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George Owusu

PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Professor of Urban Geography, University of Ghana ORCID 0000-0003-3859-5540 Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteINST. OF STAT. SOC.& ECON. RES
DepartmentINSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH SECRETARIAT
urban geographyurban planningurbanization
Publications

167

Citations

5,687

H-index

39

i10-index

79

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
34.1
Most cited paper
291
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 22:36
Publications

167 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Linkages in Ghana's gold mining industry: Challenging the enclave thesis
R Bloch, G Owusu
2012 Resources policy 37 (4), 434-442, 2012 Social Sciences 291
Can rural-urban migration into slums reduce poverty? Evidence from Ghana
M Awumbila, G Owusu, JK Teye
2014 Migrating Out of Poverty Working Paper 13, 1-41, 2014 Social Sciences 278
Slums of hope and slums of despair: Mobility and livelihoods in Nima, Accra
G Owusu, S Agyei-Mensah, R Lund
2008 Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift-Norwegian Journal of Geography 62 (3), 180-190, 2008 Social Sciences 255
Perception, experience, and indigenous knowledge of climate change and variability: The case of Accra, a sub-Saharan African city
SNA Codjoe, G Owusu, V Burkett
2014 Regional environmental change 14 (1), 369-383, 2014 Natural Sciences 241
Bounded entrepreneurial vitality: The mixed embeddedness of female entrepreneurship
T Langevang, KV Gough, PWK Yankson, G Owusu, R Osei
2015 Economic geography 91 (4), 449-473, 2015 Social Sciences 228
Climate change/variability and food systems: evidence from the Afram Plains, Ghana
SNA Codjoe, G Owusu
2011 Regional Environmental Change 11 (4), 753-765, 2011 Natural Sciences 223
Social effects of poor sanitation and waste management on poor urban communities: a neighborhood‐specific study of Sabon Zongo, Accra
G Owusu
2010 Journal of Urbanism 3 (2), 145-160, 2010 Social Sciences 216
Segregated by neighbourhoods? A portrait of ethnic diversity in the neighbourhoods of the Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana
S Agyei‐Mensah, G Owusu
2010 Population, space and place 16 (6), 499-516, 2010 Social Sciences 205
Indigenes' and migrants' access to land in peri-urban areas of Accra, Ghana
G Owusu
2008 International Development Planning Review 30 (2), 177-198, 2008 Social Sciences 185
Youth employment in a globalising world
K Gough, T Langevang, G Owusu
2013 International Development Planning Review 35 (2), 91-102, 2013 Social Sciences 157
Coping with urban sprawl: A critical discussion of the urban containment strategy in a developing country city, Accra
G Owusu
2013 Planum: The Journal of Urbanism 26 (1), 1-17, 2013 Social Sciences 149
Young entrepreneurs in the mobile telephony sector in Ghana: From necessities to aspirations
RL Afutu-Kotey, KV Gough, G Owusu
2017 Journal of African Business 18 (4), 476-491, 2017 Social Sciences 148
Moving unruly contemporary urbanism toward sustainable urban development in Ghana by 2030
G Owusu, M Oteng-Ababio
2015 American Behavioral Scientist 59 (3), 311-327, 2015 Social Sciences 140
Small Towns in Ghana: Justifications for their Promotion under Ghana’s Decentralization Programme’
G Owusu
2005 African Studies Quarterly 8 (2), 2005 Social Sciences 140
Comparative urbanization in Ghana and Kenya in time and space
KM Otiso, G Owusu
2008 GeoJournal 71 (2), 143-157, 2008 Social Sciences 120
Why evictions do not deter street traders: Case study in Accra, Ghana
WF Steel, TD Ujoranyi, G Owusu
2014 Ghana Social Science Journal 11 (2), 52-76, 2014 Social Sciences 108
A comparative study of ethnic residential segregation in Ghana’s two largest cities, Accra and Kumasi
G Owusu, S Agyei-Mensah
2011 Population & Environment 32 (4), 332-352, 2011 Social Sciences 101
Poor urban communities and municipal interface in Ghana: A case study of Accra and Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis
G Owusu, RL Afutu-Kotey
2010 African Studies Quarterly 12 (1), 1-16, 2010 Social Sciences 97
Conflicts and governance of landfills in a developing country city, Accra
G Owusu, M Oteng-Ababio, RL Afutu-Kotey
2011 Landscape and Urban Planning, 2011 Social Sciences 94
The role of district capitals in regional development: linking small towns, rural–urban linkages and decentralisation in Ghana
G Owusu
2005 International Development Planning Review 27 (1), 59-89, 2005 Social Sciences 87
An analysis of poverty and regional inequalities in Ghana
E Aryeetey, G Owusu, EJ Mensah
2009 Global Development Network (GDN) Working Paper Series 27, 2009 Social Sciences 86
Markets and women's trade: exploring their role in district development in Ghana
G Owusu, R Lund
2004 Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift-Norwegian Journal of Geography 58 (3), 113-124, 2004 Social Sciences 86
Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) and built-environmental manifestations in Accra and Kumasi, Ghana
G Owusu, C Wrigley-Asante, M Oteng-Ababio, A Yaa Owusu
2015 Crime Prevention and Community Safety 17 (4), 249-269, 2015 Social Sciences 85
The role of small towns in regional development and poverty reduction in Ghana
G Owusu
2008 International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 32 (2), 453-472, 2008 Social Sciences 82
Cities for global health
M Ezzati, CJ Webster, YG Doyle, S Rashid, G Owusu, GM Leung
2018 Bmj 363, 2018 Health Sciences 74