Mapping urban growth and its impact on agricultural lands in Abeokuta, Nigeria: 1966-2016 Online publication date: Thu, 18-Oct-2018
by Adewale Mukhtar Olayiwola; Michael Oluwabukunmi Lawal
Interdisciplinary Environmental Review (IER), Vol. 19, No. 3/4, 2018
Abstract: This study assessed the impacts of expansion of Abeokuta into some of the neighbouring rural farmlands, identified the trend of expansion of the study area between 1966 and 2016, examined the changes in the land cover types in the study area and assessed the implications of urban expansion on the farmlands in the affected communities. Data for the study were sourced from topographical map and satellite imageries (Landsat TM, 1986; Landsat ETM+, 2006, 2016). Results show that the expansion rate of Abeokuta within a period of 50 years was 0.9 km2 per thousand of the population. Therefore, between 1966 and 1986, about 72.6 km2 of rural land has been engulfed by the expansion of Abeokuta thereby causing a shortage in the farmland areas. Moreover, urban encroachment into the agricultural land was found to be more pronounced in the North, West and Southwestern parts of Abeokuta. On the whole, the study berated the grievous impacts of urban expansion into rural lands, particularly on food production.
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