Yusuf Alapata Ahmed

@unilorin.edu.ng

Geography and Environmental Management
University of Ilorin

Yusuf Alapata Ahmed

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Social Sciences, Geography, Planning and Development, Urban Studies, Pollution
367

Scholar Citations

11

Scholar h-index

14

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Impact of Septic Tanks on Groundwater in Tunga, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria.
    IK Garba, AA Ndayako, Y Ahmed, PN Adams, AM Waziri
    HARVARD INTERNATIONAL: International Journal of Environmental Design … , 2026
    2026
  • Flood Risk Mapping for Effective Mitigation in Lavun Local Government Area, Niger State, Nigeria
    Y Ahmed, YR Tasi’u, AB Ishaq, AM Waziri, MY Muslim
    Nigeria Association of Hydrological Sciences (NAHS) , 2025
    2025
  • Assessment of the Level of Flood Vulnerability and Mitigation Strategies in Shiroro Local Government Area, Niger State, Nigeria
    AM Waziri, A Adnan, Y Ahmed, AB Ishaq, MN Usman
    Sokoto Journal of Geographical Studies 2 (2), 122-133 , 2025
    2025
  • Access and Utilization of Healthcare Services in Wushishi Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria
    AB Ishaq, F Mukhtar, MN Usman, AM Waziri, Y Ahmed, IA Abdulkarim
    Sokoto Journal of Geographical Studies 2 (1), 147-163 , 2025
    2025
  • Impacts of Flood in Manta and Galadima Kogo Communities, Shiroro Local Government Area, Niger State, Nigeria
    AM Waziri, AB Ishaq, Y Ahmed, A Umar, M Muhammed
    Association of Nigerian Geographers (ANG) , 2024
    2024
  • Assessment for the Influence of Land Use and Land Cover Changes on Flood in Lavun Local Government Area, Niger State, Nigeria
    Y Ahmed, YR Tasi’u, AM Waziri, AB Ishaq
    Association of Nigerian Geographers, Abuja 2024 , 2024
    2024
  • 1.69 Can artificial intelligence assess suicide risk in youth?: Comparing ChatGPT-3.5, ChatGPT-4, and ChatGPT-4O to psychiatrists
    LT Nguyen, VT Tran, V Mathesh, JT Tran, Y Ahmed, JA Liu-Zarzuela, ...
    Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 63 (10), S181 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • Spatial distribution and accessibility of healthcare facilities in Niger state, Nigeria
    AB Ishaq, F Mukhtar, MO Odekunle, AM Waziri, Y Ahmed, IA Abdulkarim
    Applied Environmental Bioscience and Public Health Research Group University … , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 4
  • The challenges of deforestation and management in Nigeria: Suggestions for improvement
    YA Ahmed, RA Olaitan
    Ghana Journal of Geography 16 (1), 193-220 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 10
  • Assessment of Flood Vulnerability in Suleja Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria
    AM Waziri, Y Ahmed, AB Ishaq, EA Adedeji, MN Usman
    SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FUTMINNA 2024 , 2024
    2024
  • Solid waste challenges and management in a traditional Sahelian city: A case study of Sokoto, Nigeria
    YA Ahmed, NB Eniolorunda, I Samuel
    Vidyodaya Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 9 (01) , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • Mapping Of Flood Vulnerable Areas In Lavun Local Government Area, Niger State, Nigeria
    Y Ahmed, YR Tasi’u
    Nigeria Association of Hydrological Sciences (NAHS) , 2023
    2023
  • Socio-Economic Determinants of the Utilization of Healthcare Services in the Wushishi Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria
    AB Ishaq, F Mukhtar, MO Odekunle, Y Ahmed, MN Usman, AM Waziri
    Sokoto Journal of the Social Sciences , 2023
    2023
  • Spatial Distribution and Accessibility to Healthcare Workforce in Niger State, Nigeria
    AB Ishaq, YM Adamu, F MUKTAR, Y Ahmed, A WAZIRI
    Nigerian Journal of Tropical Geography , 2023
    2023
  • Rural Fortification as a Panacea to curb Rural-Urban Migration in Nigeria. A Synopsis.
    YA Ahmed
    Department of Geography, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria. , 2023
    2023
  • Socio-Economic Determinants of the Utilization of Healthcare Services in the Wishishi Local Government Area of Niger State
    AB Ishaq, F Mukhtar, MO Odekunle, Y Ahmed, MN Usman, AM Waziri
    2023
  • The Nigerian military public health response to COVID-19: A 14-month appraisal
    O Ayemoba, U Adekanye, M Iroezindu, I Onoh, I Lawal, A Suleiman, ...
    Health security 20 (3), 203-211 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 13
  • ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN …
    Y Ahmed, H Mohammed, RA Tijjan, R Isah
    CEDS Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research 1 (1), 111-116 , 2022
    2022
  • Emancipation of perilous leachate’s foray in a city environment: example from illegal waste dump sites in Kubwa-Abuja, Nigeria
    YA Ahmed, AA Mohammed, ZO Oyewo
    KIU Interdisciplinary Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 3 (2), 284-301 , 2022
    2022
  • Health Implication of Dam in Some Parts of Tafa Local Government Area of Niger State
    AB Ishaq, Y Ahmed, AM Waziri, M Odekunle
    School of Physical Sciences, Federal University of Technology, Minna , 2021
    2021

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Trend and pattern of urban crime in south western Nigeria
    YA Ahmed
    Unpublished Ph. D. Thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Ilorin … , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 41
  • The pattern and distribution of crime incidence in an urban environment; A case study of Osun State, south western Nigeria
    YA Ahmed
    International Journal of Humanities and Social Science 2 (5), 178-188 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 39
  • An investigation of security and crime management in developing society: The implications for Nigeria democratic set-up
    MA Aremu, YA Ahmed
    International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences 1 … , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 35
  • Settlements pattern and functional distribution in an emerging communities: a case of a local government area of Kwara State, Nigeria
    YA Ahmed
    The social sciences 4 (3), 256-263 , 2009
    2009
    Citations: 31
  • Potential impacts of climate change on waste management in Ilorin City, Nigeria
    YA Ahmed
    AFRREV STECH: An International Journal of Science and Technology 2 (1), 45-63 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 22
  • Climate Change Induced challenges on deforestation: the needs to educe mitigation measures in Nigeria
    YA Ahmed, I Aliyu
    Analele Universităţii din Oradea, Seria Geografie 29 (2), 64-76 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 20
  • Waste management in Ilori metropolis: lessons for Nigerian cities
    YA Ahmed
    FUTY Journal of the Environment 3 (1), 49-58 , 2008
    2008
    Citations: 19
  • The Nigerian military public health response to COVID-19: A 14-month appraisal
    O Ayemoba, U Adekanye, M Iroezindu, I Onoh, I Lawal, A Suleiman, ...
    Health security 20 (3), 203-211 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 13
  • Menace of illegal motor parks in Nigerian urban environment: example from Ilorin city
    YA Ahmed
    Journal of Geography and Regional Planning 8 (2), 37-46 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 13
  • Assessment of annual effective dose due to inhalation and ingestion of radon in water samples from the cement industrial area of Sokoto, North-Western Nigeria
    L Abba, R Nasiru, NN Garba, YA Ahmed
    Fudma Journal of Sciences 4 (2), 615-619 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 12
  • Some haematological and haemostatic parameters among women with cervical cancer in Sokoto, North Western Nigeria
    Y Ahmed, A Okwesili, I Malami, EO Udomah Fp, F Onuigwe
    Sokoto J Med Lab Sci 2 (1), 236-251 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 11
  • Urban Traffic Dilemma and Potential Remedy: Example from Ilorin City, Nigeria
    YA Ahmed
    African Research Review 7 (Serial No.28), 261-270 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 11
  • Urban Traffic Dilemma and Potential Remedy: Example from Ilorin City, Nigeria
    YA Ahmed
    African Research Review 7 (1 (28)), 216 - 270 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 11
  • Determination of household water demand in a traditional city: Examples from western axis of Ilorin Nigeria
    IP Ifabiyi, YA Ahmed
    Asian-African Journal of Econometrics and Economics 11 (2), 395-408 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 11
  • The challenges of deforestation and management in Nigeria: Suggestions for improvement
    YA Ahmed, RA Olaitan
    Ghana Journal of Geography 16 (1), 193-220 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 10
  • Anaemia and thrombocytopenia among pregnant women attending Aminu Kano teaching hospital, Kano state, North Western Nigeria
    O Erhabor, AD Muhammad, TC Adias, Y Ahmed, T Erhabor
    Human antibodies 28 (1), 11-19 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 9
  • Cardiovascular disease risk factor profiles of HIV-positive clients: Findings from a pilot program to integrate CVD screening into HIV services at a secondary health facility …
    U Gwarzo, T Maji, S Isa-Dutse, Y Ahmed, K Obayagbona, E Okechukwu, ...
    Journal of the International AIDS Society 15, 242-242 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 9
  • Physical Problems of Urban Planning. A Case of Ilorin, Nigeria
    YA Ahmed
    Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, University of Ilorin , 2005
    2005
    Citations: 9
  • The indicators and indices of development
    AA Salami, SL Tilakasiri, YA Ahamed
    Geography in development: Issues and perspectives, 77-102 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 7
  • Prevalence of rhesus C and E phenotype among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto
    O Erhabor, A Okwesili, BS Aliyu, F Onuigwe, H Buhari, A Bagudo, ...
    Journal of Gynecology and Neonatal Biology 2 (1), 13-16 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 7