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ABOUT AUTHOR Adefioye Sunday Adewumi is the Founder and CEO of Pratibha Systems and Sadaxx Systems Int'l, an international development consulting firm in Nigeria. He is a certified project management professional (Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria) and with over five years experiences in the applications of GIS/remote sensing to various thematic areas. He is also a published researcher with publication of both independent and collaborative research works in reputable international and national academic journals. Adefioye has received commendations and formal acknowledgements from notable national and international research centres in Nigeria. And he is one of the recipients of the Award of Excellence in Learning and Culture and as one of Distinguished Alumni of the Department of Geography, OAU, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. A member of the African Association for the Remote Sensing of the Environment (Membership ID: 2692191916) and Geo-information Society of Nigeria (GEOSON) since 2013 and 2012 respectively. He is interested in providing professional consultancy support and services to government and organizations (international and national) through the integration of geo-information (geographic) knowledge, expertise and technologies; professional project management tools and techniques; and qualitative/quantitative scientific research approaches in areas of projects development, execution and delivery; planning, policies development and implementation; and to achieve client’s set public, corporate, developmental and projects-related objectives. His activities and interest span across the following key national/international developmental domains: (1) Education (2) Health (3) Environment (4) Urban development, (5) Business/Organizational Development, (6) Projects Management and (7) International development. He has authored and published more than five books and several publications in both international and national journals/conferences in each of these domains. Copyright © 2016 || Adefioye Sunday Adewumi || All Rights Reserved