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Alex Barimah Owusu

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Verified email at ug.edu.gh Professor of Geography and Geoinformation Science, University of Ghana ORCID 0000-0001-8331-9364 Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Remote SensingGISClimate VulnerabilityEnvironmentAgriculture and Rural Development
Publications

83

Citations

1,235

H-index

18

i10-index

32

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
14.9
Most cited paper
127
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 22:43
Publications

83 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Analyses of freshwater stress with a couple ground and surface water model in the Pra Basin, Ghana
G Owusu, AB Owusu, EF Amankwaa, F Eshun
2017 Applied Water Science 7 (1), 137-153, 2017 Social Sciences 13
Land use trajectories, forest cover change and the consequential land degradation of the Asunafo Forest, Ghana
K Peprah, GB Yiran, AB Owusu
2014 Social Sciences 13
Institutional arrangement for mitigating and adapting to climate change-related flood risk in Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA)
AB Owusu, K Adu-Boahen, IY Dadson
2024 City and Environment Interactions 21, 100129, 2024 Natural Sciences 12
A missed opportunity? Unravelling the marketing potentials of tourism in Ghana through GIS
F Eshun, AB Owusu, G Owusu, EF Amankwaa
2015 International Journal of Leisure and Tourism Marketing 4 (3-4), 260-278, 2015 Social Sciences 12
Problem based learning: Errors minimization, conceptual and procedural understanding in trigonometry
EK Sallah, A Owusu, PK Butakor
2023 African Journal of Educational Studies in Mathematics and Sciences 19 (1), 1-18, 2023 Social Sciences 11
Farmers coping with the threat of desertification: A case study of the Upper East Region, Ghana
AB Owusu
2012 Wudpecker Journal of Agricultural Research 1 (8), 317-330, 2012 Social Sciences 11
Assessment of the forest cover change in the Forest-Savannah transitional zone, Ghana between 1990–2013 using remote sensing and GIS
AB Owusu, F Essandoh-Yeddu
2018 Journal of Geomatics 12 (2), 89-100, 2018 Social Sciences 10
Use of social media and its impacts on academic performance of tertiary students. A case study of Koforidua Polytechnic, Ghana
A Owusu, GL Agatha
2015 Journal of education and practice 6, 46-70, 2015 Social Sciences 9
Detecting and quantifying the extent of desertification and its impact in the semi-arid Sub-Saharan Africa: A case study of the Upper East Region, Ghana
AB Owusu
2009 George Mason University, 2009 Social Sciences 9
District-level analysis of socio-demographic factors and COVID-19 infections in Greater Accra and Ashanti regions, Ghana
AB Owusu, GAB Yiran, SK Afagbedzi, E Takyi
2023 Frontiers in Public Health 11, 1140108, 2023 Health Sciences 7
Indicator-based assessment of the liveability of communities in the Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana: A transdisciplinary approach
AB Owusu, CA Mensah, IEM Fynn, C Kwang, IK Arthur, K Adu-Boahen
2023 Social Sciences & Humanities Open 8 (1), 100702, 2023 Social Sciences 7
Wetland restoration challenges and eco-volunteerism
A Osman, I Boateng, K Ansah-Mensah, AB Owusu
2023 Journal for Nature Conservation 73, 126411, 2023 Social Sciences 7
EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF MAPLE SOFTWARE TO REDUCE STUDENT TEACHERS'ERRORS IN INTEGRAL CALCULUS
EK Sallah, JK Sogli, A Owusu, LK Edekor
2020 Statistics 4 (3), 64-78, 2020 Engineering 7
Place of Residence, Environmental Characteristics and Child Mortality in the Princess Marie Louise Hospital Catchment Area
EMA Tette, AB Owusu, AG Legon
2014 International Affairs and Global Strategy [Online] 21, 2014 Health Sciences 7
Detecting and quantifying desertification in the upper east region of ghana using multi-spatial and multi-temporal normalized difference vegetation index
AB Owusu
2013 Jour. Environment and Earth Science 3 (10), 62-78, 2013 Social Sciences 7
Site suitability analysis for a central wastewater treatment plant (S) In Accra Metropolitan Area using geographic information system
PA Asante, AO Barimah
2012 Applied Geoinformatics for Society and Environment, 2012 Engineering 7
The sexuality of women with cervical cancer undergoing definitive radiotherapy in Ghana
KA Kyei, J Daniels, R Broni, S Anim-Sampong, D Kitson-Mills, ...
2024 Radiography 30 (1), 332-339, 2024 Health Sciences 6
Local’s perception and coping strategies to flood risks in the coastal zone of the Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana
AB Owusu, IY Dadson, K Adu-Boahen, A Osman
2023 SN Social Sciences 3 (6), 89, 2023 Social Sciences 5
Integration of multiple geospatial applications and intelligence for responding to COVID-19 in Ghana
AB Owusu, SK Afagbedzi, DA Bandoh, JA Frimpong, IN Kissiedu, ...
2021 Ghana medical journal 55 (2 Suppl), 10, 2021 Social Sciences 5
Measuring desertification in continuum: normalized difference vegetation indexbased study in the upper east region, Ghana
AB Owusu
2013 Civil Environ Res 3 (12), 157-170, 2013 Social Sciences 5
Problems in the Design and Implementation of GIS for Urban Green Development in Ghana
AB Owusu
2005 Ohio University, 2005 Social Sciences 5
Urban growth and land surface temperature dynamics
AB Owusu, CA Mensah, J Blay, IEM Fynn
2023 Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management 18 (3), 50-65, 2023 Social Sciences 4
Urban resilience in Africa: A study of land-use stresses on the urban environment in the greater Accra metropolitan Area, Ghana
IK Arthur, E Nikoi, AO Crentsil, AB Owusu, CN Wrigley-Asante, V Baffoe
2023 African Journal of Housing and Sustainable Development, 2023 Social Sciences 4
use of maple software to reduce student teachers’ errors in differential calculus
SE Kwadzo, JK Sogli, A Owusu
2020 Statistics 4 (3), 32-46, 2020 Engineering 4
Smallholder Farmers’ Vulnerability to Floods in The Tolon District, Ghana
JT Jakpa, AB Owusu, KG Awere
2015 Social Sciences 4