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Emmanuel Morgan Attua

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Associate Professor, Geography and Resource Development, University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Land use and Land Cover SciencePlant EcologyTropical BiogeographyRemote SensingGeographic Information Systems
Publications

56

Citations

838

H-index

18

i10-index

24

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
15.0
Most cited paper
104
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2025
Last updated
16 Sep 2026, 03:52
Publications

56 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Comparing farmers’ perception of climate change and variability with historical climate data in the Upper East Region of Ghana
ML Amadou, GB Villamor, EM Attua, SB Traoré
2015 Ghana Journal of Geography 7 (1), 47-74, 2015 Natural Sciences 104
Historical and future land-cover change in a municipality of Ghana
EM Attua, JB Fisher
2011 Earth interactions 15 (9), 1-26, 2011 Humanities 78
Tree species composition, richness and diversity in the northern forest-savanna ecotone of Ghana
EM Attua, O Pabi
2013 Journal of Applied Biosciences 69 (0), 5437, 2013 Social Sciences 77
Land use and landscape structural changes in the ecoregions of Ghana
EK Antwi, J Boakye-Danquah, SB Asabere, GAB Yiran, SK Loh, ...
2014 Journal of Disaster Research 9 (4), 452-467, 2014 Social Sciences 52
Relating land use and land cover to surface water quality in the Densu River basin, Ghana
EM Attua, J Ayamga, O Pabi
2014 International Journal of River Basin Management 12 (1), 57-68, 2014 Social Sciences 42
Soil erosion and sediment yield modelling in the Pra River Basin of Ghana using the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE)
JM Kusimi
2015 Ghana Journal of Geography 7 (2), 38–57-38–57, 2015 Social Sciences 35
Flood hazard response to scenarios of rainfall dynamics and land use and land cover change in an urbanized river basin in Accra, Ghana
O Pabi, S Egyir, EM Attua
2021 City and Environment Interactions 12, 100075, 2021 Social Sciences 33
Trading greens for heated surfaces: Land surface temperature and perceived health risk in Greater Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana
RR Gyimah, RA Antwi, EM Attua, AB Owusu, EK Doe
2023 The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences 26 (4), 861-880, 2023 Health Sciences 32
A paradox of three decades of neoliberal economic reforms in Ghana: A tale of economic growth and uneven regional development
L Awanyo, EM Attua
2018 African Geographical Review 37 (3), 173-191, 2018 Social Sciences 31
Water quality analysis of rivers used as drinking sources in artisanal gold mining communities of the Akyem-Abuakwa area: A multivariate statistical approach
EM Attua
2014 Ghana Journal of Geography 6, 24–41-24–41, 2014 Natural Sciences 29
Livelihood, carbon and spatiotemporal land-use land-cover change in the Yenku forest reserve of Ghana, 2000–2020
JO Acheampong, EM Attua, M Mensah, BY Fosu-Mensah, RA Apambilla, ...
2022 International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 112 …, 2022 Social Sciences 27
Geospatial distribution of soil organic carbon and soil pH within the cocoa agroecological zones of Ghana
AK Quaye, EK Doe, EM Attua, G Yiran, A Arthur, JA Dogbatse, S Konlan, ...
2021 Geoderma 386, 114921, 2021 Agriculture 27
Affordable housing options for all in a context of developing capitalism: can housing transformations play a role in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana?
Awanyo L, McCarron M, Attua EM
2016 African Geographical Review 1, 35-52, 2016 Social Sciences 27
Soil health and synergy of ecological determinants of green cocoa productivity in different soil ecotypes in Ghana
EK Doe, EM Attua, PB Obour, AK Quaye, BY Fosu-Mensah
2023 Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 7, 1169015, 2023 Natural Sciences 22
Mapping vulnerability to multiple hazards in the savannah Ecosystem in Ghana
GAB Yiran, LC Stringer, EM Attua, AJ Evans, AJ Challinor, EA Gyasi
2017 Regional environmental change 17 (3), 665-676, 2017 Social Sciences 21
Assessing the condition and capability of soils in cocoa districts of Ghana using geovisualization
EK Doe, EM Attua, JA Dogbatse, BY Fosu-Mensah
2022 Soil Security 7, 100058, 2022 Agriculture 20
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
Poverty and socio-economic consequences of Buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans) in the Ga West District of Ghana
RY Kofie, EM Attua, JS Nabila
2008 Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift-Norwegian Journal of Geography 62 (3), 210-221, 2008 Social Sciences 18
14. Using multiple linear regression techniques to quantify carbon stocks of fallow vegetation in the tropics.
EM Attua
2008 West African Journal of Applied Ecology 12 (1), 148-154, 2008 Social Sciences 16
Land cover change impacts on the abundance and composition of flora in the Densu basin
EM Attua
2003 West African Journal of Applied Ecology 4 (1), 27-34, 2003 Social Sciences 16
Effects of anthropogenic disturbance on tree population structure and diversity of a rain forest biosphere reserve in Ghana, West Africa
EM Attua, L Awanyo, EK Antwi
2018 African Journal of Ecology 56 (1), 116-127, 2018 Social Sciences 14
Spatio-temporal differentiation of land-use/cover changes and natural resource management
O Pabi, EM Attua
2005 Bulletin of the Ghana Geographical Association, 89-103, 2005 Social Sciences 12
Assessment of the status of mangrove vegetation and their degradation in Rufiji Delta in Tanzania
L Peter, EM Attua, AB Owusu
2013 Social Sciences 10
Herbage yield and grazing capacity estimation in a tropical coastal savanna rangeland using geostatistics
Timpong-Jones EC, Mutanga T, Adogla-Bessa T, Attua EM, Adiku SGK
2013 West African Journal of Applied Ecology 21 (2), 37-45, 2013 Social Sciences 10
Hazards and vulnerability mapping for adaptation to climate risks in savannah ecosystem: A case study of the upper east region, Ghana
GAB Yiran, EA Gyasi, EM Attua, K Owusu
2014 Social Sciences 9