Ecosystem services provide considerable development opportunities, including
incorporating land use planning and enhancing climate change resilience in peri-urban …

With rapid urbanisation, urban sprawl is a common phenomenon, particularly in the global
South creating peri-urban spaces where rural-urban interfaces occur. Peri-urban spaces are …

The increasing urban sprawl in most cities in developing countries continues to attract
attention of national and international agencies but the efforts had not achieved much result …

Ghana, like most developing countries, struggles to improve access to water and sanitation
to its urban population. Presently, many areas within the country do not have access to clean …

The aspiration for urban sustainability is captured within the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) and other global agendas. Urban sustainability cannot be achieved without …

The threat of the increasing global temperature is now of global concern than ever before.
This prompted the authors to gain insights on the Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon in a …

This study examined the state of some urban streams in a tropical environment of Nigeria. It
analysed satellite images which include Landsat 5 TM (1986), Landsat 7 ETM (2002) …

For several decades, Nigerian cities have been experiencing a decline in their biodiversity
resulting from rapid land use land cover (LULC) changes. Anticipating short/long-term …

This Chapter questions the negligence of attachment scholarship in the context of
environmental stewardship with a specific focus in peri-urban areas. This Chapter has …

Access to safe water is a significant challenge in many communities in developing countries
like Nigeria. This study examines the bacteriological quality of a primary water source in the …