Dr. David Oluwasegun Mobolaji
Adjunct Lecturer | Lecturer
Faculty of Environmental Design and Management · Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Specialization Urban and Regional Planning
Office: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, FUOYE, Nigeria
Phone: +2347037396726
Email: david.mobolaji@fuoye.edu.ng
Biography
Dr. David Mobolaji is an Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria. Over a decade, he has been developing interdisciplinary approaches to urban planning, community resilience, and disaster risk management, especially in Nigeria. Dr Mobolaji’s work includes developing disaster resilience strategies, and supporting cities in building climate resilience environment. He is currently working on projects to promote community disaster resilience in Nigeria. Dr Mobolaji has authored over 20 peer-reviewed papers on infrastructure planning and disaster resilience, and the studies focuses on bridging gap between research and practice through innovative strategies for building stronger and more resilient communities. He is a recipient of several awards including Fellow of Utrecht Summer School in University of Utrecht, Netherlands and Regulation of Local Public Services in Turin, Italy.
Research Interests
Infrastructure Planning, Urban Resilience and Environmental Management
Qualifications
- PhD in Urban and Regional Planning, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria (2025)
Selected Publications
- Residents’ Environmental Health Practices in African City: A Case of Osogbo, Nigeria
Authors: Ibitoye, I. T., Daramola, O., Olufemi, B., & Mobolaji, D.
Fuoye Planning Journal (2025) - Coping with Infrastructure Deficit: A narration from Households’ Heads in the Developmental Zones of Ogbomoso, Nigeria
Authors: Mobolaji, D. and Daramola, O.
Malaysian Journal of Tropical Geography (2025) - Households’ Absorbability and Adaptability Coping Capacity to the Impact of Flood Disaster in Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Authors: Mobolaji D., Atoyebi S., and Daramola O.
Farabi Journal of Social Sciences (2025) - Environmental Sanitation Practices in Slum Area: The Makoko Experience
Authors: Mobolaji D., Oyelere P., Daramola O., and Ojo O.
Malaysian Journal of Science and Advanced Technology (2025) - Infrastructure Delivery in Public Housing Estates of Lagos, Nigeria
Authors: Mobolaji, D. O., Adebayo, A., Emmanuel, A. and Daramola, O. P.
TheJournalish: Social and Government (2025) - Households’ Adaptation to Infrastructure Deficit in Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Authors: Mobolaji, D. O., Daramola, O., Popoola, S. and Tajudeen, T.
Ruang (2025) - Residents’ Perception of Physical Planning Regulations in Three Secondary Cities in Nigeria (A Study of Osogbo, Ile-Ife, and Iwo)
Authors: Daramola, O., Mobolaji, D., and Oyelade, T.
African Journal of Housing and Sustainable Development (2024) - Accessibility to Healthcare Facilities in Ibadan Southeast Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria
Authors: Akinosun, F., Olojede, O. Mobolaji, D., and Ahmed, J.
Fuoye Planning Journal (2024) - Students’ Perception of Environmental Quality in Public Secondary Schools of Ibadan Metropolis, Nigeria
Authors: Mobolaji, D. O., Durotoye, A. and Daramola, O. P.
Environmental Problems Journal (2024) - Disaster Resilience in Human Settlements: A Review.
Authors: Daramola, O. P. and Mobolaji, D. O.
In Olokukoi, G., Wahab, B., Bununu, Y., Daramola, O., and Atebije, N. Emerging Global Issues: Trends and Urban Planning Responses: Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (2024) - Monitoring and Modelling of Urban Sprawl in Osogbo Metropolis using GIS and Remote Sensing
Authors: Idowu, K., Olayanju, O., Ogbeta, C., and Mobolaji, D.
Coou African Journal of Environmental Research (2023) - Residents’ Awareness and Response to Environmental Sanitation Exercise in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
Authors: Daramola, O. P., Mobolaji, D. O., Olatunji, S. A., and Idowu, K.
FUOYE Planning Journal (2023) - Biting the Bullet: The case of Households’ Resilience to Water and Sanitation Deficit in Nigeria
Authors: Daramola, O. P., Olowoporoku, O. A., and Mobolaji, D. O.
Environmental Problems Journal (2023) - Environmental Quality in Urban Areas of Developing Countries: The Example of Bodija and Owode Public Housing Estates, Ibadan, Nigeria
Authors: Daramola, O., Mobolaji, D., Tajudeen, O., Popoola, O., Igharo, J., and Oyelere, P.
FUOYE Planning Journal (2023) - Assessment of Developers’ Awareness of Physical Planning Regulations in Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Authors: Daramola, O., Mobolaji, D., and Kayode, I.
Journal of Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria (2022) - Environmental Health Practices in Traditional Area: The Tale of Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Authors: Daramola, O., Mobolaji, D., Lawal, A., and Idowu, K.
East African Journal of Environment and Natural Resources (2022) - Residents’ Narratives of Environmental Quality in Metropolitan Lagos, Nigeria
Authors: Mobolaji D., Daramola, O., and Olowoporoku, O.
Environmental Problems Journal (2022) - Urban Legibility Condition in Nigeria: A Narration of Residents’ Experience in Ibadan Metropolitan Area
Authors: Olowoporoku, O., Daramola, O., Olaniyi, K., and Mobolaji, D.
Journal of Economics and Environmental Studies, Opole University, Poland (2019)
Professional Qualification
- Town Planners Registration Council of Nigeria - TOPREC (2022)
Scholarship
- Bursary Fellowship for Summer School on Futuring for Sustainability in University of Utrecht, Netherlands - University of Utrecht, Netherlands (2021)
- Bursary Fellowship for Summer School on Regulation of Local Public Services in Turin School of Regulation, Turin, Italy - Turin School of Regulation, Turin, Italy (2022)
Membership of Professional Bodies
- Nigerian Institute of Town Planners - NITP (2022)
- Nigerian Environmental Society - NES (2025)
Paper Presentation - Local
- Capacity Building Assessment of Public Sector Town Planners in Osun State, Nigeria. - Proceedings of 57th International Conference of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (2025)
Course Teaching
- URP 104 - Nature of Environmental Science (25/26 - Second Semester)
- URP 214 - Town Planning Laws and Procedure (25/26- Second Semester)
- URP 312 - Land Use Planning (25/26 - Second Semester)
- URP 502 - New Town Design (Planning Studio VII) (25/26 - Second Semester)
- URP 508 - Professional Practice II (25/26 - Second Semester)
Professional Skill
Environmental Impact Studies99%
Custom Fields
General Secretary: Osun State Chapter of the NITP
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