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Yaw Agyeman Boafo, PhD

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

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Verified email at ug.edu.gh Associate Professor, Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Studies, University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF BASIC & APPLIED SC.
School / InstituteCOLLEGE OF BASIC & APPLIED SC.
DepartmentCENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES
Nature-based solutionsScience-Policy InterfaceDisaster Risk Reduction and Management
Publications

101

Citations

3,132

H-index

19

i10-index

34

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
31.0
Most cited paper
1,539
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 23:56
Publications

101 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Global assessment report of the intergovernmental science-policy platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services
ES Brondízio, J Settele, S Diaz, HT Ngo
2019 IPBES, 2019 Natural Sciences 1,539
Exploring the impacts of urban expansion on green spaces availability and delivery of ecosystem services in the Accra metropolis
DA Puplampu, YA Boafo
2021 Environmental Challenges 5, 100283, 2021 Social Sciences 247
The role of traditional ecological knowledge in ecosystem services management: the case of four rural communities in Northern Ghana
YA Boafo, O Saito, S Kato, C Kamiyama, K Takeuchi, M Nakahara
2016 International journal of biodiversity science, ecosystem services …, 2016 Natural Sciences 183
Community vulnerability assessment index for flood prone savannah agro-ecological zone: A case study of Wa West District, Ghana
EK Antwi, J Boakye-Danquah, AB Owusu, SK Loh, R Mensah, YA Boafo, ...
2015 Weather and Climate Extremes 10, 56-69, 2015 Natural Sciences 127
Projected temperature increases over northern Ghana
NAB Klutse, K Owusu, YA Boafo
2020 SN Applied Sciences 2 (8), 1339, 2020 Natural Sciences 94
Provisioning ecosystem services-sharing as a coping and adaptation strategy among rural communities in Ghana's semi-arid ecosystem
YA Boafo, O Saito, GS Jasaw, K Otsuki, K Takeuchi
2016 Ecosystem Services 19 (2016), 92-102, 2016 Natural Sciences 82
Traditional and local knowledge practices for disaster risk reduction in Northern Ghana
N Macnight Ngwese, O Saito, A Sato, Y Agyeman Boafo, G Jasaw
2018 Sustainability 10 (3), 825, 2018 Natural Sciences 74
Food security impacts of industrial crop production in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of the impact mechanisms: Jarzebski MP et al.
MP Jarzebski, A Ahmed, YA Boafo, BS Balde, L Chinangwa, O Saito, ...
2020 Food Security 12 (1), 105-135, 2020 Agriculture 71
Provisioning ecosystem services in rural savanna landscapes of Northern Ghana: An assessment of supply, utilization, and drivers of change
YA Boafo, O Saito, K Takeuchi
2014 Journal of Disaster Research 9 (4), 501-515, 2014 Natural Sciences 60
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 Natural Sciences 52
Experiences of inequality in international collaborative research–Perspectives from environmental and sustainability scholars from Ghana, West Africa
MS Boampong, J Boakye-Danquah, YA Boafo, K Appiagyei, ...
2024 Environmental Science & Policy 152, 103661, 2024 Natural Sciences 43
Plausible futures of nature, its contributions to people and their good quality of life
TY Boafo, Y.A.Y. J. Shin, A. Arneth, R. Roy Chowdhury, G.F. Midgley, P ...
2019 Global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the …, 2019 Natural Sciences 35
Assessing the food security outcomes of industrial crop expansion in smallholder settings: Insights from cotton production in Northern Ghana and sugarcane production in Central …
R Dam Lam, YA Boafo, S Degefa, A Gasparatos, O Saito
2017 Sustainability Science 12 (5), 677-693, 2017 Agriculture 34
Ecosystem services trade-offs from high fuelwood use for traditional shea butter processing in semi-arid Ghana
GS Jasaw, O Saito, A Gasparatos, K Shoyama, YA Boafo, K Takeuchi
2017 Ecosystem services 27, 127-138, 2017 Natural Sciences 30
Exploring the impacts of urban expansion on green spaces availability and delivery of ecosystem services in the Accra metropolis. Environ Chall 5: 100283
DA Puplampu, YA Boafo
2021 Social Sciences 25
Citizens’ acceptability and preferred nature-based solutions for mitigating hydro-meteorological risks in Ghana
KB Enu, A Zingraff-Hamed, YA Boafo, MA Rahman, S Pauleit
2024 Journal of Environmental Management 352, 120089, 2024 Social Sciences 22
" It is getting too hot lately": Urban households' knowledge, experiences and governance of extreme heat events in Accra, Ghana
YA Boafo, EF Amankwaa, C Spataru, P Carvalho
2025 Urban Climate 59, 102287, 2025 Social Sciences 20
Unraveling diarrheal disease knowledge, understanding, and management practices among climate change vulnerable coastal communities in Ghana
YA Boafo, FNA Ohemeng, J Ayivor, JA Ayitiah, D Yirenya-Tawiah, ...
2024 Frontiers in Public Health 12, 1352275, 2024 Health Sciences 19
Impacts of Ghana’s Bui dam hydroelectricity project on the livelihood of downstream non-resettled communities
K Owusu, AB Asiedu, PWK Yankson, YA Boafo
2019 Sustainability Science 14 (2), 487-499, 2019 Natural Sciences 19
‘Don’t call us vulnerable!’: Rethinking flood vulnerability and community-led governance
EF Amankwaa, YA Boafo, C Spataru, P Carvalho
2026 Journal of Urban Affairs 48 (2), 535-550, 2026 Social Sciences 18
Effect of climate change on cerebrospinal meningitis morbidities and mortalities: A longitudinal and community-based study in Ghana
JB Akanwake, RA Atinga, YA Boafo
2022 PLOS Climate 1 (8), e0000067, 2022 Natural Sciences 18
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
Transgressive pedagogies in a climate-constrained Africa: grounding climate change education and sustainability learning in local communities
BO Manteaw, YA Boafo, EH Owusu, KB Enu, AB Amoah
2025 Frontiers in Education 10, 1519914, 2025 Natural Sciences 17
Covid-19 and a world of ad hoc geographies
SD Brunn, D Gilbreath
2022 Springer Nature, 2022 Natural Sciences 17
Assessing landcover changes from coastal tourism development in Ghana: Evidence from the Kokrobite-Bortianor Coastline, Accra
YA Boafo
2014 Social Sciences 17