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Martin Oteng-Ababio

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Verified email at ug.edu.gh University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
urban environmental studiesUrban disaster risk reductionurban studies
Publications

176

Citations

4,855

H-index

38

i10-index

87

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
27.6
Most cited paper
323
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 11:10
Publications

176 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Poverty politics and governance of potable water services: The core–periphery syntax in Metropolitan Accra, Ghana
M Oteng-Ababio, I Smout, PWK Yankson
2017 Urban Forum 28 (2), 185-203, 2017 Social Sciences 30
Trace metal levels of the Odaw river sediments at the Agbogbloshie e-waste recycling site
MA ChAmA, EF AmAnkwA, M Oteng-Ababio
2014 Journal of Science and Technology 34 (1), 2014 Social Sciences 30
Food for thought: Urban market planning and entangled governance in Accra, Ghana
P Stacey, R Grant, M Oteng-Ababio
2021 Habitat International 115, 102400, 2021 Social Sciences 29
Building policy coherence for sound waste electrical and electronic equipment management in a developing country
M Oteng-Ababio, M van der Velden, MB Taylor
2020 The Journal of Environment & Development 29 (3), 306-328, 2020 Social Sciences 29
Geographies of crime and collective efficacy in urban Ghana
M Oteng-Ababio, AY Owusu, G Owusu, C Wrigley-Asante
2017 Territory, Politics, Governance 5 (4), 459-477, 2017 Social Sciences 29
Academic urban legend, Agbogbloshie: Sweeping away the" World's Largest E-Waste Dumpsite"
R Grant, M Oteng-Ababio, M Shin
2024 Habitat International 149, 103097, 2024 Social Sciences 28
Urban encroachment in ecologically sensitive areas: drivers, impediments and consequences
MH Andreasen, J Agergaard, RY Kofie, L Møller-Jensen, M Oteng-Ababio
2022 Buildings and Cities 3 (1), 920-938, 2022 Social Sciences 28
Collective efficacy and fear of crime in urban neighbourhoods in Ghana
LK Frimpong, M Oteng-Ababio, G Owusu, C Wrigley-Asante
2018 Safer Communities 17 (3), 167-181, 2018 Social Sciences 28
Qualitative analysis of the presence of PBDE in ashes, soils and vegetables from Agbogbloshie e-waste recycling site
M Oteng-Ababio, EF Amankwaa
2014 Social Sciences 28
Of waste facility siting and relational geographies of place: Peri-urban landfills, community resistance and the politics of land control in Ghana
MM Kansanga, A Ahmed, ED Kuusaana, M Oteng-Ababio, I Luginaah
2020 Land Use Policy 96, 104674, 2020 Social Sciences 27
Following the footsteps: Urbanisation of Wa Municipality and its synergism in risk accumulation, uncertainties and complexities in urban Ghana
M Oteng-Ababio, G Owusu, DM Asafo
2019 Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies 11 (1), 1-10, 2019 Social Sciences 25
(Dis) continuities in scale, scope and complexities of the space economy: The shopping mall experience in Ghana
M Oteng-Ababio, IK Arthur
2015 Urban Forum 26 (2), 151-169, 2015 Social Sciences 25
Paradigm of mediocrity: poverty and risk accumulation in urban Africa–the case of Korle Gonno, Accra
M Oteng-Ababio, JEM Arguello
2014 Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban …, 2014 Social Sciences 22
Door of hope or despair: Students' perception of distance education at University of Ghana
M Oteng-Ababio
2011 Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education 12 (3), 241-258, 2011 Social Sciences 22
Fire risk reduction through a community‐based risk assessment: reflections from Makola Market, Accra, Ghana
M Oteng‐Ababio, AO Sarpong
2015 Disasters 39 (3), 570-591, 2015 Social Sciences 21
More rhetoric or less action? Digging into urban health vulnerabilities: insights from urbanizing Accra
M Oteng-Ababio
2014 GeoJournal 79 (3), 357-371, 2014 Social Sciences 20
Soli~ Waste Management in Ghana: Willingness-to-Pay for Improved Services.
M Oteng-Ababio
2010 Ghana Journal of Geography 2, 2010 Social Sciences 19
Firsthand report on solid waste management practice in the major town of Addis Ababa-Adama economic corridor, Ethiopia
SK Kassahun, B Assefa, K Henzler, J Weißert, M Oteng-Ababio, ...
2025 Heliyon 11 (2), 2025 Social Sciences 17
The divergence between acceptability of municipal services and urbanization in developing countries: Insights from Accra and Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana
M Oteng-Ababio, I Smout, EF Amankwaa, J Esson
2017 Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography 117 (2), 142-154, 2017 Social Sciences 16
“Guilty with explanation”: rethinking the destiny of landfills in a Millennium City in Ghana
M Oteng-Ababio
2014 Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal 25 (2), 200-215, 2014 Social Sciences 16
Private-public partnership in solid waste management in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area
M Oteng-Ababio
2007 PhD thesis, 2007 Social Sciences 16
Public confidence in the police: Tests of instrumental and expressive models in a developing country city
LK Frimpong, M Oteng-Ababio, G Owusu, C Wrigley-Asante
2019 Police Practice and Research 20 (2), 139-155, 2019 Social Sciences 15
Beyond poverty and criminalization: Splintering youth groups and ‘conflict of governmentalities’ in urban Ghana
M Oteng-Ababio
2016 Ghana Journal of Geography 8 (1), 51-78, 2016 Social Sciences 15
The quest for efficient waste management architecture in Ghana
M Oteng-Ababio
2020 Field Actions Science Reports. The journal of field actions, 24-29, 2020 Social Sciences 14
Determinants of perceived insecurity in a low-income neighborhood in Accra, Ghana
C Wrigley-Asante, LK Frimpong, JT Amu, G Owusu, M Oteng-Ababio
2019 Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban …, 2019 Social Sciences 14