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Isaac Kwamena Arthur

Isaac Kwamena Arthur
Senior Lecturer, Director, Centre for Urban Management Studies
ikarthur@ug.edu.gh

 

Education

  • PhD (Planning and Development) Aalborg, Denmark
  • MSc (Urban Planning and Management) Aalborg, Denmark
  • MA (World Heritage Studies) Brandenburg, Germany
  • BA (Economics and Sociology) Kumasi, Ghana

 

Area of Specialization:

  • Planning and Development
  • Urban Planning and Management
  • Cultural Heritage Resource Management

 

Current Research:

  1. Urban Regeneration in Coastal Cities: Proposing a Strategy for Revitalising Historic and Old Buildings in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Area, Ghana.  Funded by the Regional Studies Association Membership Research Grant Scheme (MeRSA) (2022-2023). (Principal Investigator)
  2. Home-Grown Growth in African Cities: How Self-Build Housing Drives Urban and Economic Growth in Ghana and Tanzania. Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, UK (2021-2024). (Co-Investigator)
  3. Mobility and Sociality in Africa’s Emerging Urban. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/African Research Universities Alliance (2018-2022). (Co-Investigator).
  4. Pan African College on Sustainable Cities. Funded by the Robert Bosch Stiftung (2018-2021). (Co-Investigator)

Courses Taught Currently:

GEOG 112: Introduction to Human Geography
GEOG 323: Regional Geography of Africa (with reference to East Africa)
GEOG 324: Regional Geography of West Africa (with reference to Ghana)
GEOG 453: Geography of the Developing World
GEOG 454: Spatial Organisation
GEOG 474: Industrialisation in the Developing World
GEOG 452: Techniques of Regional Science
GEOG 475: Industrial Location Theory and Practice
GEOG 605: Theories of Rural Development
CSPS 712: Contemporary Spatial Issues in Social Policy

 

Selected Recent Publications:

  1. Joseph, M. L., Arthur, I. K., & Botchway, E. K. (2022). Promoting a Geography of Opportunity in Accra, Ghana: Applying Lessons from Mixed-income Development Successes and Shortcomings. Journal of Urban Affairs, 44(3), 305-324.
  2. Obour, P. B., Arthur, I. K., & Owusu, K. (2022). The 2020 Maize Production Failure in Ghana: A Case Study of Ejura-Sekyedumase Municipality. Sustainability, 14(6), 3514.
  3. Arthur, I.K., Agyemang, E. & Nikoi, E. G. A. (2022). Evaluating the Viability of the Ghana Airport Cargo Centre as Public-Private Partnership Project. In Hakim, S., Clark, R. M. & Blackstone, E.A. (eds). Handbook on Public-Private Partnership in Transportation: Airports, Water Ports, Rail, Buses, Taxis Finance. Vol 1. Springer-Science Switzerland AG.
  4. Arthur, I.K., Nikoi, E. G. A.  & Benagr, S. (2020). ‘Advancing the services sector’s potential in Africa through customer experience: A conceptual perspective’. In Hinson, R.E., Adeola, O., Lituchy, T. & Amartey, A. F. O. (eds.).  Customer service management in Africa: A strategic and operational perspective. Routledge, London. Pp. 315-327
  5. Arthur, I.K. & Yamoah, F. A. (2019). Understanding the role of environmental quality attributes in food-related rural enterprise competitiveness. Journal of Environmental Management 247: 152–160. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.06.09
  6. Nikoi, E.G. A., Arthur, I.K. & Nambe, M. Y. (2019). Examining the role of networks in conflict induced migration in Bawku. Ghana Journal of Geography, 11(1): 72 – 86.
  7. Arthur, I. K. (2018). Exploring the development prospects of Accra Airport City, Ghana, Area Development and Policy, 3(2): 258-273. 
  8. Arthur, I.K. & Damoah, O. B. O. (2015). Exploring the resource and capabilities of food related enterprises in rural Denmark: Implications for rural enterprises in Ghana.  Ghana Journal of Geography, 7(2): 58–78.
  9. Arthur, I.K. & Hracs, B. J. (2015). Experience the Difference: The Competitive Strategies of Food-Related Entrepreneurs in Rural Denmark. Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography, 97 (1): 95–112.
  10. Oteng-Ababio, M. & Arthur, I.K. (2015). (Dis)continuities in Scale, Scope and Complexities of the Space Economy: The Shopping Mall Experience in Ghana. Urban Forum, 26 (2): 151–169.
  11. Arthur, I. K. (2011). Oplevelsesøkonomi i fødevaresektoren: En pilotundersøgelse i Thisted Kommune: In Lorentzen, A. and Smidt-Jensen, S. (eds.). Planlægning I oplevelsessamfundet. Aarhus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag
  12. Arthur, I. K. (2013). Experience economy, innovation and traditional industries.  Innovation and Development, 3(1), 141-141. DOI: 10.1080/2157930X.2012.721528