Scholarly works in Department of Architecture

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    Culture, technology and sustainable development: a rational utilization of the nigerian built environment
    (2007) Fadamiro, J. A.; Odeyale, T.O.
    The paper sought to discuss the meaning and essence of technology and culture in the management and sustainability of the built environment. It enumerates the urban development process, concept of sustainability as it affects the quality of the built environment. It examines in details, the principles and values of culture as indicators for the sustainability of the environment. The paper concludes by recommending for the enactment and enforcement of relevant policies with adequate education of the entire people and the involvement of all the stakeholders in the management of the environmental programmes taking absolute cognizance of the people’s culture
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    Traditional food markets, power relations and waste management: a qualitative study
    (WIT Press, 2009) Odeyale, T. O.; Omole, F. k.; Sodagar, B.; Temple, N.; Coill, C. O.
    The rapid urbanization of Sub-Saharan Africa from a purely agrarian society to a city based one is an interesting phenomenon to study. However, recent studies have shown that there is a lack of understanding of socio-cultural factors and subtle power relations that brought about these transformations, especially in developing society. Thus, the paper reports a qualitative study in which interviews were conducted and sizeable numbers of open ended questionnaires were administered and analysed based on the Actor Network Theory. The study examines the often overlooked factors that have impacted on the growth of the built environment, by taking a closer look at the urban centre in relation to the main food market called Oja Oba located in the centre of the city of Akure, Nigeria. During the course of the field research, respondents observed that the general appearance of the city, urban lifestyle and city liveability is directly impacted by the issue of food waste, waste generation and waste disposal. This paper concludes that in the drive towards a sustainable city in the developing world and effective waste management there is need to understand the layers of underlying socio-cultural issues that prompted these changes which are subtle and sometime quite sudden with intended and unintended consequences. Keywords: anthropology, sustainable development, globalization, social institutions, food market, urbanization.