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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
George Owusu
PWK Yankson
2007 Ghana. Journal qf Development Studies Volume 4 (1), 2007 Social Sciences 0
George Owusu and Ragnhild Lund
LIN GHANA
2005 Legon Journal of Sociology 2 (2), 37, 2005 Social Sciences 0
5.3 Small Towns in Ghana: Justifications for their Promotion under Ghana’s Decentralisation Programme
G Owusu
1900 THE ROLE OF DISTRICT CAPITALS IN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: LINKING SMALL TOWNS …, 0 Social Sciences 0
5.6 ‘Are they giving more than before?’Evaluating remittances from ‘rural’communities in two Districts in Ghana
G Owusu
1900 THE ROLE OF DISTRICT CAPITALS IN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: LINKING SMALL TOWNS …, 0 Social Sciences 0
Agyekum (in press).“Who the cap fits…”: Profile of crime victims in Ghana’s four biggest cities
AY Owusu, C Wrigley-Asante, G Owusu, M Oteng-Ababio, E Bagson, ...
1900 Victims & Offenders, 0 Social Sciences 0
Cities for global health
G Owusu
1900 Health Sciences 0
Jàmbá-Journal of Disaster Risk Studies
M Oteng-Ababio, G Owusu, DM Asafo, D Asafo, M Oteng-Ababio, ...
1900 Social Sciences 0
Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability
C Wrigley-Asante, LK Frimpong, JT Amu, G Owusu, M Oteng-Ababio
1900 Social Sciences 0
REVISED FINAL REPORT
G Owusu, FB Mensah
1900 Social Sciences 0
Shifting position with the shade”: A diagnosis of youth networks, urbanism and violence in Tamale, Ghana
M Oteng-Ababio, G Owusu, C Wrigley-Asante, AY Owusu, E Bagson, ...
1900 Security Journal, 0 Social Sciences 0
The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available on Emerald Insight at: www. emeraldinsight. com/0144-3585. htm JES 45, 1 Unmasking the contributing factors …
M Danquah, G Owusu, AM Iddrisu
1900 Social Sciences 0
Urban Infrastructure in the Ghanaian Media: The Case of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area
MA Issah, G Owusu, RS Essien, KK Amedzro
1900 Social Sciences 0
Urban resettlement, a silent phenomenon in the Global South, is given real light and insightful analyses. The destruction, production, and re-production of urban spaces …
G Owusu
1900 Social Sciences 0
Vai trò của các thị trấn nhỏ trong phát triển vùng và xóa đói giám nghèo ở Ghana= The role of small towns in regional development and poverty reduction in Ghana
G Owusu
1900 Social Sciences 0
Wellcome Open Research 2023, 7: 18 Last updated: 18 SEP 2023 OPEN LETTER Synthesizing the links between secure housing tenure and health for more equitable cities [version 2 …
J Baumgartner, J Rodriguez, F Berkhout, Y Doyle, M Ezzati, G Owusu, ...
1900 Health Sciences 0
www. nature. com/scientificreports OPEN Characterisation of urban environment and activity across space and time using street images and deep learning in Accra
R Nathvani, SN Clark, E Muller, AS Alli, JE Bennett, J Nimo, JB Moses, ...
1900 Social Sciences 0
Youth Entrepreneurship in Auto Spare Parts Sales and Repair Service in Accra, Ghana
PYG Owusu
1900 Social Sciences 0