Name: AKINLAWON LADIPO MABOGUNJE
Birth: Born 18th October, 1931 in Kano, Northern Nigeria
Address: 13 Oba Olagbegi Road, Bodija Estate, Ibadan
P. O. Box 2681, Main Post Office, Ibadan
E-mail: akinmabo@gmail.com.
Parentage: Father: Joseph Omotunde Mabogunje, retired official of the United Africa Co. Ltd. (Deceased)
Mother: Janet Adeola Mabogunje, Trader (Deceased)
Education: Holy Trinity School, Kano - 1935-1938
United Native African Church School, Kano 1939-1941
Central School, Mapo, Ibadan - 1942
The Grammar School, Ibadan - 1943-1948
University College, Ibadan - 1949-1953
University College, London - 1954-1958
Qualifications: B.A. General Degree (London) - 1953
B.A. Honours Geography (London) - 1956
M.A. (London) - 1958
Ph.D. (London) - 1961
Honorary Degrees:
Hon. D. Econ (Stockholm School of Economics, 1973 Stockholm, Sweden
Hon. D. Litt. (Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States 1976
Hon. D. Sc. (University of Benin, Benin-City) 1995
Hon. D. Sc. (Ogun State University, Ago-Iwoye) 1996
Hon. D. Tech. (Bells University of Technology, Ota) 2009
Hon. D. Env, Tech. (Federal University of Technology, Akure) 2010
Honorary Fellowships:
Fellow of the University College London (FUCL) 1981
Fellow of the Nigerian Geographical Association (FNGA) 1984
Fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (FNITP) 1990
Foreign Associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences 1999
Fellow of the Social Science Academy of Nigeria (FSSAN) 2002
Fellow of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors & Valuers 2006
Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering (FNAE) 2006
Fellow of the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (FNIS) 2010
Other Honours:
Prize-Winner in Geography, University College, Ibadan, 1950/51 and 1951/52
Winner of Parry Prize in Geography, University of London, University College, 1953/54
Award of the David Livingstone Centennial Gold Medal by the American Geographical Society for distinguished contribution to the Geography of Africa, 1972
Murchinson Award of the Royal Geographical Society, London for distinguished contribution of the Geography of West Africa, 1975
Melville Herskovits Distinguished Professor of African Studies, Northwesstern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA, 1978
Nigeria National Order of Merit Award, (NNOM), the highest national award for distinguished contribution to the academic and intellectual life of the country, 1980.
Laureate d”Honneur, Société de Geographié, Paris, 1984
Anders Retzius Gold Medal of the Swedish Association for Anthropology and Geography, 1985
Social Correspondent of La Societa Geografica Italiana for distinguished contribution to the study of urbanization in the Third World, Rome, 1986
Honorary Corresponding Member, Academie Royale des Sciences d’Outre-Mer, Bruxelles, Belgium, 1987
Life Membership, University of Ibadan Alumni Association, Ibadan, 1987
Merit Award Recipient as a distinguished citizen of Ogun State, Nigeria, 1989
Life Membership, University of Ibadan Alumni Association, Ibadan, 1987
Merit Award Recipient as a distinguished citizen of Ogun State, Nigeria, 1989
Honorary Corresponding Member, Royal Geographical Society, London, U.K. 1991
Recipient of the Grande Medaille of the French Geographical Soceity, Paris, 1992,
Recipient, Certificate of Merit of the Ijebu-Ode Development Association, 1993
Recipient of the Research Gold Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, 1994
Distinguished Africanist Award of the African Studies Association of the United States, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, November, 1997
UNCHS Scroll of Honour for outstanding contributions to human settlements development, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 1998
Initiator and Chairman of the Ijebu Development Initiative on Poverty Reduction (IDIPR), Awujale’s Palace, Ijebu-ode, 1999 – 2022.
Foreign Associate of the United States National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., April, 1999
Nigerian National Honours of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON), 2001
Special Award by the Archbishop of Ibadan Province, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Ibadan, 2003
Hallmarks of Labour Foundation Role Model Award, 2005
National Union of Geography Students Association (NUGSA) (University of Ibadan Chapter) Role Model Award, 2005
National Environment Award 2006 (Sustainable Development Man of the Year) 2006
The Zik Prize in Leadership (for outstanding performance in Public Service), 2006
Distinguished Service Award by the Cathedral of St. James The Great at the 150th Anniversary Commemoration of its Founding - 2010
Nigerian National Honours of Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR), 2011
Centenary Award, Federal Government of Nigeria, 100 Eminent Citizens, 2014
CVL Leadership without Title (LWT) Award - 2016
Laureate of the Vautrin-Lud Prize which is regarded as the Noble Prize of Geography – 2017
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences – 2017
Heart of the Nation Star Award by the Federal Capital Territory Authousity (FCTA) – June 2022
University Positions (Nigeria):
Lecturer 1958-1964
Senior Lecturer 1964-1965
Professor 1965-1981
Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences 1968-1970
Director, Planning-Studies Programme 1972-1981
Visiting Professorship (International):
1. North Western University, Evanston, Illinois, USA - 1963/64; 1967/68; 1978/79.
2. McGill University, Centre f or Developing Countries Areas Studies, Montreal, Canada, 1969
3. Universities of Goteborg and Lund, Sweden, 1970
4. Universities of London, Oxford, Cambridge and Durham as Commonwealth Professor, 1971
5. University of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 1975
6. Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm., Sweden, 1976
7. University of Cambridge, England, 1978
8. Visiting Scholar, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, January, 1996.
Other Positions:
National - Professional
Editor, Nigerian Geographical Journal, 1962-65
Editor, Oxford University Press series on Studies in the Development of African Resources, 1967
President, Nigerian Geographical Association 1968-70
Vice President, Nigerian Economic Society, 1972 - 1982
Vice President, Nigerian Ecological Society, 1973 - 1979
President, National Council for Population Activities, 1986 - 1992
Executive Chairman, Development Policy Centre, Ibadan, 1996 - 2000
Chairman, Governing Board, Development Policy Centre, Ibadan, 2000 - 2003
Chairman, Board of Trustees, Foundation for Development and Environmental Initiatives (FDI), Ibadan, 2006
Chairman, Governing Council, Centre for Human Security, Olusegun Obasanjo
Presidential Library, Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, 2012
Chairman, Governing Council, Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy, Awolowo Avenue, Ibadan, 2015 -
National - Public Sector
Chairman, Enumeration Area Demarcation, Western Nigeria Census Board, 1961-1963
Member, Western Nigeria Economic Advisory Council, 1967 - 71
Chairman, Western State Forestry Commission 1968-74
Member, Western National Committee on Kainji Lake Research Project, 1968~74
Member Federal Public Service Review Commission, 1972-74
Consultant on Enumeration Area Demarcation, National Census Board, 1973-75
Chairman, Nigerian Council for Management Development, 1976 - 79
Consultant, Federal Capital Development Authority, 1976-84
Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Ogun State University, Ago-Iwoye, 1982-1991
Member, Board of the Directorate of Food, Roads and Rural Infrastructures, Office of the President, 1986 - 1993
Member, Board of Trustees, Nigerian National Merit Award Endowment Fund, 1983-1989
Chairman, Board of Trustees, Nigerian National Merit Award Endowment Fund, 1989-1994
Executive Chairman, National Board for Community Banks, 1991-1994
Member, Committee on the Merger of the Federal Mortgage Finance Limited and the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, (Chairman - Alhaji M.I.Yahaya), 2000
Member, Presidential Committee on Urban Development and Housing (Chairman - Governor Peter Odili), 2001
Chairman, Presidential Technical Committee on Housing and Urban Development, 2002 - 2004
Chairman, Presidential Technical Board, Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, 2002 – 2007
Member, Technical Committee on the Reform of Local Government Councils in Nigeria, 2003 2004
Member, Federal Capital Territory Honorary Ministerial Advisory Committee, 2004 2005
Chairman, Presidential Committee for the Redevelopment of the Lagos Megacity Region, 2005 2006
Chairman, Interim Lagos-Ogun Megacity Development Authority, 2006 –2011
Chancellor, Bells University, Otta, 2007 - 2015
Chairman, Presidential Technical Committee on Land Reform, 2009 - 2011
National - Private Sector
Member, Board of Directors, Nigerian Agricultural Products Co. Ltd., 1965-76
Member, Board of Directors, Academy Press Plc., 1976 - 2006
Vice-Chairman, Pai Associates International (Nigeria) Ltd., 1979 - 89
Vice Chairman, Board of Directors, Pi International Co. Ltd., 1990 -
Chairman, Board of Directors, Fountain Publications Limited, 1990 -
Member, Board of Directors, First Interstate Merchant Bank (Nigeria) Ltd., 1993-95
Member, Board of Directors, Shonny Investment and Properties Co. Ltd., 1994 -
Chairman, Board of Directors, First Interstate Merchant Bank (Nigeria) Ltd. 1995 99
Chairman, Board of Trustees, Estate of Late Chief Timothy Adeola Odutola, 1995 -
Chairman, Board of Trustees, Ijebu Development Initiatives for Poverty Reduction, 1999 -
Chairman, Board of Directors, First Interstate Bank Plc., 2000 - 2005
Chairman, Board of Directors, Unity Bank Plc., 2006 2011
Member, Board of Trustees, Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, 2008 -
International:
Member, International Geographical Union Commission on Quantitative Methods, 1964-72
Member, International Geographical Union Commission on Regional Aspects of Development, 1972-76
Member, International Council of Scientific Union, Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, 1973 - 76
Vice-President, International Geographical Union, 1972~80
Member, United Nations Secretary-General-Adhoc Advisory Committee on Regional
Development advising on the United Nations Centre for Regional Development, Nagoya, Japan, 1972-86
Vice-President, Governing Council, Pan-African Institute for Development, 1972-78
Chairman, International Geographical Union Commission on Regional Systems and Policies, 1976 - 80
Member, Board of Trustees, Population Council, New York, 1977 - 85
President, Governing Council, Pan-African Institute for Development, Douala, Cameroon,
1978 - 84
President, International Geographical Union, 1980-84
Member, Board of Trustees, Settlement Study Centre, Rehovot, Israel, 1982 - 88
Chairman, International Committee for Overcoming Hunger in the 1990s, World Hunger Program, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1988 - 94
Visiting Research Fellow, World Bank, 1990
Member, Executive Committee, Africa Leadership Forum, 1992 - 1996
Chairman, UNDP/UNCHS/World Bank Advisory Committee on the Urban Management Program, 1993 - 2000
Senior Adviser to the Secretary-General for the United Nations Second Conference on Human Settlements, 1994 - 96
Member, SAIL Project Committee of the Ministry of Development Cooperation, Government of the Netherlands, 1997 - 2001
Member, Policy Advisory Board, World Bank, Cities Alliance, 2001 - 2006
Member, US National Academy of Sciences, Committee on the Geographic Foundation for Agenda 21, Washington D.C. 2001 – 2002
Member, US National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Africas Lost Crops, Washington D.C. 2003 2004
Member, Board of Directors, African Center for Health and Security, George Washington University, Washington D.C., 2004
Member, US National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Urban Environmental Sustainability, Washington D.C., 2005 - 2006
Publications:
(A) Theses:
Changing Pattern of Rural Settlement and Rural Economy, Egba Division, Southwestern
Nigeria, (Unpublished M.A. Thesis for the University of London, 1958)
Lagos: A Study in Urban Geography, (Unpublished Ph.D. for the University of London, 1961)
(B) Books:
1962: Yoruba Towns, Ibadan University Press, 22p
1967: with P.C. Lloyd and B. Awe, (eds), The City of Ibadan, Cambridge University Press, 280p
Report on Forest Policy and Management in the Western State of Nigeria, Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Ibadan, 1967, 141p (with J. Omer-Cooper) Owu in Yoruba History, Ibadan University Press, 123p.
Growth Poles and Growth Centres in the Regional Development of Nigeria, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Report No 71, 3, Geneva 81p
1968. Urbanization In Nigeria, University of London Press, 365pp.
1972: Regional Mobility and Resource Development in West Africa, McGill University Press (Keith Callard Lectures) No 6, 156p
1973: (ed. ) Kainji Lake Studies, Vol. 2, Socio-Economic Aspects, University of Ibadan Press, 196p
1974: Cities and Social Order, Ibadan University Press, (Inaugural Lecture Series), 36p
1977: (With A. Faniran (eds), Regional-Planning and National Development in Africa, Ibadan University Press, 326p
(with M. 0. Filani), Absorption of Migrants into Kano City, Nigeria, Geneva ILO, Work Employment Programme Research, Working Paper No 29, WEP-2, 19/WP29 154p
With Filani et al), Ondo State: Guidelines for Physical and Regional Development Plan, Akure, Ministry of Works and Housing, 137p
(with Filani et al), Akure Physical Development Plan, Akure, Ministry of Works and Housing, 35p
1978: (with J. E. Hardoy & R. P. Misra), Shelter Provision in Developing Countries (Scope II, John Wiley & Sons), 94p
1980: The Development Process: A Spatial Perspective, Hutchinson University Library Press, London 379p
1981: (with R.P. Misra (eds)), Regional Development Alternatives: International Perspectives, Maruzen Asia, (for UNCRD, Nagoya, Japan), Singapore, 322p
1984: The Geography of Aid, Norma Wilkinson Memorial Lecture 1984, University of Reading, Department of Geography, Geographical Papers, No 90, 41p
1985 (with Bertha K. Becker), Rural Development: Capitalist and Socialist Paths, Vol.2,Brazil and Nigeria, Concept Publishers, New Delhi, India, 278p.
Last Things First: Re-appraising the Fundamentals of Nigerials Development Crisis,Nigeria National Merit Award Lecture, Government Printer, FGP 268/1085/1000(013), NA, Lagos 28p.
1987: The End of the Beginning: Reflections on the Development Crisis in Sub- Saharan Africa, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 25p.
1989: The Development Process: A Spatial Perspective, (2nd Edition), Unwin Hyman Ltd., London, 390p.
1992: Perspective on Urban Land and Urban Management Policies in sub-Saharan Africa,(Washington D.C.: World Bank Technical Paper No.196, Africa Technical Department Series).
1997: State of the Earth: Contemporary Geographic Perspectives (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers/UNESCO), 428pp.
2006: Ijebuland: Challenges of Local Governance in the Modern Era, (Ijebu-Ode: Association of Ijebu Development)
2007: Health Challenges of Nigerian Urbanization, The Benjamin Oluwakayode
Osuntokun Ninth Memorial Lecture, (Ibadan: Book Builders)
2009 Surveying and Geoinformatics in National Development: Reflections on 100 Years of the Federal School of Surveying, (Oyo: Federal School of Surveying: Centenary Lecture), 30pp
2010 Bridging the Gap & Unleashing the Genius: The Challenge of Universities of Technology in Nigeria, (Akure: Federal University of Technology, Convocation Lecture), 41pp
2011 Promoting Good Governance: What Can We, The People, Do, Fourth Splash 105.5FM Anniversary Public Lecture, (Ibadan: Oluben Printers), 34pp.
2011 A Measure of Grace: The Autobiography of Akinlawon Ladipo Mabogunje, (Ibadan: Bookbuilders-Editions Africa), 709pp
2012 Revisiting the Environmental Challenges of Lagos Megacity, (Lagos: Johnny Enis, First Oye Williams Biennial Lecture, Nigerian-Spanish Association), 39pp
2016 Issues and Challenges of Governance in Nigeria, (Ijebu-Ode: Aafin Awujale & Olabisi Onabanjo University), 33pp.
(C) Articles and Reviews:
1958: "The Yoruba Home", Odu: Journal of Yoruba and Related Studies, No.5
1959: "Rice cultivation in Southern Nigeria", Nigerian Geographical Journal, 2, 59-69
"Source Material for the Study of Historical Geography in Nigeria", Research Notes, Department of Geography, University of Ibadan, No 12, February, 15-27
1960: "Review of “The Study of History, Vol. XI, Historical Atlas and Gazetter”, by A.J. Toynbee and F.D. Myers, in Ibadan, No 8, March, p.40
1961: (with Oyawoye, M.O.) "Problems of Northern Yoruba Towns: The example of Shaki", Nigerian Geographical Journal, 4, pp. 2-10
Some Comments on Land Tenure in Egba Division, Western Nigeria, Africa: Journal of the International African Institute, vol.31, no.3, July, pp.258-269
"Lagos - Nigeria's melting pot", Nigerian Magazine, No 68, March, 1961
"The Market Women", Ibadan, No 11, February, 1961
1962: "The Growth of residential districts in Ibadan", Geographical Review, 52, pp.56-77
1964: "The evolution and analysis of the retail structure of Lagos, Nigeria", Economic Geography, vol.46, no.4, October, pp.304 - 323
"Economic Implications of the pattern of urbanization in Nigeria,", Nigerian
Journal of Economic and Social Studies, Vol 7, No 1, pp. 9-30
1965: "Urbanization in Nigeria, a constraint on economic development" Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol 13, pp. 413-438
"Land, People and Tradition in Nigeria", in L.F. Blitz (ed) The Politics and Administration of Nigerian Government, London, pp. 11-46
"Water Resources and Economic Development in Nigeria" Chapter in D.W. Brokensha (ed.), Ecology and Economic Develoipment in Africa: Current Research and Problem, University of California Press, Berkeley, pp. 147-159
"Some Thoughts on being Underdeveloped", Ibadan, No 15, March, pp 22-26
"Local Government for what" Nigerian Opinion, Vol 1, No 2, February, pp 8-9
1967: "African Cities and some theoretical underpinnings in Urban Geography", in
D.W.Brokensha and M. Crowder, (eds), Africa in the Wider World, Oxford, pp 163-186
"Review of Indian Cities: Characteristics and Correlates, by Quazi Ahmed, University of Chicago, Department of Geography, Research Paper, No 102. 1066, 184P in Nigerian Geographical Journal, Vol 10, No 1, June pp. 67-68
1968: "Geography and National Reconstruction". Nigerian Geographical Journal; Vol II, No 1, June, pp. 3-10
"Urban Land-Use Problems in Nigeria", Institute of British Geographers, Special Publication, No 1, November pp. 203-215
"Research in "Urban Geography in Nigeria", Nigerian Geographical Journal, Vol 3, No II, December, pp 101-114
"Review of The City in Modern Africa by Horace Miner (ed.) New York, in Journal of Developing Areas, vol.3, no.1, October, pp.99 - 101
1969: "Industrialization within an Existing System of Cities", Nigerian Geographical Journal, Vol 12. No 1, June, pp 3-16
"Urban Patterns in Africa" in J. Paden and E. Soja (eds), The African Experience,
Northewestern University Press, pp 383-420
"Agricultural Development in Africa", Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, April, pp 21-23
"The Africa City-Dwellers", Insight and Opinion, Vol.1, No 2
1970: "System Approach to Rural-Urban Migration", Geographical Analysis, Vol 2, No 1, pp 1-18
"A Topology of Population Pressure on Resources in West Africa", in R.M. Prothero, L. Kosinski and W.W., Zelinsky (ed.), Geography and a Crowding World, Oxford University Press, pp 114-128
"International Trade and National Integration in Nigeria", Journal of Business & Social Studies, Vol 3, No 1, December, pp 94-104
"Migration Policy and Regional Development in Nigeria", Nigerian Journal of Economic and Social Studies, Vol 12, No 2, July, pp 243-262
"Review of West Africa, by W.B. Morgan and J. C. Pugh, Methuen and Co., London, 1969, 788p" in Geographical Review, Vol 60, No 2, April, pp 290-292
1971: "Lands and People in West Africa", Chapter in the Volume by M. Crowder and J.F. Ajayi (eds), The History of West Africa, 1971, pp 1-32
"Quantification and Statistical Methods in Geography" in J.A. Majasan (ed.), New Dimensions in Nigerian High School Geography, Ibadan University Press.
"Changes in Socio-Economic and Cultural Patterns caused by the industrialization of Nigeria - a regional differentiation", Afrika Spectrum, Vol 3, pp 34-45
"Nigeria: Physical and Social Geography" in Africa South of the Sahara,. Europa
Publications, Europa Publications Limited, London, 1971, pp 551-552
"International Migrations and Full Employment: The Example of West Africa", in OECD Publication", The Challenge of Unemployment to Development and the Role of Training and Research Institutes in Development.' OECD Development Centre, Paris, pp 159-174
"Spatial Redistribution of Population in Africa: Colonization, Resettlement and
Urbanization", UN Economic Commission for Africa, E/CN 14/POP/45, November 28pp
1972: "Regional Planning and the Development Process: Prospects in the 1970-74 Plan" in K.M. Barbour (ed), Regional Planning in Nigeria, Ibadan University Press, Ibadan, pp. 4-15
"The Perceptual Dimension in Regional Economic Development: two African examples", International Social Development Review, No 4.. pp 20-27
"Urban Land Policy and Population Growth in Nigeria", in S.H. Ominde and A. Ejiogo, Population Growth and Economic Development in Africa, University of London Press
"Environment and the Development Process in the Third World", CERES, FAO Publication, Rome, Italy pp 26~30
Industrialization and Metropolitan Development in Nigeria" in La Croissance Urbaine en Afrique Noire et a Madagascar, Centre National de la Recharche Scientifique, Paris, pp 827-840
1973: "Manufacturing and the Geography of Development in Tropical Africa",
Economic Geography, vol.49, no.1, January, pp.1-20
"Role of the City in the Modernization of Developing Countries", Canadian Geographer, vol.17, no.1, pp.67-70
"The Humanities and the Social Sciences" in J F Ade Ajayi and T.N. Tamuno (eds.) The University of Ibadan 1948-73: A History of the first twenty five years, Ibadan University Press, 1973, pp 168-190
"Infrastructure in the Development Process: The Metropolitan Level", Royal Town Planning 1972, Summer School Report
1974: "Urbanization and Regional Inequalities in Nigeria" in R.S. Thoman (ed.), Proceedings of the Commission on Regional Aspects of Development of the International Geographical Union, Vol 1, Methodology and Case Studies, California State University, Harvard, pp. 527-554
"Training and Research for Regional Development in Africa South of the Sahara: The present situation and prospects for the future" in United Nations Development Programme (ed.), Issues of Training and Research in Regional Development, United Nations, New York, DOP/UN/INT-71-400, pp. 176-184
"Migrants and Innovation in African Societies: Definition of a Research Field", African Urban Notes, Winter 1974/75, Ser B No 1, pp 49-57
"Urbanization in Africa: A consumer Innovation" in Salah El-Shakhs & R Obudho (eds.), Urbanization, National Development and Regional Planning in Africa,
"Regional and International Coordination" in the Environment Sciences in Developing Countries, Butler University, Indianapolis, pp 337-350
"Towards an Urban Policy for Nigeria" " Nigeria Journal of Economics,and Social Studies, March, Vol 27, No 2, pp 282-30
"Migration and Urbanization in West Africa" in J.C. Caldwel (ed.) Populaition
Growth and Socio-Economic Change in West Africa, Columbia University Press, New York, pp 153-169
1976: Spatial Production Organisation and Integration in Developing Countries: The Case of Africa"Geoforum, Vol 7, pp 233-237
"Urban Situation in Nigeria", Chapter 11 in S. Goldstein (ed.) Patterns of Urbanization: Comparative Country Studies, IUSSP Publications, Ordina Editions, pp. 569-641
"The Population Census of Nigeria, 1973", in J.T.Coppock & W R D Sewell (ed.), Spatial Dimensions of Public Policy, New York, pp.207-226
1977: "In Search of Spatial Order: Geography and the New Programme of Urbanization in Nigeria" in D R Deskins Jr., George Kish, J D Nystuen & Gunnar Olsson (eds.) Geographic Humanism: Analysis and Social Action. Ann Arbor (Michigan Geographical Publications No 17, pp.347-376
"International Circumstances Affecting the Development Trade of Developing Countries" in Bertil Ohlin, Per-Ove Hesselborn & Per Magnus Wijkman (eds. ) The International Allocation of Economic Activity, Proceedings of the Nobel
Symposium held at Stockholm, London, pp 432-447
"Development of World Production and Trade up to the year 2000 - a Third World View", Geojournal, Vol No 3, pp 7-14
"Geographical Dimension of Manpower Planning" in D E Iyamabo, (ed.), Report of the National Seminar on Manpower Planning for Agricltural Development in Nigeria, Ibadan, pp 123-133
"Prolegomenon to Urban Poverty in Nigeria", in Poverty in Nigeria, Proceedings of the 1975 Annual Conference of the Nigerian Economic Societv, Ibadan, 1977, pp 69-91
1978: "Growth Poles and Growth Centres in the Regional Development of Nigeria", in Antoni Kuklinski (ed. ), Regional Policies in Nigeria, India and Brazil, Mouton Publishers, The Hague, pp.3-93
"Emerging Policies for Regional Development in Nigeria", in R. P. Misra, D. V. Urs & V K Natraj (ed.), Regional Planning and National Development, Vol 5, No 2/3 pp 64-66
"Settlement Policies and the Transformation of Traditional Economies", Habitat
International, vol.3, no.3/4, pp.407-413
1979: (with 0. Arowolo)"Social Science Research in Population and Development in Africa South of the Sahara", Appendix 7, 55p in Carmen A Miro & J E Potter (eds.), Social Science Research for Population Policy: Directions for the 1980s, Mexico City, June
1980: "The Dynamics of Centre-Periphery Relations: The Need for a New Geography of Resource Development" , Institute of British Geographers, Transactions, New Series, Vol 5, No 2
1981: "Crisis in Rural Development Planning Nigeria (or the Parable of the Old Wineskins) "in Research for Development, Vol 1, No 1, January pp. 1-10.
"Geography and the Dilemma of Rural Development in Africa", Geografiska Annaler Vol 63B, No 2, pp 73~86
"The Dilemma of Rural Development in Africa", Regional Development Dialogue, Vol 2, No 2, pp 1-19
1982: "Cities and Social Order", Habitat International, Vol 6, No 3, pp 343-364
"Profile of the Social Sciences in West Africa" in L D Stifel, R K Davidson & J S
Coleman (eds.), Social Sciences and Public Policy in the Developing World, Toronto, pp. 167-187
1983: "The Case for Big Cities", Habitat International, (Otto Koenigsberger
Festschrift, Vol 7, No 576, 1983 pp 21-31
1984: "The Poor Shall Inherit the Earth: Issues of Environmental Quality and the Third World Development", Geoforum, Vol 15, No 3, pp 295~ 306
"Geography as a Bridge Between Natural and Social Sciences", UNESCO Nature and Resources, vol.20, no.2, April-June, pp.2-6
1986: "The Demobilization of the Nigerian Peasantry in R P Misra and Nguyen Tri Dung (eds.), Third World Peasantry: A Continuing Saga of Deprivation, New Delhi (Sterling Publishers), pp 230-244
"Reflections on Local and Regional Development in Third World Countries: The Special Case of Africa", Chapter 17 in Mohammed Shafi and Mehdi Raza (eds.), Spectrum of Modern Geography: Essays in Memory of Prof. Mohammed Anas, (Concept Publishing Co.), New Delhi, pp. 317-333
"Backwash Urbanization: The Peasantization of Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa", in Machael P. Conzen (ed.), World Patterns of Modern Urban Change (Essays in Honour of Chauncy D Harris), Chicago, University of Chicago, Department of Geography, Research Paper No 217~218, pp. 255-272
1987: "Organizational Challenges for Self-Reliant Development" Nigerian Management Review,Vol 2, No 2, June 1987, pp. 79-84
1988: "Coping with Structural Adjusment: The Nigerian Experience", pp.191-208 in Ronald Cohen (ed.), Satisfying Africa's Food Needs: Food Production
and Commercializaton in African Agriculture, Carter Studies on Africa,
Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder/London
1989: "Agrarian Responses to Out-migration in Sub-Saharan Africa", in Geoffrey McNicoll and Mead Cain (eds.), Rural Development and Population: Institutions and Policy, New York: Oxford University Press pp 324~344, (Supplement to Population and Development Review, Vol. 15
1990: "The organisation of urban communities in Nigeria", International Social Science Journal,Vol 42, No 3, August 1990, pp 355-366
"Mobilizing Nigerias grassroots for increased food production: Reaching out from the Centre", Food Policy, August 1990, pp 306-312
"Urban Planning and the Post-Colonial State in Africa: A Research Overview", African Studies Review, Vol. 33, No 2, September, 1990, pp 121-203
"Africa's Economic Development: The Role of Urban Centres and Resource Mobilization". Urban Perspectives, Vol. 1, No 2, December, 1990, pp 1-2 (formerly the Housing and Urban Development Digest)
1991 "Traditional Institutional Radicalization as a Development Strategy", Ibadan
Socio-Economic Group Occasional Paper Series, no.1, December
1992 "A New Paradigm for Urban Development", Proceedings of the World Bank Annual Conference on Development Economics 1991, pp. 191-208
"New Initiatives in Urban Planning and Management in Nigeria", Habitat International, vol.16, no.2, 1992, pp.73-88
"Sustainable Provision of Infrastructure: Issues of Governance, Empowerment, Participation and Non-Governmental Organizations", Municipal Development Program Publication Series No.12, World Bank, Technical Department, Africa Region, Infrastructure Division, December.
"Science, Political Leadership and the African Experience in Development", pp.28-45 in A.O.Anya (ed.), Science, Leadership and National Development, Proceedings of a National Symposium organised by the Nigerian Academy of Science, Lagos, 3-4 March, 1992
1993 "New Dimensions in Banking: A Focus on Community Banks", The Nigerian Banker, (Journal of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria), Jan-March, 1993, pp.22-28
"Infrastructure: The Crux of Modern Urban Development", The Urban Age, (World Bank), vol.1, no.3, Spring, 1993, p.3
1994 "Overview of Research Priorities in Africa", pp.19-46 in Richard Stren (ed.), Urban Research in the Developing World, vol.2 - Africa, (Toronto: University of Toronto Press)
1995 "The Environmental Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa", Environment, vol.37, no.4, pp.4-9
"The Capitalization of Money and Credit in the Development Process: The Case of Community Banking in Nigeria", pp. 277-296 in Jane I. Guyer (ed.), Money Matters: Instability, Values and Social Payments in the Modern History of West African Communities, (Social History of Africa Series), (Portsmouth, NH.: Heinemann)
Institutional Radicalization, Local Governance and the Democratization Process in Nigeria, pp.1-13 in Dele Olowu et al.,(eds.), Governance and Democratization in Nigeria, (Ibadan: Spectrum Books)
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