AYENI, Prof. Matthew Abimbola Oni

B.Sc, Ph.D;geographer, socialscientist, consultant administrator; b: November 9,1945; ht: lkare-Ekiti;-so: Ekiti; m: Mabel MorohunmuboAbeniOgunbadejo, 1980;nc: twos,twod;ed: St. JohnAnglican School, lkere-Ekiti, Ekiti State, 1952-68;Ise/EmureGrammar School, Ise/Emure, Ekiti State, 1959-64; University oflbadan, 1967-70; 1971 -74;en Parttime Lecturer, Dept.ofGeography& Dept.ofEconomics, University oflbadan, 1972-73; Asst Lecturerto Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Geography, 1974-80;Reader, 1980-84;Prof,ofGeography, since 1984; Sub- Dean, FacultyofSocial Sciences, 1980-82;Visiting Prof/Dean,Ondo State University, Ado-Ekiti, 1984-86; Dir., University Development Linkages Projects Sponsoredby USAID, Washington DC, 1992-94; Dir.,Universityof Ibadan, University ofLowa Linkage Programme, 1986-91; Head,Dept.of Geography, Universityoflbadan, 1996-99; Dir.,GIS/Lab/CoordinatorGIS Programme, UI,2000-02; vc,CovenantUniversity, Canaan LandOta,2002- 04;Visiting Prof, ofGeography, University ofLowe Lovva City,1977; 1983; 1985; 1989; 1990; 1994-95; 1996;2002;Coordinator, Postgraduate Programme andDepartmental Seminar Series, Dept. of Geography, Universityoflbadan, 1980-83; Coordinator, Staff Postgraduate Students Seminar, 1993-94; ee: University ofJos, 1986-89; University ofNigerieNsukke 1988-90; University of Mysore, India, 1989-90; Consultant, Lagos StateGovernment andthe Planning Studies Programme, Universityoflbadan ontheRegional Planning ofLagosState, 1974-76; Consultant Spatial Aspectsof Industrialization and Industrial Change in Nigeria to Pai AssociatesInternational, Bodije,Ibadan, 1976-79; Consultant onStudyofIncome Distribution inNigeria to Princeton University, NewJersey, USA, 1976; Consultant: Building/Identification and the Development of Urban Information Systems, Oyo State to Oyo State Governmentthrough PAI, 1981 -84; National Science FoundatioeUSAthrough theUniversityofLowe USAon Locational EfficiencyofRural ServiceDelivery SystemsofNigerie 1980-83; Nigerian Institute for Socialand Economic Research, Ibadan on industrialization and Local Resource use in Nigeria, 1983-86; Federal Government ofN igeria andNational PlanningCommission onthe Studyofthe Evaluation of CashCropsRehabilitation Programmes, 1972-92; 1993; Federal Government ofNigeriathrough theNational Oriented Industries inStudyofExportOrientedIndustries in Nigerie 1994; Edward Sampson's & Co., Ibadan, on a World Bank Infrastructure Development Fund Studyonthe Urban Prioritization Study forOsunState,1994; Council for International Exchange ofScholars(Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship) ontheSpatial Decision Support Systems forSpatial AnalysisandPlanning, 1996;Development Research Bureauand United Nations; Development Programme, Lagos on the Study ofthe Profile of Poverty inOndoState, 1996-97; Polluted! Nigeria Limited onthePreparation of StateEnvironmental ActionPlan inAkwa Ibom, CrossRiver,RiversandBayelsa States, 1996-97; Shell Petroleum Development Company Nigeria Limited on Training awareness ofGIS in the Oil Industry, 1999;NigeriaLimitedon Population Census Data andMapsinGISCompatible Form, 1998-99; Cocoa Research Institute ontheUseofGIS inTree-Crop Management 1999-01; Collegeand University Affiliations Programme, Nairobi ontheDevelopmentof Regional Scenarios forthe Global Environment Outlook and the African Environment Outlook,anInitiation oftheAfricanMinisterial ConferenceontheEnvironment 2000-01; National Emergency Management Agency,AbujaontheCreation of Geographic Information System Database forthe Planning, Research and Forecasting Dept,2002-03; National Emergency Management Agency,Abuja on the Setting up a GIS Laboratory at Abuje 2004-05; UNEPon Global Environment Outlook and African Environment Outlook, 2004-07; Federal Ministry ofEducationonthe SchoolMapping Componentofthe Education Sector Analysis Project, since 2004; UNIDO and Federal Ministry of Environment on Regional Project to DevelopAppropriate Strategies for Identifying SitesContaminated byChemicals Listed inAnnexesA, Bandor C of Stockholm Convention, since 2005; United Nation Development Programme andthe Federal, MinistryofEnvironment NeedsAssessmentin theFederal Ministry ofEnvironment onCapacities NeedsAssessment inthe Federal Ministry ofEnvironment2006-07; mm: Universityoflbadan Senate, since 1984; Faculty Representative, SenateCurriculum Committee,1974— 76;Faculty Planning Committee,Faculty ofThe SocialSciences,1978-80; Honorary Corresponding mem, International Conference on the Use of Computers in Architecture and Planning, 1976-78; mm: Life mem,The Nigerian Geographical Association;The National Geographic Society, since 1984;TheAssociationofAmerican Geographers, since1994; Gee-information SocietyofNigeria,since2003;The Nigerian Institute ofManagement, since 2003;The Ecological Society ofNigerie 1974-79;ah: Western Nigerian Government Scholarship forUndergraduate Studies, 1967-70; Departmental Prize inGeography, University oflbadan,1970; Postgraduate Scholarship of theUniversityoflbadan, 1971-74; Honorary Research Fellowship, International AfricanInstitute, London, 1977; publ:Author,ConceptsandTechniques in Urban Analysis,GroomHelm London and St. Martins press,New York, 1979;Co-author,StatusofUnited Nation Centre for RegionalDevelopment Research inAfricanUnitedNationsCentreforRegional DevelopmentNagaje Japan, 1979;The Spatial Distribution ofManufacturing ActivitiesinNigerie Dept. of Geography, University oflbadan, Technical Report, 1981;The DevelopmentofUrban Information Systems(A Manual fortheTraining of LocalGovernment Staffin Methods ofZone and Building Identificationand Geo-CodingofUrbanData),PaiAssociates International, Bodija, Ibadan, 1993;An Introductory Course in Statistical and Mathematical Methodsfor Geography and Planning, EvansBrothersNigeriaLimited,1984; Co-Editor, Physical Planning andNational Developmentin Nigerie Evans Brothers Nigeria Limited,1986; LectureNotesopQuantitative Methods forGeography Student ResearchSupport Services, Ibadan, 1994;Multivariate Statistical Methods forSpartial Analysis,Geographyand Planning, Research Support Services, Ibadan, 1996; Author, Regional Development Planning and Managementin Africa:A Retrospective and PerspectiveView. InUNCHS Regional Development Planningarid ManagementofUrbanization: Experiences fromDe•elopingCountries. UnitedNationsCentreforHumanSettlements, (Habitat) pp.7-62,1997;The DesignofDecisionSupportSystemsinUrban and Regional Planning. In Timmermaus H. etal Eds. Decision Support Systems in UrbanPlanningE& FN Spoon, London,Weingeim and New York,pp.4-22,1998;Africa'sExperiencewith Regional Development Planning and Management. Habitat Debate, UNCHS Vol.5 (1) pp.13-15,1999; IS Urbanization in NigeriaaConstraint onDevelopment: A Reviewof Professor AkinL Mabogunje'sThoughtsandContributions, 2002;DisasterManagement andGeographicInformationin BolaAyeni and Ojo E.O.(2004) Eds.Garki, Abuje2004; GIS, Cartography and Mapping for National Development First Annual GeneralAssembly and Conference ofGeo-informationSociety of Nigeria, 2003;2004;Geographical Dimensionto Planning andMapping the Population CensusResearch forDevelopment NISER Ibadan, Vol.20, No.2, 2004; Information Needs for Disaster Risk Reduction in Africa ISDR INFORMS, pp. 19-22; 2005; Disaster Risk Reduction, Governance and Development Proceedings oftheConsultativeLaunchofthe National Platform ofStakeholders in DisasterRisk Reductionin Nigerie pp 1-19,2007; Lecturer Notes on Quantitative Method forGeography Students, Edition., Research Support Services, Ibadan, 2000; Policy Appraisal ofthe Management of Digital Spatial Data in Nigeria. PolicyCentre,Development Research Report, 2001;KnowingtheCampus,ofthe University oflbadan, Research Support Services, Ibadan, 2003;off: Dept ofGeography, Universityoflbadan, P.O.Box 20145,Universityoflbadan, Ibadan; tel: 0803-300-9778,0805-250-3705; em: [email protected]; res:5, Morohunmubo Close,New Bodija Extension, Ibadan.