Department of Geography
Academic Qualifications
Ph.D, Urban and Regional Planning (University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 2014)
Master of Urban and Regional Planning (University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 2004)
Bachelor of Science, Geography (University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 2000)
Area of Specialisation
Disaster vulnerability analysis
Environmental planning and management
Climate change mitigation
Research Completed (Selected)
Published Books
Kasim O. F and Agbola S. B (Eds) 2019. Contemporary Issues in Local Government Administration in Africa. Beau Bassin, Mauritius; LAP Lambert Academic Publishing: 301 pages
Recent Book Chapters
Agbola, Tunde and Kasim, O. F. 2017 “Conceptual and Theoretical Issues in Housing” in Agbola, Tunde, Egunjobi ‘Layi and Olatubara, C. O. (eds.) Housing Development and Management: A Book of Readings. Ibadan: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Ibadan: 19-86.
Agabi, J. and Kasim, O. F. 2017. “Risk Management.” In ‘Layi Egunjobi (ed) Contemporary Concepts in Physical Planning Volume III. Ibadan; Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Ibadan: 827-850
Kasim, O. F. and Omirin O. J. 2018. Urban Disaster and Risk Management. In Odufuwa, B. O., Salau, T. I., and Omoniyi, S. S. (eds) Urban Development and Management in Nigeria. Ijebu-Ode; Gratia Associates International: 145-181
Wahab Bolanle and Kasim, O. F. 2019. “Climate Change, Vulnerability and Planning and Management.” In Agbola, Tunde (ed) Readings in Urban and Regional Planning. Ibadan: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Ibadan: 511-537
Kasim, O. F. Olutayo O. A.Nwokoro, I. C. 2019. Urban and Regional Planning, Public Interest and Agbola’s Publication. In Alabim M, Sanni, L and Wahab B. (eds) Urban and Regional Planning in Nigeria: Essays in Honour of Professor Samuel Babatunde Agbola. Ibadan, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Ibadan: 97-112
Recent Journal Articles
Kasim, O. F. and Olatubara, C. O. 2015. “Fire Outbreaks and Residential Neighbourhoods Vulnerability in Lagos, Nigeria” Ibadan Journal of the Social Sciences, vol 13(2): 257-275
Kasim, O. F. and Agbola Tunde. 2017. “Decentralisation and Local Government Reforms in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities and the Way Forward” Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review, vol 33(1): 89-113
Kasim, O. F., and Falola, O. 2017. “Cohabitation and Students’ Academic Performance in Selected Tertiary Institutions in Ibadan, Nigeria” African Journal for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, vol 20(2): 188-200
Alabi, M., Omirin O. J, and Kasim, O. F. 2017 “Residents’ Perception on the Impact of Gatekeepers on Access to Housing Resources and Home Ownership in Lagos State, Nigeria” Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and Management vol 10(7): 836-846
Kasim O. F., Abshare, M. W, Mukuna, T. E., and Wahab, B. 2018. “Land Use and Ambient Air Quality in Bahir Dar and Hawassa, Ethiopia.” Journal of Air, Soil and Water Research. vol 11: 1–10 DOI: 10.1177/1178622117752138
Kasim O. F., Abshare, M., and Agbola, S. B. 2018. “Analysis of Air Quality in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.” Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, vol 68(8): 801–811 DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2017.1413020
Kasim O. F. 2018 “Wellness and Illness: The Aftermath of Mass Housing in Lagos, Nigeria.” Development in Practice, vol 28(7): 952-963 https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2018.1487385
Odunola, O. O., Odunsi, O. M., Alabi, A. T. and Kasim, O. F. 2018. Implications of Fossil Fuel Generating Set on Residents’ Wellbeing in Lagos, Nigeria. African Journal for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, vol 21(2): 253-265
Alabi A. M. Muraina, M. A and Kasim O. F. 2018. Private Developers’ Participation in Housing Production and Wetland Encroachment along Lekki-Epe Corridor in Lagos, Nigeria. Journal of Environment Protection and Sustainable Development, vol. 4(3): 46-54
Kasim, O. F. and Agbola, S. B. 2018. Strategies and Challenges of Land Reform in Nigeria. Journal of Public Administration, vol 53(2.1): 541-564
Alabi, A. M., Kasim, O. F. Lasisi M. O. 2020. Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in residential solid waste management in Ibadan: Challenges and opportunities. Journal of Geography and Regional Planning, vol 13(2): 30-40
Conference Proceedings
Agbola, Tunde and Kasim, O. F. (2011). “Profiling Climate Change and Security: Emerging Environmental and Socio-Economic Threat in Nigeria” Paper Submitted to the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, Austin, Texas on the Climate Change and African Political Stability (CCAPS) Program. (United States of America)