(Ebook) Morphological and GIS-based land use Analysis: A Critical Exploration of a Rural Neighborhood by *Dr. OLUWAGBEMIGA PAUL AGBOOLA ,Dr. MOHDHISYAMRASIDI ,Dr. ISMAIL SAID , MA. SAMSON OLUTAYO ABOGAN ,MA. ADEBAMBO STEPHEN ADEJUWON

(Ebook) Morphological and GIS-based land use Analysis: A Critical Exploration of a Rural Neighborhood by *Dr. OLUWAGBEMIGA PAUL AGBOOLA ,Dr. MOHDHISYAMRASIDI ,Dr. ISMAIL SAID , MA. SAMSON OLUTAYO ABOGAN ,MA. ADEBAMBO STEPHEN ADEJUWON

The significance of neighbourhood in hosting a group of dwellings units and possessingadequate communal facilities could not be overemphasized in the study of people and placerelationships. There are two main objectives of this study: (i) to study the neighbourhood’sassociated challenges through the size, growth, and land use distribution, and (ii) toinvestigate the perceived inhabitants’ activities pattern within the neighbourhood. Theobjectives are explored through a morphological and GIS-based land use analysis of a ruralneighbourhood in South-west, Nigeria. The town is studied in three transformation phases,dating back to five decades using ArcGIS version 10.3. The 1st phase spanned between theyear 1910 to 1959, while the 2nd and 3rd phases ran through the year 1960 to 1999, andyear 2000 to 2015 respectively. The exploration in this study is to document the diverseneighbourhood challenges, features, and prospects, which remain uninvestigated in the casestudy area for the past years. The first finding revealed that some challenges needed to beresolved in a bid to meet the residents’ current basic needs. The second finding indicatedthat the rural settlements in Nigeria emanated from the residents’ adaptation to theenvironmental conditions, cum transformation through human activities. Meanwhile, thethird finding established that the human settlements evolved in connection to the local socioeconomic, recreation and religious virtues of the traditional marketplace (Oja). Inconclusion, human historical and social influences play a significant role in amelioratingthe challenges associated with the spatial developments of the settlements. The implicationof the study becomes vital to the major stakeholders and professionals in the builtenvironment on the significance of enhancing the sustainable communities in Nigeria.JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS (2018) 2(2), 106-121.https://doi.org/10.25034/ijcua.2018.4675