Professor Taibat Lawanson
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Professor Taibat Lawanson
Professor Taibat Lawanson

Board Member | Fellow

 

Taibat Lawanson is Professor of Urban Management and Governance at the University of Lagos where she leads the Pro-poor Development research cluster and serves as Co-Director at the Centre for Housing and Sustainable Development. Her research focuses on the interface of social complexities, urban realities and the pursuit of spatial justice in Africa. She is well known for her inter-sectoral work which engages students, policy makers, local community and civil society actors.

 

Publications

  • Lawanson, Taibat, Louise Foley, Felix Assah, Ebele Mogo, Clarisse Mapa-Tassou, Toluwalope Ogunro, Victor Onifade, and Tolu Oni. “The urban environment and leisure physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic: a view from Lagos.” Cities & health 5, no. sup1 (2021): S204-S207.
  • Lawanson, Taibat, and Muyiwa Agunbiade. “Land governance and megacity projects in Lagos, Nigeria: the case of Lekki Free Trade Zone.” Area Development and Policy 3, no. 1 (2018): 114-131.
  • Soyinka, Oluwole, Kin Wai Michael Siu, Taibat Lawanson, and Olufemi Adeniji. “Assessing smart infrastructure for sustainable urban development in the Lagos metropolis.” Journal of urban management 5, no. 2 (2016): 52-64.
  • Olajide, Oluwafemi, and Taibat Lawanson. “Urban paradox and the rise of the neoliberal city: Case study of Lagos, Nigeria.” Urban Studies 59, no. 9 (2022): 1763-1781.
  • Lawanson, Taibat, and David Olanrewaju. “The home as workplace: Investigating home based enterprises in low income settlements of the Lagos metropolis.” Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and Management 5, no. 4 (2012): 397-407.
  • Lawanson, Taibat, Omoayena Yadua, and Idris Salako. Environmental challenges of peri-urban settlements in the Lagos megacity. na, 2012.
  • Obaitor, Olabisi S., Taibat O. Lawanson, Marion Stellmes, and Tobia Lakes. “Social capital: Higher resilience in slums in the lagos metropolis.” Sustainability 13, no. 7 (2021): 3879.
  • Lawanson, Taibat, Taofiki Salau, and Omoayena Yadua. “Conceptualizing the liveable African city.” Journal of Construction Project Management and Innovation 3, no. 1 (2013): 573-588.
  • Lawanson, Taibat, and Leke Oduwaye. “9Socio-economic adaptation strategies of the urban poor in the Lagos metropolis, Nigeria.” African review of economics and finance 6, no. 1 (2014): 139-160.
  • Oyalowo, Basirat A., Timothy G. Nubi, and Taibat O. Lawanson. “Housing affordability, government intervention and housing informality: an African dilemma?.” (2018).
  • Lawanson, Taibat, Omoayena Yadua, and Idris Salako. “An investigation of rural-urban linkages of the Lagos megacity, Nigeria.” Journal of Construction Project Management and Innovation 2, no. 2 (2012): 464-581.
  • Lawanson, Taibat. “Poverty, home based enterprises and urban livelihoods in the Lagos metropolis.” Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa 14, no. 4 (2012): 158-171.
  • Olajide, Oluwafemi, and Taibat Lawanson. “Climate change and livelihood vulnerabilities of low-income coastal communities in Lagos, Nigeria.” International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development 6, no. 1 (2014): 42-51.
  • Lawanson, Taibat O., and Samson Fadare. “Neighbourhood differentials and environmental health interface in Lagos metropolis, Nigeria.” Habitat International 39 (2013): 240-245.
  • Lawanson, Taibat, Basirat Oyalowo, and Timothy Nubi. “Global Goal, Local Context: Pathways to Sustainable Urban Development in Lagos, Nigeria.” Housing and SDGs in Urban Africa (2021): 13-35.
  • Lawanson, Taibat. “Illegal urban entrepreneurship? The case of street vendors in Lagos, Nigeria.” Journal of Architecture&ENVIRONMENT 13, no. 1 (2014): 45-60.
  • Abubakar, Ismaila Rimi, Taibat O. Lawanson, and Abubakar S. Usman. “Urban planning practices in Lagos.” In The Routledge handbook of planning megacities in the global south, pp. 382-396. Routledge, 2020.
  • Mogo, Ebele RI, Taibat Lawanson, Louise Foley, Clarisse Mapa-Tassou, Felix Assah, Toluwalope Ogunro, Victor Onifade et al. “A Systematic review protocol of opportunities for noncommunicable disease prevention via public space initiatives in African cities.” International journal of environmental research and public health 19, no. 4 (2022): 2285.

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