Gerald A.B. Yiran, Ph.D
PROFESSOR
CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Climate change adaptationVulnerability analysis and mappingLand use Land cover studies
Publication activity
Publication statistics
Publications
71 matching publications
| Publication | Year | Journal | Thematic area | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A synthesis of remote sensing and local knowledge approaches in land degradation assessment in the Bawku East District, Ghana GAB Yiran, JM Kusimi, SK Kufogbe |
2012 | International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 14 (1 …, 2012 | Social Sciences | 135 |
| City profile: tamale, Ghana I Fuseini, JA Yaro, GAB Yiran |
2017 | Cities 60, 64-74, 2017 | Social Sciences | 109 |
| Urban Sprawl in sub-Saharan Africa: A review of the literature in selected countries GAB Yiran, AD Ablo, FE Asem, G Owusu |
2020 | Ghaana Journal of Geography 12 (1), 1-28, 2020 | Social Sciences | 108 |
| Spatio-temporal analyses of impacts of multiple climatic hazards in a savannah ecosystem of Ghana GAB Yiran, LC Stringer |
2016 | Climate Risk Management 14, 11-26, 2016 | Social Sciences | 84 |
| Developing a community-based resilience assessment model with reference to Northern Ghana EK Antwi, K Otsuki, S Osamu, FK Obeng, KA Gyekye, J Boakye-Danquah, ... |
2014 | IDRiM Journal 4 (1), 2014 | Social Sciences | 52 |
| Land use and landscape structural changes in the ecoregions of Ghana EK Antwi, J Boakye-Danquah, SB Asabere, GAB Yiran, SK Loh, ... |
2014 | Journal of Disaster Research 9 (4), 452-467, 2014 | Social Sciences | 51 |
| Urbanisation and domestic energy trends: Analysis of household energy consumption patterns in relation to land-use change in peri-urban Accra, Ghana GAB Yiran, AD Ablo, FE Asem |
2020 | Land Use Policy 99 (online), 105047, 2020 | Social Sciences | 47 |
| Managing threats and opportunities of urbanisation for urban and peri-urban agriculture in Tamale, Ghana EA Gyasi, G Kranjac-Berisavljevic, M Fosu, AM Mensah, G Yiran, I Fuseini |
2014 | The security of water, food, energy and liveability of cities: Challenges …, 2014 | Social Sciences | 47 |
| Mobility disruptions in Accra: Recurrent flooding, fragile infrastructure and climate change MH Andreasen, J Agergaard, L Møller-Jensen, M Oteng-Ababio, ... |
2022 | Sustainability 14 (21), 13790, 2022 | Natural Sciences | 38 |
| Soil erosion and sediment yield modelling in the Pra River Basin of Ghana using the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) JM Kusimi |
2015 | Ghana Journal of Geography 7 (2), 38–57-38–57, 2015 | Social Sciences | 35 |
| Building urban resilience assessing urban and Peri-urban agriculture in Tamale, Ghana E Gyasi |
2014 | — | Social Sciences | 35 |
| Probing political paradox: Urban expansion, floods risk vulnerability and social justice in urban Africa L Møller-Jensen, J Agergaard, MH Andreasen, RY Kofie, GAB Yiran, ... |
2023 | Journal of Urban Affairs 45 (3), 505-521, 2023 | Social Sciences | 33 |
| Assessing groundwater quality in peri-urban Accra, Ghana: Implications for drinking and irrigation purposes GB Hagan, R Minkah, GAB Yiran, E Dankyi |
2022 | Groundwater for Sustainable Development 17, 100761, 2022 | Social Sciences | 31 |
| Urban sprawl, land use change and changing rural agrarian livelihoods in peri-urban Accra, Ghana AD Ablo, FE Asem, GAB Yiran, G Owusu |
2020 | Rural-Urban Linkages and Sustainable Development: Case Studies from Africa …, 2020 | Social Sciences | 31 |
| Adaptation to climatic hazards in the savannah ecosystem: improving adaptation policy and action GAB Yiran, LC Stringer |
2017 | Environmental Management, 1-14, 2017 | Social Sciences | 31 |
| Evaluating groundwater recharge processes using stable isotope signatures—the Nabogo catchment of the White Volta, Ghana OF Fynn, SM Yidana, LP Chegbeleh, GB Yiran |
2016 | Arabian Journal of Geosciences 9 (4), 279, 2016 | Social Sciences | 29 |
| Accessibility and Utilisation of Maternal Health Services by Migrant Female Head Porters in Accra GSA Yiran, JK Teye, GAB Yiran |
2015 | Journal of International Migration and Integration 16, 929–945, 2015 | Health Sciences | 28 |
| Geospatial distribution of soil organic carbon and soil pH within the cocoa agroecological zones of Ghana AK Quaye, EK Doe, EM Attua, GAB Yiran, A Arthur, JA Dogbatse, ... |
2021 | Geoderma 386, 114921, 2021 | Agriculture | 27 |
| The Role of Higher Education in Building a Sustainable African Society. A 7. Nyerere, J., Mfune, O., Fuh, D., Sulemana, N., Mutisya, E., Yiran, G ... |
2014 | African Journal of Sustainable Development. 4 (Num. 3), 17-37, 2014 | Social Sciences | 24 |
| Adaptation to perennial flooding and food insecurity in the Sudan savannah agroecological zone of Ghana GAB Yiran, JA Atubiga, JM Kusimi, C Kwang, AB Owusu |
2022 | Environmental research 214, 114037, 2022 | Social Sciences | 23 |
| Application of local knowledge in land degradation assessment in the Bawku East Municipality JM Kusimi |
2011 | Ghana Journal of Geography 3, 88-125, 2011 | Social Sciences | 22 |
| Mapping vulnerability to multiple hazards in the savannah Ecosystem in Ghana GAB Yiran, LC Stringer, EM Attua, AJ Evans, AJ Challinor, EA Gyasi |
2017 | Regional Environmental Change 17 (3), 665–676, 2017 | Social Sciences | 21 |
| RETRACTED: Groundwater evolution in the Voltaian Basin, Ghana—an application of multivariate statistical analysesto hydrochemical data BK Banoeng-Yakubo |
2011 | Natural Science, 2011 | Natural Sciences | 21 |
| Mapping social capital for adaptation to climatic variability in a Savannah Ecosystem of Ghana GAB Yiran |
2016 | Adaptation to climate change and variability in rural west Africa, 215-237, 2016 | Social Sciences | 19 |
| Perceived community resilience to floods and droughts induced by climate change in semi-arid Ghana YA Boafo, O Saito, GS Jasaw, GAB Yiran, RD Lam, G Mohan, ... |
2020 | Sustainability Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa I: Continental Perspectives …, 2020 | Natural Sciences | 18 |