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
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Publications
167 matching publications
| Publication | Year | Journal | Thematic area | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urbanization effects on urban vegetable farmers adaptation: Evidence from Ghana M Tuffour, G Owusu, DB Sarpong |
2024 | Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems 9 (1), e20052, 2024 | Social Sciences | 11 |
| Tracking urban health policies: a conceptual framework with special focus on air pollution in African cities M Pierpaolo, H Adair-Rohani, P DeSOUZA, SP GUMY, TH de Sá, J Lewis, ... |
2023 | World Health Organization, 2023 | Social Sciences | 11 |
| Prospects and challenges of youth entrepreneurship in Nima-Maamobi, a low-income neighbourhood of Accra PW Yankson, G Owusu |
2016 | Young Entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa 94, 2016 | Social Sciences | 11 |
| The agency of national government in negotiating resilient urban infrastructure development: The case of GARID, Accra R Sheburah Essien, KK Amedzro, G Owusu, J Robinson |
2025 | Urban Geography 46 (10), 2225-2252, 2025 | Social Sciences | 10 |
| The changing views on the role of small towns in rural and regional development in Africa G Owusu |
2018 | Cities in the World: 1500-2000: v. 3, 49-60, 2018 | Social Sciences | 9 |
| Mobilising revenue for district development: the dilemma of Local Governments, district assemblies, in Ghana G Owusu |
2008 | Afriche e Orienti (Special Issue II 2008: Decentralising Power and Resource …, 2008 | Social Sciences | 9 |
| Moving beyond the noise: geospatial modelling of urban sound environments in a sub-Saharan African city SN Clark, RE Arku, M Ezzati, J Bennett, R Nathvani, AS Alli, J Nimo, ... |
2025 | Scientific Reports 15 (1), 21403, 2025 | Social Sciences | 8 |
| Strangers in a strange land: Mapping household and neighbourhood associations with improved wellbeing outcomes in Accra, Ghana AC Cavanaugh, JC Baumgartner, H Bixby, AM Schmidt, S Agyei-Mensah, ... |
2023 | Cities 143, 104584, 2023 | Social Sciences | 8 |
| Global entrepreneurship monitor: GEM Ghana 2010 executive report PWK Yankson, G Owusu, K Gough, RD Osei, T Langevang |
2011 | Institute of Statistical, Social & Economic Research (ISSER), University of …, 2011 | Social Sciences | 8 |
| Urban growth and changing land access and rights in peri-urban areas of Ghana's largest metropolises, Accra and Kumasi G Owusu |
2009 | African Population Studies 23, 253-281, 2009 | Social Sciences | 8 |
| Crime Geography G Owusu, LK Frimpong |
2020 | Elsevier, 2020 | Social Sciences | 7 |
| Urban inequality and poverty in the global south G Owusu, C Wrigley-Asante |
2020 | Equilibri 24 (speciale), 79-90, 2020 | Social Sciences | 7 |
| 2 Opening up or closing off AY Owusu, M Oteng-Ababio, G Owusu, C Wrigley-Asante, M Wiredu |
2019 | Reducing urban violence in the Global South: Towards safe and inclusive cities, 2019 | Social Sciences | 7 |
| The Implications of Traditional and Modern Governance for Decentralisation in Ghana G Owusu |
2005 | Acta Geographica, 2005 | Social Sciences | 7 |
| Housing the Urban Poor in Metropolitan Accra, Ghana: What is the Role of the State in the Era of Liberalization and Globalization? G Owusu |
2016 | Alternative Development, 91-104, 2016 | Social Sciences | 6 |
| Youth entrepreneurship in auto spare parts sales and repair service in Accra, Ghana P Yankson, G Owusu |
2015 | New York, New York], International Institute for Science, Technology and …, 2015 | Social Sciences | 6 |
| Governance for pro-poor urban development: Lessons from Ghana G Owusu |
2014 | Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift-Norwegian Journal of Geography 68 (4), 260-261, 2014 | Social Sciences | 6 |
| Social effects of poor sanitation and waste management on poor urban communities: a neighbourhood‐specific study of Sabon Zongo, Accra O George |
2010 | Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban …, 2010 | Social Sciences | 6 |
| 2010 Population & Housing Census Report: Non-monetary Poverty in Ghana G Owusu, F Mensah |
2013 | Ghana statistical Service, 2013 | Social Sciences | 5 |
| Cities and global health: fragmented housing policies increase health risks for vulnerable people YG Doyle, BD Solomon, G Owusu |
2022 | bmj 379, 2022 | Health Sciences | 4 |
| Profile of victims of neighbourhood crimes in Ghanaian Cities E Bagson, A Owusu, G Owusu, C Wrigley-Asante, M Oteng-Ababio |
2021 | Ghana Journal of Geography 13 (2), 2021 | Social Sciences | 4 |
| Determinants of safety and liveability in Kumasi and Tamale Metropolitan Areas in urban Ghana E Bagson, G Owusu, M Oteng-Ababio |
2019 | Ghana Journal of Development Studies 16 (2), 91-112, 2019 | Social Sciences | 4 |
| Poverty in Ghana is Basically a Rural Phenomenon: Are we Underestimating Urban Poverty? PWK Yankson, G Owusu |
2007 | — | Social Sciences | 4 |
| THE ROLE OF MARKET WOMEN IN RURAL-URBAN LINKAGES IN GHANA: A CASE STUDY OF TWO DISTRICT CAPITALS AND THEIR HINTERLANDS G Owusu, R Lund |
2005 | Legon journal of sociology 2 (2), 37, 2005 | Social Sciences | 4 |
| Whose Space and Place? Ethical Implications of the ‘Rural-Urban'Divide and Current Development Processes in sub-Saharan Africa G Owusu |
2002 | Acta Geographica Series A, 220-226, 2002 | Social Sciences | 4 |