their interest especially because of the opportunity to celebrate the erudite Giants by holding a National Colloquium on Frontiers in Environmental Research and Sustainable Environment in the 21^st Century. The collections of articles in this book result from the scholars’ concerns to evaluate environmental geographical applicability to environmental management in several natural resource fields. The study of such complexes requires more than one individual. This has led to the concept of interdisciplinary research which involves diversity of skills and specialties. Environmental geography has for some time been prominent in research and management studies, but only a few components have been measured or considered in most instances.

Prof. Adeniyi, S. Gbadegesin is a Professor of Geography at University of Ibadan, Nigeria specializing in Soils and Natural Resource Management. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Urban Initiatives and Environment as a Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management expert. He was the land-use consultant in an SSRC/American Council of Learned Societies Joint Committee’s sponsored projects on the Impact of River Bank Erosion Control Strategies on Agriculture in Rivers State, Nigeria (1991).  He coordinated the WWF funded research project on forest resources management in southern Nigeria and led a Federal Environmental Protection Agency/World Bank sponsored research team that assessed the conservation status of the flora and fauna of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja. He is currently the Vice-Chancellor, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria.

Prof. Eze Bassey Eze is a Professor of Geomorphology at the University of Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. He has worked extensively on clay mineralogical composition of lowland soils in central Cross River State, Nigeria, dealing with the challenge of incorporating information on this component into natural area management. He has been former HOD, sub-Dean, Acting Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and National Chairman, Association of Directors of School of Continuing Education of Nigerian Universities. He is currently the Director, Centre for Educational Services, UNICAL and a member of the University of Calabar Governing Council.

Dr. Oluwagbenga O.I. Orimoogunje is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. His research focuses on land use dynamics and its impacts on natural resource management, in particular how an understanding of these processes can contribute to improved land resource management. He has worked extensively on natural resource management and strategic planning issues in south-western Nigeria, dealing with the challenge of incorporating information on land use dynamics into natural area management and planning. He is a Consultant to EMRAD Nigeria Limited on enhanced stove study for climate change response in the Guinea Savanna, Nigeria.

      Dr. Olutoyin A. Fashae is an academic staff of the Department of Geography, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Her research focuses on Biogeomorphology processes in land systems, in particular how an understanding of these processes can contribute to environmental sustainability. She has engaged in National and International assignments such as Nigeria Flood Post-disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) Community Consultation and validation survey (2012); and Community based Risk Assessment and Strategy development in the city of Kampala Uganda (2013). Dr Olutoyin A. Fashae is an alumnus of ITC (Netherlands) and Brown University, Rhode Island, USA.