SATELLITE DETECTION AND ANAL YSIS OF URBAN SPATIAL 
GROWTH REGIMES IN ILE-IFE, NIGERIA 
Isi A. Ikhuoria 
University of Benin 
Dept. Geography and Regional Planning 
P.M.B. 1154 
Benin City, Edo Sate, Nigeria 
ISPRS Commission VII / Working Ciroup 9 
ABSTRACT 
SPOT Satellite data was used to monitor the urban environment and spatial growth regimes of the 
traditional Nigerian City of Ile-Ife. Three regimes of spatial pattern of land use developments were 
identified: 
Pre-Colonial, Colonial, land Post Colonial. The urban land use characteristics of each regime was 
analysed and the environmental planning and policy implications of the results were discussed. 
134 
  
Pan Ya, Aal) 3 
Fr nv a pe ar ball u ub -—