Although 40 million people lived in West Africa with 4% in cities in 1930, in 1990 there were about 190 million with 40% being in cities. Projected figures for 2020 indicate that 63% of the estimated population of 430 million will be found in urban cities. Nigeria is not exempted from this scenario. Providing food and fiber for the population will be a burden to all.This publication contains selected refereed research papers from the Alexander Von Humboldt international conference held in Nigeria in December, 2010. The research papers cover several disciplines from the sciences, social sciences, and humanities to policy studies.The first chapter contained the paper on urban governance. It dealt with urban resources and their environment to problems with Nigeria cities and prescribed the way forward. The paper that followed was on the role of primary agriculture in processing and nutrition in urban food security. It looked at the historical antecedents of urbanization and the strategies for improved food and nutrition security in urban cities. About four papers examined the issues surrounding climate change and building green productive cities. Case studies were presented and their implications were analyzed.There were other papers on urban waste management in different parts of Nigeria. The challenges of thermal discomfort and heat stress were highlighted with implication for building design. There were research reports on urban health complications in cities which gave comprehensive analysis of the magnitude of such burden if associated constraints were not tackled.There were other papers dealing with environmental hazards which drew attention to the environmental sanitation level and the nature or water and food hygiene. Finally there was a paper that examined the issues surrounding desertification and lessons to be learnt from experiences of Israel, Turkey and Egypt.
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- Preface
- URBAN GOVERNANCE AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT:REVISITING THE 1976 LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM IN NIGERIA
- THE ROLE OF PRIMARY AGRICULTURE IN PROCESSING ANDNUTRITION IN URBAN FOOD SECURITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE
- CLIMATE CHANGE AND BUILDING GREEN PRODUCTIVE CITIES
- RECENT TRENDS IN AGRICULTURAL GROWTH IN AFRICANCOUNTRIES: A CASE FOR LEVERAGING URBAN AGRICULTURE
- ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS, PUBLIC HEALTH AND FOODSAFETY
- ANALYSIS OF CLIMATIC DATA OF IBADAN METROPOLIS:IMPLICATIONS FOR GREEN CITY
- FARMERS PERCEPTION OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND THEIREFFECTS ON ARABLECROP PRODUCTION IN OYO STATE
- RAINFALL PATTERN AND ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES: A CASESTUDY OF TWO CITIES IN NORTH- WEST OF NIGERIA
- DETERMINANTS OF FARM INCOME IN THE PERI-URBANAGRICULTURE OF ILE-IFE, OSUN STATE, NIGERIA
- EFFECTIVE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AMONG PERI-URBANHOUSEHOLDS IN EGBEDA AND OLUYOLE LOCAL GOVERNMENTAREAS OF OYO STATE, NIGERIA
- PERI-URBAN FARMING HOUSEHOLDS LIVELIHOOD IN LAGOSSTATE, NIGERIA
- PERI-URBAN FARMING IN IBADAN METROPOLIS
- DIAGNOSTIC SURVEY OF THE FADAMA PRACTICE IN SOMESELECTED CITIES OF THE SOUTH WESTERN NIGERIA
- EFFECTS OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC FERTILIZERS ON THEPRODUCTIVITY OF AMARANTHUS CRUENTUS IN ILE-IFE, OSUNSTATE, NIGERIA
- FARMERS WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE IN GROUPMARKETING OF THEIR PRODUCE IN IFE EAST LOCALGOVERNMENT
- REUSE OF ORGANIC SOLID WASTE IN IBADAN, OYO STATE,NIGERIA
- URBAN AGRICULTURE AND HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITYIN LAGOS METROPOLIS, NIGERIA
- URBAN AGRICULTURE IN OJO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OFLAGOS STATE NIGERIA
- URBAN AGRICULTURE IN IBADAN METROPOLIS, NIGERIA
- URBAN AGRICULTURE IN NIGERIA: THE CHALLENGE OFCLIMATE CHANGE
- URBAN FARMING AND MALARIA RISK FACTORS IN OYO STATE
- DOMESTIC ENERGY CRISIS IN SELECTED URBAN HOUSEHOLDSOF SOUTHWEST NIGERIA
- ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OFBUILDING SERVICES EQUIPMENT
- OPERATIONAL ATTRIBUTES OF URBAN AQUACULTURESYSTEMS IN IBADAN MUNICIPAL, OYO STATE, NIGERIA
- URBAN WASTE MANAGEMENT IN LAGOS METROPOLIS
- CHALLENGES TO THE PROVISION OF INFRASTRUCTURALSERVICES IN NIGERIA’S URBAN AREAS
- MANAGING NIGERIA URBAN GROUNDWATER POLLUTION:CRITICAL LESSONS FROM UNITED KINGDOM’S APPROACH
- THE CHALLENGES OF THERMAL DISCOMFORT AND HEATSTRESS IN NIGERIAN CITIES: IMPLICATIONS FOR BUILDINGDESIGN
- FEEDMILLING BUSINESS IN IBADAN METROPOLIS, OYO STATE,NIGERIA
- GENDER AND URBAN AGRICULTURE: THE CASE OF VEGETABLEMARKETING IN LAGOS STATE OF NIGERIA
- RESIDENTS RESPONSES TO FARMING WITHIN RESIDENTIALENVIRONMENTS:A CASE STUDY OF THE UNIVERSITY HOUSING ESTATE IN ILE-IFE
- STREET-VENDED FOODS IN IBARAPA–EAST LOCALGOVERNMENT AREA, NIGERIA
- URBAN HEALTH CHALLENGES OF INDUSTRIAL WASTEDISPOSAL IN IKEJA INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, LAGOS NIGERIA
- YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN PERI-URBAN AGRICULTURE IN OSUNSTATE, NIGERIA
- REVERSING THE DESERTIFICATION OF PARTS OF NORTHERNNIGERIA:LESSONS OF EXPERIENCE FROM ISRAEL, TURKEY AND EGYPT
- SUSTAINABILITY OF URBAN AGRICULTURE IN IBADAN,NIGERIA: GENDER ANALYSIS OF LIVELIHOODS
- PROSPECTS OF TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION AMONG DRYSEASON VEGETABLE PRODUCERS IN OSOGBO METROPOLIS OFOSUN STATE, NIGERIA
- URBAN AGRICULTURE AS A DRIVER OF LANDUSE/LANDCOVERCHANGE IN THE LOWER OGUN RIVER BASIN, NIGERIA
- EFFECT OF INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS ON WATER QUALITY OFRIVER ATUWARA IN OTA, NIGERIA
- EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON FOOD OUTPUT AND PRICES INNIGERIA
- DISPOSAL MANAGEMENT OF PACKAGED WATER MATERIALS
- USE OF AGRICULTURAL WASTE MANAGEMENT OGBOMOSOMETROPOLIS
- MOTIVATIONS FOR ADOPTION OF CLIMATE RISKMANAGEMENT STRATEGIES BY ARABLE CROP FARMERS IN IFEAREA, OSUN STATE, NIGERIA
- DETERMINANTS OF PUBLIC WILLINGNESS TO FUND URBANTREE PLANTING IN LAGOS METROPOLIS, NIGERIA