Assessing conflict impacts on urban physical infrastructure:
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Date
2011-12
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International Journal of the Physical Sciences
Abstract
This paper used geographic information systems (GIS) technique to assess the impact of conflict on land use in Ile-Ife and Modakeke in Nigeria. There has been limited systematic research work in terms of mapping the impacts of the communal crisis on the land use pattern using GIS. Therefore, the major aim of this paper is to map the impact of communal conflict on land use with the aid of GIS. Global positioning system (GPS) was used to take the co-ordinates of the affected area. The GIS map produced more than six years after the last clash between both communities. The research team counted 53 houses that were totally destroyed and remained to be re-built or rehabilitated.
Description
International Journal of the Physical Sciences, Issue no:2011, Vol. 6(33), Pg.7567 - 7573
Keywords
Conflict, land-use planning, Assessment, GIS analysis, systematic research