• Lagos 

  Babatola, O (Les Editions J.A, 2002-10)

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• A Geographical Overview of Africa 

  Ekpeyong, J.O; Babatola, O; Oni, F.O (General African Studies Programme, 1998)

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• Sexual networking in Freetown against the background of the AIDS epidemic 

  Adegbola, O; Babatola, O; Oni, J (National Center for Epidemiology and Population Health (NCEPH), The Australian National University., 1995)

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• Marital closeness and the likelihood of extramarital sex: a comparative analysis of Lagos and Freetown 

  Adegbola, O; Babatola, O (Canberra Australian National University, Australia, 1999)

  The relationship between inter-spousal intimacy and the tendency to suspect partners of sexual infidelity is analysed using data from Lagos and Freetown. The relationship between the practice of extramarital sex and the ...

• Generational controversy on sexual activity in the context of the AIDS epidemic: evidence from Lagos 

  Babatola, O; Adegbola, O (Canberra Australian National University, Australia, 1999)

  This paper focuses on the generational debate on sexual behaviour within the context of vulnerability to HIV infection. It operationalizes the generation concept against Nigeria’s historical background and seeks variations ...

• Premarital and extramarital sex in Lagos, Nigeria 

  Adegbola, O; Babatola, O (Australian National University, 1999)

  In view of the need for information on which to base future interventions on sexual behaviour, this paper examines AIDS awareness and perception, as well as sexual practices among the metropolitan population of Lagos, ...

• Cultural Tourism: A Sustainable Development Strategy for Nigeria’s Rural Area 

  Aina, O.C; Babatola, O (Dept. Geography and Planning, University of Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti., 2010)

  Without cultural heritage, there would not be any tourism. One’s future depends on the others, (Sanusi, 2002). Regions, and settlement in Nigeria do not only serve as centers of production and consumption, they also ...

• Model Variables of Risk Elements in Sexual Behaviour: a Comparative Analysis of Lagos-Based Traders 

  Babatola, O (South Africa/Union for Africa Population Studies (UAPS), 2011)

  This paper compares sexuality risk variables and the logit models of it inerantly differentiated tradesmen groups in Lagos Nigeria. The study, using survey design, compared the groups’ biosocial characteristics and then ...

• Information-Field Differentials and HIV/AIDS’ Notional Inclinations of Mobility-Differentiated Population Groups: Clues from a Lagos Study 

  Babatola, O (South Africa/Union for Africa Population Studies (UAPS), 2012)

  This paper aims at filling identified perspective-cum-analytical-framework gap on sexuality-risk analysis between mobile and immobile population groups. It originated from a multi-dimensional study on itinerancy-cum-sexuality-risk ...

• An Intra-Metropolitan Comparative Assessment of Slum-Indicative Parameters: A Case Study of Ikeja And Ifako-Ijaye, Lagos Nigeria 

  Babatola, O; Oni, A.F (University of Lagos Press, Akoka, 2013)

  The global-level report on the state of slums, which indicates that at least one-fourth of the existing human habitats is characterized by slum attributes, constitutes genuine concerns to urban planners, dwellers and ...

• Assessment of Maternal Health Intervention Programme of Delta State, Nigeria: Application of the U.N Process Indicators 

  Babatola, O; Uriri, A (2013)

  Arguing from the standpoint that maternal mortality ratio (MMR) alone does not constitute a sufficient indicator for assessing the performance of a maternal health intervention, the paper calls for a multi-dimensional ...

• Youths Awareness and Visit Patterns to Recreation and Tourists Sites in Lagos 

  Babatola, O; Adeleke, B (2013)

  Determined to galvanise her tourism sector, the Nigerian government publicised the nation’s Tourism Master Plan in 2005, which among others, highlighted the near-crisis state of tourism infrastructure compounded by a rather ...

• Event Centres in Lagos State: Analysis of Growth Trends and their Service Characteristics 

  Babatola, O; Ojatula, Y (University of Lagos Press, Akoka, 2014)

  This paper analyses selected attributes of event centres in Lagos in the context of their increasing relevance as socio-economic utilities in the state. Based on rural-urban and income-level differentials, the study ...

• Local Governments as Strategic Partners for Service Delivery in Nigeria 

  Elias, P; Afolayan, O; Babatola, O (Department of Maritime Management of Technology, Federal University of Technology, Owerri., 2014)

  This paper is motivated by recent controversies surrounding granting of autonomy to local governments in Nigeria and examines advantages of local governments as dependable vehicles for service delivery. By using qualitative ...

• Effective Urban Infrastructure Governance in Africa: Resolving the Wealth-Poverty Paradox 

  Elias, P; Babatola, O; Omojola, A (IGI Global, USA, 2016)

  The main thrust of this chapter is to examine effective urban infrastructure governance in Africa: resolving the wealth-poverty paradox. The chapter is organized into five main sections according to the identified objectives ...

• Risky Sexuality and Perceptual Assessment of the Significant Intervention Constituencies. A Gender-based Analysis of Lagos School-based Adolescents 

  Babatola, O; Ojukwu, E (South Africa/Union for Africa Population Studies (UAPS), 2016)

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• Factors Influencing Willingness to Pay for Improved Urban Services in Selected Slum Communities: Empirical Evidence From Lagos Megacity 

  Elias, P; Fasona, M; Babatola, O; Omojola, A (2017-09)

  The diminishing resource-capacities of governments for intervention-cum-development purposes vis-à-vis the threats of exacerbating degeneration of existing slums, driven by uncontrollable influx of immigrants, motivated ...

• Property-use Conversion in Lagos Metropolis in the Context of the Vacillating Regulatory Approaches of the Physical Development Agency 

  Babatola, O; Oni, A.F (2017)

  The lopsided focus of research on metropolitan housing deficit, which preponderantly neglects the import of use-conversion of properties in the assessment of the problem, motivated this paper. Primarily, it analyzes the ...

• Operational Factors Affecting Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in Sustainable Solid Waste Management in Lagos Metropolis 

  Ilechukwu, V.U; Aminu, T.U (2014)

  This study examines the extent to which household characteristics, attitudes, lack of remuneration and behavioural factors have affected the effectiveness and sustainability in solid waste management by the public private ...

• The Challenge of Water Supply in Urban Lagos under Increasing Climatic Variability 

  Ayeni, A.O (2014)

  This study examines the impact of climate, urbanization, and population on water supply in Lagos State. Population and water production data in Lagos State between 1963 and 2006 were collected, and used for time series ...

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