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Alex Boakye Asiedu

PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Professor of Geography, University of Ghana, Legon-Accra. Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Tourism DevelopmentUrban Housing DevelopmentInternational Mobility of Skilled LabourRural Resources DevelopmentEnvironmental and Climate Change.
Publications

64

Citations

1,894

H-index

18

i10-index

23

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
29.6
Most cited paper
281
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2025
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 10:25
Publications

64 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Traders on the run: Activities of street vendors in the Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana
AB Asiedu, S Agyei-Mensah
2008 Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift-Norwegian Journal of Geography 62 (3), 191-202, 2008 Social Sciences 281
Some benefits of migrants' return visits to Ghana
A Asiedu
2005 Population, Space and Place 11 (1), 1-11, 2005 Social Sciences 198
The rise of gated housing estates in Ghana: Empirical insights from three communities in metropolitan Accra
AB Asiedu, G Arku
2009 Journal of Housing and the Built environment 24 (3), 227-247, 2009 Social Sciences 185
Skin diseases in Ghana and the UK
PT Doe, A Asiedu, JW Acheampong, CME Rowland Payne
2001 International journal of dermatology 40 (5), 323-326, 2001 Social Sciences 155
Participants' characteristics and economic benefits of visiting friends and relatives (VFR) tourism—an international survey of the literature with implications for Ghana
AB Asiedu
2008 International journal of tourism research 10 (6), 609-621, 2008 Social Sciences 125
The livelihood challenges of resettled communities of the Bui dam project in Ghana and the role of Chinese dam‐builders
PWK Yankson, AB Asiedu, K Owusu, F Urban, G Siciliano
2018 Development Policy Review 36, O476-O494, 2018 Social Sciences 111
Housing and health in three contrasting neighbourhoods in Accra, Ghana
G Arku, I Luginaah, P Mkandawire, P Baiden, AB Asiedu
2011 Social Science & Medicine 72 (11), 1864-1872, 2011 Social Sciences 108
Assessment of the water quality of the Oti River in Ghana
A Abdul-Razak, AB Asiedu, REM Entsua-Mensah, KAA deGraft-Johnson
2010 West African Journal of Applied Ecology 16 (1), 2010 Social Sciences 108
An assessment of residents’ housing satisfaction and coping in Accra, Ghana
P Baiden, G Arku, I Luginaah, AB Asiedu
2011 Journal of Public Health 19 (1), 29-37, 2011 Health Sciences 93
Learning and envisioning under climatic uncertainty: an African experience
P Tschakert, K Dietrich, K Tamminga, E Prins, J Shaffer, E Liwenga, ...
2014 Environment and Planning A 46 (5), 1049-1068, 2014 Social Sciences 75
Making ecotourism more supportive of rural development in Ghana
AB Asiedu
2002 West African Journal of Applied Ecology 3 (1), 1-16, 2002 Social Sciences 51
Prospects for an emerging tourism industry in Ghana
AB Asiedu
1997 Institute of African Studies Research Review 13 (1), 11-26, 1997 Social Sciences 46
Conversion of residential units to commercial spaces in Accra, Ghana: a policy dilemma
C Oosterbaan, G Arku, AB Asiedu
2012 International Planning Studies 17 (1), 45-66, 2012 Social Sciences 42
Tourism in Ghana: A modern synthesis
OA Akyeampong, AB Asiedu
2008 Verlag nicht ermittelbar, 2008 Social Sciences 41
The nexus between agriculture and tourism in Ghana: a case of underexploited development potential
AB Asiedu, TK Gbedema
2011 Tourism and Agriculture: New Geographies of Production and Rural …, 2011 Social Sciences 31
Some perspectives on the migration of skilled professionals from Ghana
AB Asiedu
2010 African Studies Review 53 (1), 61-78, 2010 Social Sciences 27
Socio-economic perspectives of off-reserve forest management in the Goaso forest district of Ghana
E Ardayfio-Schandorf
2007 Woeli Publishing Services, 2007 Social Sciences 20
Impacts of Ghana’s Bui dam hydroelectricity project on the livelihood of downstream non-resettled communities
K Owusu, AB Asiedu, PWK Yankson, YA Boafo
2019 Sustainability Science 14 (2), 487-499, 2019 Social Sciences 19
The contribution of non-cash remittances to the welfare of households in the Kassena-Nankana District, Ghana
GA Apatinga, AB Asiedu, FA Obeng
2022 African Geographical Review 41 (2), 214-225, 2022 Social Sciences 17
Resource utilization conflict in downstream non‐resettled communities of the Bui Dam in Ghana
K Owusu, PWK Yankson, AB Asiedu, PB Obour
2017 Natural resources forum 41 (4), 234-243, 2017 Social Sciences 17
Assessing landcover changes from coastal tourism development in Ghana: Evidence from the Kokrobite-Bortianor Coastline, Accra
YA Boafo
2014 Social Sciences 17
Residents’ empowerment for sustainable ecotourism: insights from Ghana
F Eshun, AB Asiedu
2023 Anatolia 34 (2), 113-129, 2023 Social Sciences 16
An asanteman–world bank heritage development initiative in promoting partnership with Ghanaian traditional leaders
AB Asiedu, KA Labi, B Osei-Tutu
2009 Africa Today 55 (4), 3-26, 2009 Humanities 10
Post‐dam construction and livelihood revitalization of affected communities at Ghana's Bui dam
K Owusu, PB Obour, AB Asiedu, BJ Dye
2024 Natural Resources Forum 48 (4), 1299-1315, 2024 Engineering 9
Transportation system as a climate mitigation strategy for the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA)
E Agyemang, AB Asiedu, F Pia, K Owusu, A Jensen
2015 Social Sciences 8