George Owusu
PROFESSOR
CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteINST. OF STAT. SOC.& ECON. RES
DepartmentINSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH SECRETARIAT
urban geographyurban planningurbanization
Publication activity
Publication statistics
Publications
167 matching publications
| Publication | Year | Journal | Thematic area | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |