Samuel Babatunde ADEDOTUN, B.Sc., M.URP., Ph.D
Biosketch:
Dr. Adedotun is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Osun State University Osogbo. He is a member of Nigerian Institute of Town Planners and a Professionally Registered Town Planner. He obtained his PhD from the Department of Urban and Regional Planning of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso. He was the examination officer for the department for four academic sessions from 2011/2012 to 2014/2015. He was the Coordinator and Ag. Head of the department for 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 academic sessions.
Research Interests, Achievements/ Specialization:
His research interest is Transportation Planning from the perspectives of Environmental Planning and Management. Transportation planning as a field in Urban and Regional Planning is highly integral for a balanced socio-economic and environmental development within urban and rural areas in Nigeria. Most urban and rural challenges and problems in Nigeria can be traced to deficiency in transport planning and management. While time and cash are wasted in Nigerian urban centres due to inefficient transport system, farm products could not command reasonable prices to farmers. The result is that crops are wasted, while farmers lack incentives to increase cultivation of more crops. Consequently, farming activities become subsistence and cycle of poverty sets in. Transportation planning, therefore, requires effective and efficient planning principles which his works are directed to.
Contributions to knowledge:
He made a few contributions to knowledge in the field of Urban and Regional Planning and other areas of planning such as Environmental Planning and Management and Infrastructural planning and management. He has about thirty publications in both local and international journals. He has also attended various local and international conferences.
These articles reported findings in a rapidly developing economy where such studies had not been adequately reported. These publications also considered different categories of cities in the analysis of urban transportation which makes their conclusion more reliable in policy formulation for urban transportation planning and management.
Selected recent publications:
1. S.B Adedotun, D.S. Ogundahunsi and A.S. Oyeniyi (2016); Assessment of road transport infrastructure in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria. WIT Transaction on The Built Environment, Volume 164, 2016. WITpress. Pp 61-72
2. D.S Ogundahunsi, S.B. Adedotun and S.A. Adejuwon (2016), Safety awareness of roadside traders in Osogbo Township, Osun State, Nigeria. WIT Transaction on The Built Environment, Volume 164, 2016. WITpress. Pp 93-104.
3. S. B. Adedotun (2017); The history, impact and sustainability of monthly public environmental sanitation in Nigeria: A case study of Osun State. In Adeboyejo A.T, Jelili M.O, Akindele O.A, Abolade O. and Ogunkan D.V (edt) Sustainable Environmental Management and Planning in Nigeria, pp129-143. Faculty of Environmental Sciences, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
4. Ogundahunsi Dele S. and S. B. Adedotun (2017); Urban market as serious generators of wastes: Sustainable issues for consideration. In Adeboyejo A.T, Jelili M.O, Akindele O.A, Abolade O. and Ogunkan D.V (edt) Sustainable Environmental Management and Planning in Nigeria, pp313-329. Faculty of Environmental Sciences, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, Nigeria.
5. S. B. Adedotun, N. B. Tanimowo and R. B. Ibrahim (2017), A Study of Socio-Economic Characteristics of the Urbanities and Their Travel Pattern in Nigeria, Journal of Economic and Environmental Studies, Vol. 17, No. 4 (44/2017), University of Opole Poland. Pg. 831-848.
6. Rafiu Babatunde IBRAHIM, Emmanuel Adigun TOYOBO, Samuel Babatunde ADEDOTUN, Sulaiman YUNUS (2018); Evaluation of the Public Pipe-borne Water Supply in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria. Journal of Economic and Environmental Studies, Vol. 18, No. 3 (47/2018), University of Opole Poland. Pg. 1105-1119.
7. N. B. Tanimowo and S. B. Adedotun (2018); Analysis of Urban Form and Households’ Mobility Characteristics in Osun State, Nigeria. Journal of Geography and Planning Sciences, Vol. 3 No 1, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Nigeria. Pp 16-26
8. S. B. Adedotun and R. B. Ibrahim (2018); Assessment of Road Accidents in Ibadan North-East Local Government of Oyo State, Nigeria. Journal of Geography and Planning Sciences, Vol. 3 No 2, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Nigeria. Pp 52-65
9. S. B. Adedotun, D. S. Ogundahunsi and D.O. Adedotun (2019); Street Encroachment by the Informal Metal Container Operators in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria. Osun Geographical Review: Journal of the Department of Geography, Osun State University, State of Osun, Nigeria. Vol.2, pp 36-42
10. Ibrahim, R.B., Adedotun, S.B., OLawoyin, O.S. and Olawoyin, R.O. (2019); Effects of Abandoned Buildings on the Environment in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria. Uniosun Journal of Engineering and Environmental Sciences (UJEES), Vol.1, No1, pp86-94
11. Adedotun, S.B., Ogundahunsi, D.S., Ibrahim, R.B. and Ewedairo, K.S. (2020); Analysis of Intra-Urban Variation in Household Mobility Characteristics in Osun State, Nigeria, in R.B. Ibrahim and A.B. Muili (Ed); Planning and Management of Sustainable Infrastructure Development in Nigeria. LAUTECH Press, Ogbomoso. ISBN:978-978-57521-0-6. Pg 32-51
12. Ogundahunsi, D.S., Adedotun, S.B., Olayode, O. and Tanimowo, N.B. (2020); Household Perception of Road Traffic Accident in Osun State, Nigeria, in R.B. Ibrahim and A.B. Muili (Ed); Planning and Management of Sustainable Infrastructure Development in Nigeria. LAUTECH Press, Ogbomoso. ISBN:978-978-57521-0-6. Pg 69-92
Some of the conferences attended:
i. 1st International Conference on Engineering and Environmental Sciences (ICEES): Advancing Technology and Environmental Burdens (Challenges and Sustainable Solution) 5th-7th November, 2019. Prince Olagunsoye Hall, UNIOSUN, Osogbo
ii. Nigeria Green Cities Summit, Abuja, August 27-29, 2019. At the Central Bank International Conference Centre, Abuja. Nigerian Institute of Town Planners.
iii. 13th UNILAG Annual Research Conference and Fair, August 28-30, 2018, Jelili Omotola Halls, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagoss.
iv. 2017 Mandatory Compulsory Professional Development Programme organized by the Nigerians Institute of Town Planners. “Enhancing the liveability of informal settlements”. Leisure spring hotel, Osogbo, 17th-18th May, 2017
v. 22nd International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment organized by the Wessex Institute of Technology, UK in Crete, Greece between 21st and 23rd June, 2016
vi. International Conference on Climate Change Organized by the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Crop and Environmental Protection, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria. May 18th -20th 2016
vii. 2015 Annual Conference of Environmental Management Association of Nigeria (EMAN) held at Sheraton Abuja Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria, November 19-21, 2015
viii. 46 Annual Conference/AGM of Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP) held at Banquet Hall, Government House Ilorin, Kwara State, 27th -30th Octomber, 2015. Theme: Making Cities in Nigeria Functional