Vulnerability to wind hazards in the traditional city of Ibadan, Nigeria

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 597-617

  Adelekan, Ibidun O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Ibadan; local planning; urbanization; vulnerability; windstorms

Indexed keywords

INNER CITY AREA; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LOCAL PLANNING; STORM; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION; VULNERABILITY; WIND;

IBADAN; NIGERIA; OYO;

EID: 84867416216     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: 17460301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956247812454247     Document Type: Article

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