Site characterisation
Integrated satellite imagery, DEMs and field-collected geospatial data for each project site.
Environmental baseline mapping · Kwara State
Baseline Survey and Mapping of Project Sites in Kwara State
Terrain, hydrology, thirty-year land-cover change, vegetation, climate and field evidence integrated across the Asadam, Lata and Share project sites.
Project objective
Establish defensible environmental baselines for project planning.
The assignment characterised three project sites using satellite imagery, terrain models, field observations and environmental datasets. It established comparable evidence on landscape condition, hydrology, land transformation, vegetation, climate and environmental sensitivity.
3Project sites assessed
30 yearsLand-cover change period
1995–2025Comparative LULC analysis
1Integrated baseline framework
My contribution
Integrating terrain, environment and field observations.
My role covered baseline spatial analysis, field-data preparation, map production and the interpretation of change across the three sites.
Terrain and hydrology
Produced topographic, drainage and hydrological maps supporting flood-risk assessment.
Land-cover change
Classified LULC for 1995–2025 and quantified transformation trends.
Vegetation condition
Applied multi-year NDVI analysis to assess vegetation health and ecosystem condition.
Environmental baseline
Mapped geology, soils, erosion, biodiversity and natural resources.
Climate integration
Incorporated rainfall, temperature trends and projections into the spatial assessment.
Spatial workflow
A consistent baseline across three sites.
- 01Assemble
Prepare satellite, terrain, climate, environmental and field datasets.
- 02Characterise
Map topography, drainage, soils, geology and environmental features.
- 03Compare
Evaluate LULC and vegetation change across multiple years.
- 04Validate
Georeference and check spatial findings against field observations.
- 05Report
Produce maps, figures and datasets for the technical baseline reports.
Project gallery
Comparative land-cover evidence across the study sites.
Outputs and value
Evidence ready for design, safeguards and planning.
The baseline studies provided spatially consistent evidence for site understanding, technical reporting and subsequent project decisions.
- Topographic, drainage and hydrological maps
- LULC classifications and 1995–2025 change analysis
- Multi-year NDVI and ecosystem-condition evidence
- Geology, soils, erosion, biodiversity and natural-resource maps
- Climate trends and projection layers
- Field-validated spatial datasets and report-ready figures
Project attribution: Completed for Kwara State ACReSAL as part of a multidisciplinary baseline assignment. This page describes Samuel Bahago Gabriel's GIS contribution.
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