Disaster resilience
How households and communities absorb, adapt to and recover from flood disasters, and how community-based organisations reduce risk.
Lagos · Ile-Ife · IbadanResearch
Research and publications
Most of my studies are household surveys across the core, transition and suburban zones of Nigerian cities. I write the findings with planning agencies, community organisations and government in mind.
Research areas
Infrastructure deficit
Household coping strategies where water, sanitation, power and roads fall short, and infrastructure delivery in public housing.
Ogbomoso · Ile-Ife · Ilesa · LagosEnvironmental quality and health
Sanitation and environmental health practices, and how residents experience the quality of homes, schools and health centres.
Makoko · Osogbo · Ibadan · Ado-EkitiPlanning regulation
Public and developer awareness of physical planning regulations, enforcement practice, and the capacity of public-sector planners.
Osun State · Ile-Ife · IwoCurrent projects
- Disaster risk governance in Lagos MetropolisOngoing
- Housing finance and mortgage services in Ibadan MetropolisOngoing
- Residents’ adaptation to flood disaster impacts in Lagos MetropolisIn progress
Doctoral thesis
Community Disaster Resilience in Lagos Metropolis, Nigeria. Ph.D. thesis, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 2025.
Publications
All publications
- Community Disaster Resilience: The Example of Lagos Metropolis, NigeriaMobolaji, D., Atoyebi, S. & Daramola, O.Forthcoming
- Community Driven Flood Disaster Risk Reduction in Peri-Urban Areas of Ibadan, NigeriaMobolaji, D., Atoyebi, S., Oyelere, P., Daramola, O. & Akinola, O.Forthcoming
- Capacity Assessment of Public Sector Town Planners: Lessons from a Nigerian StateMobolaji, D. O., Oyelade, O., Oyelere, P. & Daramola, O.Forthcoming
- Disaster Management Literacy in Residential Areas of a Traditional African Secondary City: Lessons from Ile-Ife, NigeriaMobolaji, D. & Daramola, O.Under review
- Disaster Risk Governance in Nigeria: A ReviewMobolaji, D.Under review
- 2026Community Disaster Resilience in NigeriaMobolaji, D. O.Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 17(4), 145–155Journal articleDOI
- 2026Environmental Quality of Social Service Centres: Reflection from the Core Area of Ibadan, NigeriaMobolaji, D., Oyelere, P. & Daramola, O.Farabi Journal of Social Sciences, 12(3), 49–59Journal articleDOI
- 2026Residents’ Environmental Health Awareness in a Traditional City: Lessons from Osogbo, NigeriaIbitoye, I. T., Daramola, O. & Mobolaji, D. O.African Journal of Housing and Sustainable Development, 8(1), 145–153Journal articleArticle
- 2026Climate Change and Health in the Ota City RegionIdowu, K., Ayoola, A. & Mobolaji, D.In T. Agbola & F. Odekunle (Eds.), The Dynamics of Climate Change in Ota City Region (pp. 42–62). Centre for Climate Change, Bells University, Ota.Book chapter
- 2025Households’ Absorbability and Adaptability Coping Capacity to the Impact of Flood Disaster in Ile-Ife, NigeriaMobolaji, D., Atoyebi, S. & Daramola, O.Farabi Journal of Social Sciences, 11(3), 29–40Journal articleDOI
- 2025Coping with Infrastructure Deficit: A Narration from Households’ Heads in the Developmental Zones of Ogbomoso, NigeriaMobolaji, D. & Daramola, O.Malaysian Journal of Tropical Geography, 51(1), 46–64Journal articleDOI
- 2025Households’ Adaptation to Infrastructure Deficit in Ile-Ife, NigeriaMobolaji, D. O., Daramola, O., Popoola, S. & Tajudeen, T.Ruang, 11(2), 58–70Journal articleDOI
- 2025Infrastructure Delivery in Public Housing Estates of Lagos, NigeriaMobolaji, D. O., Adebayo, A., Emmanuel, A. & Daramola, O. P.TheJournalish: Social and Government, 6(2), 129–140Journal articleDOI
- 2025Environmental Sanitation Practices in Slum Area: The Makoko ExperienceMobolaji, D., Oyelere, P., Daramola, O. & Ojo, O.Malaysian Journal of Science and Advanced Technology, 5(4), 271–279Journal articleArticle
- 2025Residents’ Environmental Health Practices in African City: A Case of Osogbo, NigeriaIbitoye, I., Daramola, O., Olufemi, B. & Mobolaji, D.FUOYE Planning Journal, 3(2), 19–31Journal article
- 2024Students’ Perception of Environmental Quality in Public Secondary Schools of Ibadan Metropolis, NigeriaMobolaji, D. O., Durotoye, A. & Daramola, O. P.Environmental Problems, 9(4), 204–212Journal articleDOI
- 2024Residents’ Perception of Physical Planning Regulations in Three Secondary Cities in Nigeria (A Study of Osogbo, Ile-Ife, and Iwo)Daramola, O., Mobolaji, D. & Oyelade, T.African Journal of Housing and Sustainable Development, 5(1), 86–96Journal articleArticle
- 2024Accessibility to Healthcare Facilities in Ibadan Southeast Local Government Area of Oyo State, NigeriaAkinosun, F., Olojede, O., Mobolaji, D. & Ahmed, J.FUOYE Planning Journal, 2(2), 108–116Journal article
- 2024Disaster Resilience in Human Settlements: A ReviewDaramola, O. P. & Mobolaji, D. O.In G. Olokukoi, B. Wahab, Y. Bununu, O. Daramola & N. Atebije (Eds.), Emerging Global Issues: Trends and Urban Planning Responses (pp. 257–280). Nigerian Institute of Town Planners.Book chapter
- 2024Capacity Assessment of Public Sector Town Planners: Lessons from Osun State, NigeriaMobolaji, D., Oyelere, P., Daramola, O. & Oyelade, T.Proceedings of the 56th International Conference of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners, 27–30 October, pp. 207–216Conference paper
- 2023Biting the Bullet: The Case of Households’ Resilience to Water Supply and Sanitation Deficit in NigeriaDaramola, O. P., Olowoporoku, O. A. & Mobolaji, D. O.Environmental Problems, 8(1), 37–46Journal articleDOI
- 2023Environmental Quality in Urban Areas of Developing Countries: The Example of Bodija and Owode Public Housing Estates, Ibadan, NigeriaDaramola, O., Mobolaji, D., Tajudeen, O., Popoola, O., Igharo, J. & Oyelere, P.FUOYE Planning Journal, 1(2), 65–77Journal article
- 2023Residents’ Awareness and Response to Environmental Sanitation Exercise in Ado-Ekiti, NigeriaDaramola, O. P., Mobolaji, D. O., Olatunji, S. A. & Idowu, K.FUOYE Planning Journal, 1(1), 11–21Journal article
- 2023Monitoring and Modelling of Urban Sprawl in Osogbo Metropolis using GIS and Remote SensingIdowu, K., Olayanju, O., Ogbeta, C. & Mobolaji, D.COOU African Journal of Environmental Research, 4(2), 92–112Journal article
- 2022Residents’ Narratives of Environmental Quality in Metropolitan Lagos, NigeriaMobolaji, D., Daramola, O. & Olowoporoku, O.Environmental Problems, 7(4), 188–195Journal articleDOI
- 2022Environmental Health Practices in Traditional Area: The Tale of Ile-Ife, NigeriaDaramola, O., Mobolaji, D., Lawal, A. & Idowu, K.East African Journal of Environment and Natural Resources, 5(2), 124–132Journal articleDOI
- 2022Assessment of Developers’ Awareness of Physical Planning Regulations in Ile-Ife, NigeriaDaramola, O., Mobolaji, D. & Idowu, K.UNIOSUN Journal of Engineering and Environmental Sciences, 4(1), 139–148Journal articleDOI
- 2021Household Infrastructure Delivery: An Assessment of Residents’ Perception in Ilesa, NigeriaMobolaji, D. & Adekiya, I.Donnish Journal of Research in Environmental Studies, 4(1), 1–9Journal article
- 2019Urban Legibility Condition in Nigeria: A Narration of Residents’ Experience in Ibadan Metropolitan AreaOlowoporoku, O., Daramola, O., Olaniyi, K. & Mobolaji, D.Economic and Environmental Studies, 19(4), 315–338Journal articleDOI
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