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Usman Adebimpe Raheem (PhD, Ibadan) (Nigeria) is a Professor of Medical Geography and Disaster Risk Analysis and teaches Human Geography at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria, where he has put in more than 24 years of teaching and research. His research interests cover the broad area of Human Geography with emphasis on Urban health, climate change and Disaster Risk analysis. He has participated in several international conferences and training workshops including the 6^th International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP) in Germany, 2005, the 5^th International Human Dimensions Workshop, New Delhi, 2008, the Bergen Summer Research School (BSRS) on Global Development Challenges, Norway, 2009, the 30^th General Assembly of the International Association for the Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW), PORTORUZ SLOVENIA, 2008, the 4^th International Training Workshop On Global Environmental Change and Human Health In Urban Areas, 2012 held at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, XVth International Medical Geography Symposium (IMGS) at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, US, 2013, the Norwich Conference on Earth System Governance, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom, 2014 and the 12^th International Conference on Urban Health 2015, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is a member of the International Society for Urban Health, USA, International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE), International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW) and Association of Nigerian Geographers (ANG). He is the Regional Coordinator (Africa), for the Earth System Governance Fellows Network. www.earthsystemgovernance.org/people/ and the Desk officer, University of Ilorin for the Sustainable Development Solutions Network-Nigeria. He has published widely in reputable local and international journals.

He was Chairperson, Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Ilorin Branch, (ASUU), 2016-2019 and currently, Director, Technical and Entrepreneurship Centre (TEC), University of Ilorin.