Kwasi Appeaning-Addo [BSc, MPhil (KNUST), PhD (Newcastle)]
Research interest
Research interest are in Nearshore coastal dynamics and coastal erosion studies, Application of drones in shoreline morphological studies, Green concept applications in coastal zone management, Application of video systems in short-term shoreline change and nearshore studies, Climate change impact assessment in Delta Regions, Coastal vulnerability and risk Assessment to sea level change and Marine litter pathways.
Current research activities fall in the following areas:
• Blue Economy
• Coastal Development and SDGs
• Nature-Based Coastal Erosion Management
• Climate Change Adaptation
Current research/project(s)
• Teleconnected Sargassum Risks across the Atlantic: Building Capacity for Transformational Adaptation in the Caribbean and West Africa (SARTRAC).
• Coastal Community Resilience to Climate and Diarrhea (C2R-CD).
• Empowering women and transforming gender relations in the Volta delta, Ghana.
• Urbanizing Deltas of the World funding. Design for Inclusive and Adaptive Delta Management (DIADeM).
• Beach Dynamics through Video Monitoring to Improve Coastal Management Strategies in West Africa-Beachmon
• Integrated and Sustainable Port Development in Ghana within an African context
Past research projects
• Detection, monitoring and prediction of shoreline recession in Accra, Ghana, (2004 – 2008)
• Coastal and Continental Shelf Processes in Ghana (2008 to 2011)
• Land squeeze concept along Ghana coast (2011 – 2012)
• Coastal vulnerability index assessment in Ghana (2012 – 2013)
• Shoreline morphological change in Keta after the sea defense project (2011 – 2013)
• Coastal processes using video systems along Ghana coast and the Biscarrosse coast in France (2012 -2015)
• Coastal processes field experiment in Grand Popo, Benin (2013 – 2016)
• West African Coast Observation Mission – WACOM (2014-2016)
• DEltas, vulnerability and Climate Change; Migration and Adaptation (DECCMA PROJECT) 2014 – 2018
• Monitoring Ghanaian coastal water quality using biological indicators (2016–2018)
• Assessment of the vulnerability and resilience of the Volta Delta. 2019
Awards
2020 Nominated under Climate Change and Environment, Millenium Excellent Award 2020.
2014 Best Poster Presentation. 3rd Climate Change and Population Conference on Africa, (CCPOP).
2008 GETFUND scholar
Recent publications
1. Appeaning Addo, K., Brempong, E.K., and Jayson-Quashigah, P.N. (2020). Assessment of the dynamics of the Volta river estuary shorelines in Ghana. Geoenvironmental Disasters. DOI: 10.1186/s40677-020-00151-1
2. Darby S.E., Appeaning Addo K., Hazra S., Rahman M.M., Nicholls R.J. (2020) Fluvial Sediment Supply and Relative Sea-Level Rise. In: Nicholls R., Adger W., Hutton C., Hanson S. (eds) Deltas in the Anthropocene. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. pp 103-126. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23517-8_5
3. Hill Chris, Frances Dunn, Anisul Haque, Fiifi Amoako-Johnson, Robert J. Nicholls, Pokkuluri Venkat Raju, Kwasi Appeaning Addo (2020). Hotspots of Present and Future Risk Within Deltas: Hazards, Exposure and Vulnerability. In: Nicholls R., Adger W., Hutton C., Hanson S. (eds) Deltas in the Anthropocene. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. pp 127-151. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23517-8_6
4. Codjoe Samuel Nii Ardey, Kwasi Appeaning Addo, Cynthia Addoquaye Tagoe, Benjamin Kofi Nyarko, Francisca Martey, Winfred A. Nelson, Philip-Neri Jayson-Quashigah, D. Yaw Atiglo, Prince Osei-Wusu Adjei, Kirk Anderson, Adelina Mensah, Patrick K. Ofori-Danson, Barnabas Akurigo Amisigo, Jennifer Ayamga, Emmanuel Ekow Asmah, Joseph Kwadwo Asenso, Gertrude Owusu, Ruth Maku Quaye, Mumuni Abu (2020). The Volta Delta, Ghana: Challenges in an African Setting. In: Nicholls R., Adger W., Hutton C., Hanson S. (eds) Deltas in the Anthropocene. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. pp 79-102. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23517-8_4
5. Larbi, L., Nukpezah, D., Mensah, A., Appeaning Addo, K. and Mose, I. (2019). Stakeholder Perception and Satisfaction with Ecosystem Stewardship Education in Urban Coastal Communities, In J. Marx Gomez et al. (Hrsg.), Smart Cities/Smart Regions-Technische, wirtschaftliche und gesellschaftliche Innovationen, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, ein Teil von Springer Nature. Pp. 573-587.
6. Wiebe P. de Boer, Jill H. Slinger, Arno K. wa Kangeri, Heleen S.I. Vreugdenhil, Poonam Taneja, Kwasi Appeaning Addo and Tiedo Vellinga (2019). Identifying ecosystem-based alternatives for the design of a seaport’s marine infrastructure: the case of Tema port expansion in Ghana. Sustainable. Vol 11, issue 23. DOI10.3390/su11236633
7. Angora Aman, René A. Tano, Elisée Toualy, Foungnigué Silué, Kwasi Appeaning Addo, Regina Folorunsho (2019). Physical Forcing Induced Coastal Vulnerability along the Gulf of Guinea. Journal of Environmental Protection. Pg 1194-1211. https://doi.org/10.4236/jep.2019.109071
8. Jayson-Quashigah, Philip-Neri; Appeaning Addo, Kwasi; Amisigo Barnabas and Wiafe, George (2019). Assessment of sediment change in the Volta Delta coast in Ghana using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drone) approach. Ocean and Coastal Management Journal. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.104952 (Corresponding author).
9. Codjoe, S.N.A., Appeaning Addo, K., Addoquaye-Tagoe, C., Nyarko, B.K., Martey, F., Nelson, W., Jayson-Quashigah, P.N., Atiglo, Y., Adjei, P.O., et al. (2019). The Volta Delta Ghana: Challenges in an African Setting. In Nicholls et al. (eds) Deltas in the Anthropocene, Palgrave Macmillan. 10.1007/978-3-030-23517-8.
10. Prince Osei-Wusu Adjei, Ignacio Cazcarro, Iñaki Arto, Patrick K. Ofori-Danson, Joseph K. Asenso, Emmanuel Ekow Asmah, Samuel Nii Codjoe, Kwasi Appeaning Addo, Samuel K. Amponsah (2019). Comparative analysis of the socio-economic characteristics of Delta and Non-Delta spaces of Ghana: An input-output approach. African Review of Economics and Finance. Vol 11, No 1, 53-75.
11. Boye Borkai Cynthia, Boateng Isaac, Appeaning Addo Kwasi and Wiafe George (2019). An assessment of the contribution of fluvial sediment discharge to coastal stability: A case study of Western Region of Ghana. African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. Vol. 13(5), pp. 191-200. DOI: 10.5897/AJEST2017.2387 (Corresponding author).
12. Donatus Bapentire Angnuureng, Phillip-Neri Jayson-Quashigah, Kwasi Appeaning Addo, Denis Worlanyo Aheto, Rafael Almar, Frederic Bonou, Emmanuel Brempong (2019). Quantification of the shoreline evolution of an open beach between coastal defenses. Coastal Sediments 2019. Pp 1562-1576. DOI:. 10.1142/9789811204487_0135. www.worldscientific.com
13. René A. Tano, Angora Aman, Elisée Toualy, Yves K. Kouadio, Bouo Bella Djézia François-Xavier and Kwasi Appeaning Addo. (2018). Development of an integrated coastal vulnerability index for the Ivorian coast in West Africa. Journal of Environmental Protection. Journal of Environmental Protection, 9, 1171-1184.
https://doi.org/10.4236/jep.2018.911073
14. J. Slinger, P. Taneja, B. Kothuis, H. Vreugdenhil, W.P. de Boer, A. Kangeri, M. Koetse, L. Hagedoorn, C. van Dorsser, E. Mahu, B. Amisigo, K. Appeaning Addo, T. Vellinga (2018). DESIGNING FOR STAKEHOLDER VALUES IN PORT DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA. PIANC-World Congress Panama City, Panama 2018. http://sustainableportsafrica.com/onewebmedia/Slinger%20et%20al%20Abstra...
15. K. Appeaning Addo (2018). Assessing Ocean Wave Dynamics, Potential Sediment Transport and Coastal Erosion along Accra coast in Ghana. Journal of Coastal Research. Special Issue JCR SI 81, pp 86-91. DOI:10.2112/S181-011.1
16. Kwasi Appeaning Addo, Philip-Neri Jayson-Quashigah, Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe, Francisca Martey (2018). Drone as a tool for Coastal Flood Monitoring in the Volta delta, Ghana. Geoenvironmental Disasters. 5:17 DOI 10.1186/s4077-018-0108-2
17. D. B. Angnuureng, K. Appeaning Addo, R. Almar, H. Dieng (2018). Influence of sea level variability on a microtidal beach. Natural Hazards. https://doi.org//10.1007/s11069-018-3370-4
18. Li Jin, Paul G. Whitehead, Kwasi Appeaning Addo, Barnabas Amisigo, Ian Macadam, Tamara Janes, Jill Crossman, Robert J. Nicholls, Matthew McCartney, Harvey J.E. Rodda (2018). Modeling future flows of the Volta River system: Impacts of climate change and socio-economic changes. Science of the Total Environment, Volumes 637–638 (2018), Pages 1069–1080. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.350 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896971831533X
19. Jochen Hinkel, Neue Promenade, Jeroen C.J.H. Aerts, Sally Brown, Jose A. Jiménez, Daniel Lincke, Robert J. Nicholls, Paolo Scussolini, Agustín SanchezArcilla, Kwasi Appeaning Addo (2018). The ability of societies to adapt to twenty-first-century sea-level rise. Nature Climate Change. Volume 8, pages570–578. DOI 10.1038/s41558-018-0176-z
20. Appeaning Addo K., Nicholls R. J., Codjoe S. N. A. and Mumuni A. (2018). A biophysical and socio-economic review of the Volta Delta, Ghana. Journal of Coastal Research. DOI 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-17-00129.1. http://www.jcronline.org/doi/abs/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-17-00129.1?code=cer...
21. Boye, C. B; Appeaning Addo, K; Wiafe, G.; and Dzigbodi-Adjimah, K. (2018). Spatio-temporal analyses of shoreline change in the western Region of Ghana. Journal of Coastal Conservation. DOI: 10.1007/s11852-018-0607-z https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11852-018-0607-z
22. Sally Brown, Robert J. Nicholls, Attila N. Lázár, Duncan D. Hornby, Chris Hill, Sugata Hazra, Kwasi Appeaning Addo, Anisul Haque, John Caesar, Emma Tompkins. (2018). What are the implications of sea-level rise for a 1.5°C, 2°C and 3°C rise in global mean temperatures in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna and other vulnerable deltas? Regional Environmental Change. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/418286/ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10113-018-1311-0
23. Larbi, L., Nukpezah, D., Mensah, A. and Appeaning Addo, K. (2018). An Integrated Assessment of the Ecological Health Status of Coastal Aquatic Ecosystems of Ada in Ghana. West African Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 26 (2), pp. 89-107
24. Akita, L. , Frenzel, P. , Edem, M. , Alivernini, M. , Klubi, E. , Akrong, M. , Laudien, J., Appeaning-Addo, K., Nyarko, E. and Takada, H. (2018): Estuarine Environment , Everyday Science for Schools, 7 (1), pp. 19-20 .
25. Norvivor Forgive Awo, Gordon Chris, Appeaning Addo Kwasi. (2017). Physico-Chemical Quality of Groundwater in Keta South, Ghana. Journal of Health and Environmental Research. Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 51-56. doi: 10.11648/j.jher.20170303.12
26. Donatus Bapentire Angnuureng, Rafael Almar, Nadia Senechal, Bruno Castelle Kwasi Appeaning Addo, Vincent Marieu and Roshanka Ranasinghe (2017). Two and three-dimensional shoreline behaviour at a MESO-MACROTIDAL barred beach. Journal of Coast Conservation. Doi: 10.1007/s11852-017-0516-6.
27. Donatus Bapentire Angnuurenga, Rafael Almarb, Nadia Senechala, Bruno Castellea, Kwasi Appeaning Addo, Vincent Marieua, Roshanka Ranasinghed (2017). Shoreline resilience to individual storms and storm clusters on a meso-macrotidal, barred beach. Geomorphology. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.04.007
28. Appeaning Addo Kwasi and Appeaning Addo Irene. (2016). Coastal Erosion Management in Accra: Combining Local Knowledge and Empirical Research. Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies; Vol 8, No 1 (2016), 10 pages. doi: 10.4102/jamba.v8i1.274
Professional membership(s)
• Member, Ghana Institution of Engineers
• Member, Ghana Institution of Surveyors
• Member, Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society
• Union for African Population Studies.
• Member, University Teachers Association of Ghana.
• Member, Partnership for Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR)