Department of Geography
Academic Qualifications
Ph.D, Urban and Regional Planning (University of Ibadan, Ibadan
Master of Urban and Regional Planning (University of Ibadan, Ibadan
Bachelor of Science, Geography (University of Ibadan, Ibadan)
Publications & Conference Presentations
Kasim, O. F., Olatubara, C. O. Odunola, O.O. Omirin, O. J. Ojolowo, S. K., Ipingbemi, O. and Audu, A. A. (2024). Determinants of Housing and Environmental Conditions in a Medium-Sized City in Osun State, Southwestern Nigeria. Journal of Contemporary African Studies, 42(1), 73-87 https://doi.org/10.1080/02589001.2024.2319788
Ojolowo, S. K., Audu, A. A., Olatubara, C. O., Ipingbemi, O., Odunola, O. O., Omirin, O. J., and Kasim, O. F. (2024). Land Surface Temperature and Landuse/ Land Cover Change Variability Using Remotely Sensed Data for Sub-urban Settlements in Osun State, Nigeria. CSID Journal of Infrastructure Development, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.7454/jid.v7.i1.1109
Hounnou, F., Houessou, A., Kasim, O., and Yabi, J. (2024). Cotton farmers’ intention to adopt biochar as climate change adaptation and sustainable land management strategy in Benin. Journal of Cleaner Production, vol 438140685, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.140685.
Kasim, O., Ajayi, S., Omirin, O., & Alabi, A. (2023). The impact of foreign exchange rate on building materials and residential building construction cost in Nigeria (1999-2021). Acta Structilia, vol 30(2), 61-93 https://doi.org/10.38140/as.v30i2.7523
Kasim, O. F., Famewo, A., Ekott, I and Adeowu B. M. 2023. Urban land grabbing and livelihood options of small-scale farmers in peri-urban areas of Ibadan, Nigeria. Journal of GEOScience and Planning, vol 1(1), 43-52
Ipingbemi, O., Omirin, O. J., Olatubara, C. O., Odunola, O. O., Ojolowo, S. K. Kasim, O. F., Audu, A. A. 2022. Transportation Characteristics in a Medium-Sized City of Osun State, Nigeria: Implications for Sustainable Transportation Planning and Management. African Journal for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, vol, 25(3); 85-99
Kasim O. F., Wahab Bolanle and Oweniwe M. F. 2022. Urban Expansion and Enhanced Flood Risk in Africa: The Example of Lagos. Environmental Hazards. Vol 21(2): 137-158 https://doi.org/10.1080/17477891.2021.1932404
Moonsammy, S., Oyedotun, T.D.T, Oyedotun T. D., Renn-Moonsammy, D., Ally, N. Kasim, O. F. and Famewo, A. 2021. COVID-19 Effects on Municipality Waste Collection Services for Households: Statistical modelling of perspectives from Guyana and Nigeria. Journal of Material Cycle and Waste Management. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-021-01225-4
Kasim, O. F., Oyedotun, T. D. T., Famewo, A., Oyedotun, T. D., Moonsammy, S., Ally, N. and Renn-Moonsammy, D. M. 2021. Household Waste Generation, Change in Waste Composition and Exposure to COVID-19 in Guyana and Nigeria. Scientific African vol. 14, e01060, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2021.e01060.
Kasim, O. F. Omirin, O. J. Fanegan, O. and Odunola, O. O. 2021 Sustainability in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods Sector in Lagos, Nigeria. Asian Development Perspectives, vol 12(1): 1-14 https://doi.org/10.22681/ADP.2021.12.1.1
Alabi, A. M., Kasim, O. F. Lasisi M. O. 2020. Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in residential solid waste management in Ibadan: Challenges and opportunities. Journal of Geography and Regional Planning, vol 13(2): 30-40
Kasim O. F. Alabi, A. M. and Wusu, S. 2020. Risk Assessment for Hazard Exposure and its Consequences on Housing Construction Sites in Lagos, Nigeria. ACTA Structilla, vol 27(1): 59-84 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18820/24150487/as27i1.3
Oyedotun, T. D. T., Kasim, O. F., Famewo, A., Oyedotun, T. D., Moonsammy, S., Ally, N. and Renn-Moonsammy, D. M. 2020. Waste management in the era of COVID-19: Perceptions, practices, and potentials for research in Developing Countries. Research in Globalization, vol. 2: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resglo.2020.100033
Kasim, O. F., Agbola S. B. and Oweniwe M. F. 2020 Land use land cover change and land surface emissivity in Ibadan, Nigeria. Journal Town and Regional Planning, vol 77: 71-88 DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.18820/2415-0495/trp77i1.6
Kasim O. F., Abshare, M. W, Mukuna, T. E., and Wahab, B. 2018. “Land Use and Ambient Air Quality in Bahir Dar and Hawassa, Ethiopia.” Journal of Air, Soil and Water Research. vol 11: 1–10 DOI: 10.1177/1178622117752138
Kasim, O. F., Omirim, O. J. and Okoro D. I. 2018. “Spatial analysis of cohabiting tertiary students’ housing location in Ibadan, Nigeria” GeoJournal, vol 83(1): 137-151 DOI 10.1007/s10708-016-9758-3
Kasim O. F., Abshare, M., and Agbola, S. B. 2018. “Analysis of Air Quality in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.” Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, vol 68(8): 801–811 DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2017.1413020
Kasim O. F. 2018 “Wellness and Illness: The Aftermath of Mass Housing in Lagos, Nigeria.” Development in Practice, vol 28(7): 952-963 https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2018.1487385
Odunola, O. O., Odunsi, O. M., Alabi, A. T. and Kasim, O. F. 2018. Implications of Fossil Fuel Generating Set on Residents’ Wellbeing in Lagos, Nigeria. African Journal for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, vol 21(2): 253-265
Alabi A. M. Muraina, M. A and Kasim O. F. 2018. Private Developers’ Participation in Housing Production and Wetland Encroachment along Lekki-Epe Corridor in Lagos, Nigeria. Journal of Environment Protection and Sustainable Development, vol. 4(3): 46-54
Kasim, O. F. and Agbola, S. B. 2018. Strategies and Challenges of Land Reform in Nigeria. Journal of Public Administration, vol 53(2.1): 541-564
Kasim, O. F. and Agbola Tunde. 2017. “Decentralisation and Local Government Reforms in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities and the Way Forward” Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review, vol 33(1): 89-113
Kasim, O. F., and Falola, O. 2017. “Cohabitation and Students’ Academic Performance in Selected Tertiary Institutions in Ibadan, Nigeria” African Journal for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, vol 20(2): 188-200
Alabi, M., Omirin O. J, and Kasim, O. F. 2017 “Residents’ Perception on the Impact of Gatekeepers on Access to Housing Resources and Home Ownership in Lagos State, Nigeria” Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and Management vol 10(7): 836-846
Adewole, I. F, Agbola, S. B and Kasim, O. F. 2015. “Building Resilience to Climate Change Impact after the 2011 Flood Disaster at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria” Journal of Urbanization and Environment, vol 27(1): 199-216 DOI: 10.1177/0956247814547679
Kasim, O. F. and Arobo, A. K. 2015. “Level of Compliance to Regulations and Awareness of Biomedical Waste Hazards among Health Workers in Adeoyo Maternity Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria” Ibadan Planning Journal, vol 4(1): 51-77
Kasim, O. F. and Olatubara, C. O. 2015. “Fire Outbreaks and Residential Neighbourhoods Vulnerability in Lagos, Nigeria” Ibadan Journal of the Social Sciences, vol 13(2): 257-275
Recent Book Chapters
Ogunmodede, O. D. Jimoh, U. U. and Kasim, O. F. (2023). Planning for Rural Water System in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects. In Oloukoi G (ed) Water Affairs in a Changing Environment: Concepts, Nexus and Adaptation Options for Africa. Ibadan; Water for Life Support Foundation, Nigeria:427-453
Olaniyan, O. M., Medayese, S., and Kasim, O. F. (2023). Green City Interventions for Sustainable Urban Ecology in Nigeria. In Ajala, O. A., Olayiwola, A. M., Olawole, M. O. and Olabamiji, A. E. (eds) A Festschrift in Honour of Professor Akinola S. Aguda. Ile Ife; Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife: 311-332
Wahab, B. and Kasim, O. 2023 Developing Resilient Cities in Developing Countries. In Oladokun, V., Proverbs, D., Adebimpe, O. and Adedeji, T. (eds) Handbook of Flood Risk Management in Developing Countries. London, Taylor and Francis. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003160823-21
Kasim O. F. Wahab B., Olayide O.E. (2020) Assessing Urban Liveability in Africa: Challenges and Interventions. In: Leal Filho W., Azul A.M., Brandli L., Lange Salvia A., Wall T. (eds) Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Cham; Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71059-4_70-1
Wahab Bolanle and Kasim, O. F. 2019. “Climate Change, Vulnerability and Planning and Management.” In Agbola, Tunde (ed) Readings in Urban and Regional Planning. Ibadan: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Ibadan: 511-537
Kasim, O. F. Olutayo O. A. Nwokoro, I. C. 2019. Urban and Regional Planning, Public Interest and Agbola’s Publication. In Alabi, M., Sanni, L. and Wahab, B. (eds) Urban and Regional Planning in Nigeria: Essays in Honour of Professor Samuel Babatunde Agbola. Ibadan, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Ibadan: 97-112
Kasim, O. F. and Omirin O. J. 2018. Urban Disaster and Risk Management. In Odufuwa, B. O., Salau, T. I., and Omoniyi, S. S. (eds) Urban Development and Management in Nigeria. Ijebu-Ode; Gratia Associates International: 145-181
Agbola, Tunde and Kasim, O. F. 2017. “Conceptual and Theoretical Issues in Housing” in Agbola, Tunde, Egunjobi ‘Layi and Olatubara, C. O. (eds.) Housing Development and Management: A Book of Readings. Ibadan: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Ibadan: 19-86.
Agabi, J. and Kasim, O. F. 2017. “Risk Management.” In ‘Layi Egunjobi (ed) Contemporary Concepts in Physical Planning Volume III. Ibadan; Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Ibadan: 827-850
Kasim, O. F. and Amusat, K. K. 2016. “Vulnerability” in ‘Layi Egunjobi (ed) Contemporary Concepts in Physical Planning Volume II. Ibadan; Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Ibadan: 1032-1055
Kasim O. F. 2015. “Classifications” in ‘Layi Egunjobi (ed) Contemporary Concepts in Physical Planning. Ibadan; Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Ibadan: 153-181
Agbola, S. B, Kasim, O. F. and Coker, M. O. 2014. “Dynamics of Land Use and Land Cover Change in Ibadan Region, Nigeria” in Bičík, I., Himiyama, Y., Feranec, J. and Kupková, L (eds) Land Use / Cover Changes in Selected Regions in the world: Volume IX. IGU/LUCC, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague and Hokkaido University of Education, Asahikawa: 43-48
Kasim, O. F and Agbola Tunde 2014. “Promoting Green Housing for Sustainable Clean Cities in Nigeria” in Wahab Bolanle, Atebije N. and Yunusa Ibrahim (eds) Building Clean Cities in Nigeria Abuja: The Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP) and Town Planners Registration Council of Nigeria (TOPREC): 355-364
Olatubara C. O and Kasim O. F. 2013. “Building Collapse in Nigeria: An Overview.” In Wahab Bolanle, Atebije N. and Yunusa Ibrahim (eds) Disaster Risk Management in Nigerian Rural and Urban Settlements. Abuja: The Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP) and Town Planners Registration Council of Nigeria (TOPREC): 217-238
Agbola Tunde and Kasim O. F. 2013. “Topical Issues in Fire Disaster Management in Nigeria.” in Wahab Bolanle, Atebije N. and Yunusa Ibrahim (eds) Disaster Risk Management in Nigerian Rural and Urban Settlements. Abuja: The Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP) and Town Planners Registration Council of Nigeria (TOPREC): 195-216
Agbola, ‘Tunde, Olatubara, C. O. and Kasim, O. F. 2009. “An Evaluation of the Nature and Character of the Nigerian Extractive Industries” Oil and Gas, vol 1:180-223
Published Books
Oyebola, O. O, Ifeanyi-Obi, C. C. Momodu, A. S. Kasim, O. F., Olusola, F, Jagun-Jubril, A., Oluwaranti A. 2021. Climate Change Research: Outputs and Uptakes of Nigerian CIRCLE Visiting Fellows. Ibadan; Ebony Books & Kreations
Kasim O. F and Agbola S. B (Eds) 2019. Contemporary Issues in Local Government Administration in Africa. Beau Bassin, Mauritius; LAP Lambert Academic Publishing: 301 pages
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