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Gerald A.B. Yiran, Ph.D

PROFESSOR

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Verified email at ug.edu.gh Professor of Physical Geography/Geoinformation Science, University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Climate change adaptationVulnerability analysis and mappingLand use Land cover studies
Publications

71

Citations

1,320

H-index

21

i10-index

34

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
18.6
Most cited paper
135
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 23:46
Publications

71 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
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