Dr. Sadiq Adisa Abdussalaam’s research traces a combines environmental management fundamentals amd governance of urban environmental risk, culminating in a specialisation in flood risk governance and adaptive institutional systems in rapidly growing cities. He studies how urban systems, environmental risks, and human behaviour interact to shape sustainability and resilience outcomes in rapidly growing cities, with a focus on flood risk, waste systems, sustainable agriculture and adaptive governance.
He holds a B.EMT in Environmental Management and Toxicology, Masters in Environmental Management and Protection, in which he examined urban sprawl and vegetal cover loss in Abeokuta using remote sensing and GIS, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Management, all from FUNAAB. His doctoral research developed an institutional framework for community-based flood disaster management in flood-prone communities of Lagos State, analysing how formal governance structures interact with local vulnerability, participation, and adaptive capacity. This progression, from mapping how cities physically expand to examining how they are governed under environmental stress, now anchors his broader research interest in how urban systems, environmental risks, and human behaviour interact to shape sustainability and resilience outcomes in rapidly growing cities.
Dr. Abdussalaam argues that resilience in rapidly urbanising African cities should depend less on infrastructure alone than on the institutions and behaviours that determine how that infrastructure is used, maintained, and adapted. Alongside his research, he teaches climate change and environmental planning, supervises undergraduate and post graduate research, and contributes to community in various capacities especially providing relief to victims of disasters through Humanity First Nigeria.
i. Ph.D 2016-2021
ii. M.E.M.P 2011-2014
iii. B.E.M.T 2002-2008
i. Climate change adaptation and mitigation
ii. Waste management
iii. Smart, sustainable and resilient environment
iv. Environmental policy implementation, enforcement and education
v. pollution monitoring and control.
i. Annual Ogun State Scholarship Award 2003-2007
ii. AG Leventis Scholarship (Egba Indigenes with good Grade) 2004-2007
– Member, FUNAAB Tree Management Committee 2022-Date
i. Member, Greenland Permaculture Society, Nigeria
ii. Member, Ecological Society of Nigeria
– College of Environmental Resources Management Conference 2026
a.Research Reports, Dissertation & Thesis
i. Abdussalaam, S. A. (2008) Chemical Characteristics of Pollutant Binding Sites in Composted Organic Wastes,B.EMT Research Report submitted to the Department of Environmental Management and Toxicology, FUNAAB. 50 p.
ii.Abdussalaam, S. A. (2014) An Assessment of Urban Sprawl and Vegetal Cover Loss in Abeokuta Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems, MEMP Dissertation, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. 74 p.
iii.Abdussalaam, S. A. (2021) Assessment of the Institutional Framework and Community-Based Strategies for Flood Disaster Management in Parts of Lagos State. PhD Thesis, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. 226 p.
b.Articles in Learned Journals
(1) Amujo, B. T., Towolawi, A. T., Abdussalaam, S. A., Okimiji, O. P. and Ezennia, O. J. (2019) Seasonal Monitoring of Criteria Air Pollutants and Noise Levels across Six Selected Housing Estates in Ogun State, Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Pure & Applied Science, 32 (2): 3414-3427. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.19240/njpas.2019.A16. Published by Faculties of Life and Physical Sciences, University of Ilorin, Nigeria.
(2) Olatunde, K. A., Sosanya, P. A., Bada, B. S., Ojekunle, Z. O. and Abdussalaam, S. A. (2020): Distribution and Ecological Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Soils around a Major Cement Factory, Ibese, Nigeria. Scientific African, 9: e00495. Available at http://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2020.e00496. Indexed in Scopus and Scimago. Published by Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
(3) Okimiji O. P., Ezennia O. J., Okafor A.T. and Abdussalaam S. A. (2020) Assessment of seasonal variation of ambient air pollutant concentrations around slum settlements in Lagos metropolis, Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Science and Environment, 18 (1): 34- 49. Published by Faculty of Science, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria
(4) Olatunde, K. A, Sarumi, M., Abdussalaam, S. A., Bada, B. S. and Oyebanji, F. F (2021): Effect of Modified Septic Tank on Groundwater Quality around Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, south-west Nigeria. Applied Environmental Research, 43(1):73-89. Available at http://doi.org/10.35762/AER.2021.43.1.6. Indexed in Scopus and Scimago. Published by the Environmental Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.
(5) Abdussalaam S. A., Olatunde K. A., Babajide E.I., Adedeji O.H., and Adeofun C.O. (2024) Institutional Framework for Disaster Risk Management in Nigeria; Need for a Paradigm Shift. Journal of Applied Sciences & Environmental Management (JASEM). Published by Faulty of Science, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. 28 (8) 2483-2491
(6) Tobore·A. O., Nkwunonwo U. C., Abdussalaam S. A., Oyerinde G., Samson V. M., Adeoba A. Q, Adedeji O. H., Odebode A. M. and Adelana A. O. (2025) Random forest algorithm and remote sensing techniques for wetland soil organic carbon prediction towards environmental sustainability. Discover Environment. 3:222 http://doi.org/10.1007/s44274-025-00410-8
(7) Tobore, A., Oyebamiji, N., Abdussalaam S. A., Nkwunonwo, U. C., Oyerinde, G., and Komolafe, A. A. (2026) Assessing Organic Carbon Stocks and Soil Quality in Response to Agroforestry Intervention. Jordan Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences (JJEES)17 (2): 155-166
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