DEPARTMENT OF FOREST RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
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Item Public willingness to commit time to urban forestry development in Lagos metropolis, Nigeria(2015) Ajewole, O. I.This study assessed willingness of Lagos metropolitans to commit time and the prospective number of hours to be committed to Urban Forestry Development (UFD) in the metropolis. Data were obtained from a questionnaire survey of 900 metropolitans living in three income profiled neighbourhoods using the payment card contingent valuation method. Data were analysed with descriptive statistics and Tobit model at p= 0.10. Results show that 48% of the respondents were willing to commit their time to UFD in the metropolis, out of which 13.9% were willing to commit a modal two hours per week (h/w) to the UFD. Moreover, 53.1%, 50.8%, 71.1%, 47.6%, 65.4% respectively of those who love to live or work in green environment, were aware of benefits of trees in urban environment They either belonged to social organizations, owned their residences, or previously participated in community projects and were willing to commit time to the UFD. Twelve of the 32 regressors (constant inclusive) had significant influence on the probability to commit time and the number of hours to commit per week to urban forestry development in Lagos metropolis. To harness the great pool of volunteers for urban forestry development in Lagos metropolis, promoters and protagonists of urban greening in the metropolis will have to put in place an appropriate formal public education programme to enlighten the metropolitans on the benefits of trees in urban environment; bring together social organizations, CBOs, NGOs etc. for the use o f educating and eliciting support of the public for UFD among others.Item Prospects and challenges for incorporating trees into urban infrastructural developments in Nigeria(2008) Ajewole, O. I.Nigeria’s major cities are characterised by huge and growing social and environmental problems,such as air, land and noise pollution; non-conducive local micro climatic conditions; and stressful social and psychological living environments. These result from in- adequate, dilapidated and overstretched infrastructure, degraded urban physiognomy, increasing levels of unemployment, crime, insecurity and other social vices. These, in addition to inherent technical and economic constraints, make the in corporation of trees into the social and physical fabric of overall planning of towns and cities in Nigeria imperative. This is a natural and cost-effective means of alleviating environmental, social and economic problems in many of the Nigerian major cities. Successful integration of trees/ forests into overall urban planning will require the development of appropriate information, policy, administrative and legal frameworks, enlistment of social and political support, as well as appraisal of technical feasibility and environmental suitability of incorporation into the urban landscape. More importantly, sustainable urban forestry development in Nigeria will of necessity require the availability and readiness of NGOs to spearhead an urban forestry movement in the country.