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Ernest Agyemang

Ernest Agyemang
Senior Lecturer
eagyemang@ug.edu.gh
+233 (0) 540 897758

 

 

Education 

  • 2015  PhD (Geography & Resource Development), Ghana.
  • 2009  M.Phil. (Development Studies), Norway.
  • 2005  B.A. (Geography and Resource Development), Ghana.

 

Areas of specialisation

  • COVID-19 mitigation in public transport
  • Travel behavior
  • Climate mitigation in transport
  • Transport and land use mosaic
  • Geographic Information Systems in Transportation
  • Road Traffic Safety with emphasis on Vulnerable Road Users
  • Drivers and commercial motorcycle riders
  • Traffic Congestion

 

Current Research

Courses taught 

  • GEOG 112 Introduction to Human Geography
  • GEOG 325 Theory and Practise of Geography
  • GEOG 463 Transportation Studies
  • GEOG 462 Transportation and the Space Economy
  • GEOG 611 Transportation Studies
  • GEOG 614 Transport and Development

 

PUBLICATIONS 

  1. Agyemang, E. & Ojo, T.K.  (2023) It is just annoying and time wasting: Understanding jaywalkers’ disdain for footbridge use in urban Ghana and its associated safety implications. Journal of Transport & Health,  31, 101634.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2023.101634

  2. Acheampong, R.A., Agyemang, E. & Asuah, A.Y. (2023). Is ride-hailing a step closer to personal car use? Exploring associations between app-based ride-hailing use and car ownership aspirations among young adults. Travel Behaviour and Society, 33, 100614.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2023.100614

  3. Agyemang, E., Anderson, B., Owusu, K., Quinchía, J.P., & Trémolières, M. (2023). Ensuring sustainability via accessible transport systems for all in Accra and Kumasi. E3S Web of Conferences 418, 02001. https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202341802001

  4. Agyemang, E., & Yaro, J.A. (2023). Knowledge, attitudes, and perception as predictors of COVID-19 safety practices of ride-hailing operators in Ghana:  A cross-sectional study. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health. 20(5), 4529; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20054529

  5. Agyemang, E. (2022). Urban form and mobility future for the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA): Reflections from the past and policy implications for the future. Ghana Social Science Journal, 19(2), 85-106

  6. Agyemang, E., Amankwaa E.F., & Essandoh-Yeddu, J. (2022). Exploring the barriers to consumer adoption and applications of electric vehicles: Ghana’s experience. 2022 IEEE & IET International Utility Conference and Exposition (IUCE), Greater Accra, GHANA., pp. 1-5. DOI: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10079349   

  7. Agyemang, E., Agyei-Mensah, S. & Kyere-Gyeabour, E. (2021). Face mask use among commercial drivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Accra, Ghana. Journal of Community Health, 1-10. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-021-01004-0
  8. Clark, S.N., Alli, A.S., Brauer, M., Ezzati, M., Baumgartner, J., Toledano, M.B., Hughes, A.F., Nimo, J., Moses, J.B., Terkpertey, S., Vallarino, J., Agyei-Mensah, S., Agyemang, E., Nathvani, R., Muller, E., Bennett, J., Wang, J., Beddows, A., Kelly, F., Barratt, B., Beevers, S. & Arku, R.E. (2020). High-resolution spatiotemporal measurement of air and environmental noise pollution in Sub-Saharan African cities: Pathways to Equitable Health Cities Study protocol for Accra, Ghana. BMJ Open,10(8), 1-10 https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjopen/10/8/e035798.full.pdf
  9. Agyemang, E. (2020). Uber is here to stay”: Exploring the policy implications of the Uber-Local Taxis turf war in Accra, Ghana. Case Studies on Transport Policy. 8(1), 59-66. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213624X19300033
  10. Wrigley-Asante, C. & Agyemang, E. (2019). Trading on-and-off the Road: Experiences of Ghanaian Informal Cross Border Traders. Ghana Social Science Journal, 16 (1), 23-53.   https://ss.ug.edu.gh/journal/vol16-2019
  11. Agyemang, E. (2018). Towards reducing the dangers associated with road traffic accidents: Seatbelt use and explanatory factors in the Accra Metropolis of Ghana. Ghana Journal of Geography; 10 (1):129143; https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gjg.v10i1.7
  12. Agyemang, E. (2017). Mode choice for long distance trips: Evidence from the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area of Ghana. Journal of Transport Geography; 64:150157; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2017.09.003.
  13. Agyemang, E. (2017). Does distance and personal circumstances of trip makers matter to mode choice? Evidence from urban Ghana.  In Mensah, I., Liangcai, H. Proceedings of the maiden edition of the China Africa Urban Development Forum; 104-113; Ghana Universities Press.
  14. Oteng-Ababio, M. & Agyemang, E. (2015). The Okada war in urban Ghana: A polemic issue or policy mismatch? African Studies Quarterly; 15 (4): 25-44.
  15. Agyemang, E. (2015). The bus rapid transit system in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana: Looking back to look forward. Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift – Norwegian Journal of Geography; 69 (1): 2837; DOI: 10.1080/00291951.2014.992808.
  16. Agyemang, E. (2013). A cost-effective Geographic Information Systems for Transportation (GIS-T) application for traffic congestion analyses in   the Developing World. Ghana Journal of Geography; 5: 5172; ISSN 0855-9414. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/gjg/article/download/109450/99222.
  17. Addo, S.T. & Agyemang, E. (2013). Transportation Geography.In Owusu, G., Agyei-Mensah, S., Yankson, P.W.K. & Attua, E.M. (eds.) Selected Readings in Geography Social Sciences; Series 1: 69-84; University of Ghana/Woeli Publishing Services.
  18. Oteng-Ababio, M. & Agyemang, E. (2012). Virtue Out of Necessity? Urbanisation, Urban Growth and Okada Services in Accra, Ghana. Journal of Geography and Geology; 4 (1):148-162; DOI:10.5539/jgg.v4n1p148.
  19. Agyemang. E. (28-3-2019) Ghana’s ‘OKADA’ Business: Time to embrace or crack the whip? – The Pulse on JoyNews. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-jL5D3Dnllw