Dr Clement Kwang

Contact info ckwang@ug.edu.gh

About

Dr Clement Kwang is a senior lecturer at the Department of Geography and Resource Development, University of Ghana, Legon with a geomatic engineering background. Dr Kwang’s area of specialization includes Web GIS, GIS Programming, Geodatabase, Land use and land cover change analysis, Land surveying, geovisualization and cartography. Some of the courses he teaches include:

Undergraduate:

  1. GEOD 102: Introduction to Physical Geography
  2. GEOD  205: Computer Assisted Cartography
  3. GEOD 204: Introduction to Map Reading and Analysis
  4. GEOG 326: Research Methods
  5. GEOG 327: Introduction to Remote Sensing
  6. GEOG 344: Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Graduate

  1. GEOS 604: Distributed and Web GIS
  2. GEOS 608: Geodatabase Management Systems
  3. GEOS 609: GIS Programming
  4. GEOD 606: Quantitative Methods for Geographers
  5. GEOG 702: Advanced Quantitative Research Methods in Geography

Education

2019: PhD Remote Sensing and GIS, Anadolu University, Turkey

2013: MSc Geomatic Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

2009: BSc Geomatic Engineering, University of Mine and Technology, Ghana

Research Interest

Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in:

  1. Land use/land cover change analysis in urbanization
  2. Urban heat island
  3. Geo-Visualization
  4. Impacts of mining
  5. Flood modelling and simulation

Publications

Journal Articles

  1. Kwang, C., Owusu, A. B., Sarfo, I., & Yeboah, E. (2024). Geographic Coterminous of COVID-19 Case and Vaccination Centers in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana. American Journal of Health Studies, 38(1). https://doi.org/10.47779/ajhs.2023.752
  2. Okyere, S. A., Abunyewah, M., Addai, J., Mensah, S. L., Frimpong, L. K., & Kwang, C. (2024). Faith-based organisations and disaster management in informal urban Accra. Environmental Hazards, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/17477891.2024.2333738
  3. Owusu, A. B., Fynn, I. E. M., Adu-Boahen, K., Kwang, C., Mensah, C. A., & Atugbiga, J. A. (2024). Rate of desertification, climate change and coping strategies: Insights from smallholder farmers in Ghana’s Upper East Region. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 23, 100433. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2024.100433
  4. Sarfo, I., Qiao, J., Yeboah, E., Puplampu, D. A., Kwang, C., Fynn, I. E. M., Batame, M., Appea, E. A., Hagan, D. F. T., Ayelazuno, R. A., Boamah, V., & Sarfo, B. A. (2024). Meta-analysis of land use systems development in Africa: Trajectories, implications, adaptive capacity, and future dynamics. Land Use Policy, 144, 107261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107261
  5. Shwe, M. M., Yeboah, E., Okrah, A., Sarfo, I., Oo, K. L., Moe, A. H. H., Takin, M., Prempeh, N. A., Mensah, C., Kwang, C., Bhatta, D., & Djan, M. A. (2024). Multi-Factor Analysis of Landslide and Flood Occurrences in Chin State, Western Myanmar. European Journal of Environment and Earth Sciences, 5(3), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.24018/ejgeo.2024.5.3.459
  6. Yiran, G. A. B., Kwang, C., & Blagogie, L. (2024). Optimizing flood risk modelling with high-resolution remote sensing data and analytic hierarchy process. SN Social Sciences, 4(6), 111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-024-00909-6
  7. Sarfo, I., Bi, S., Xu, X., Yeboah, E., Kwang, C., Batame, M., Addai, F. K., Adamu, U. W., Appea, E. A., Djan, M. A., Otchwemah, H. B., Kudoh, V. E., Vuguziga, F., Olowe, O. S., & Koku, J. E. (2023). Planning for cooler cities in Ghana: Contribution of green infrastructure to urban heat mitigation in Kumasi Metropolis. Land Use Policy, 133, 106842. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106842
  8. Sarfo, I., Bi, S., Kwang, C., Yeboah, E., Addai, F. K., Nkunzimana, A., Ofori, M. A., Batame, M., Appea, E. A., & Asiedu, A. (2023). Class dynamics and relationship between land-use systems and surface temperature in south-eastern Ghana. Environmental Earth Sciences, 82(4), 104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-023-10755-z
  9. Owusu, A. B., Mensah, C. A., Mensimah Fynn, I. E., Kwang, C., Arthur, I. K., & Adu-Boahen, K. (2023). Indicator-based assessment of the liveability of communities in the Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana: A transdisciplinary approach. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 8(1), 100702. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100702
  10. Sarfo, I., Shuoben, B., Beibei, L., Amankwah, S. O. Y., Yeboah, E., Koku, J. E., Nunoo, E. K., & Kwang, C. (2022). Spatiotemporal development of land use systems, influences and climate variability in Southwestern Ghana (1970–2020). Environment, Development and Sustainability, 24(8), 9851–9883. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01848-5
  11. Baeribameng Yiran, G. A., Atubiga, J. A., Kusimi, J. M., Kwang, C., & Owusu, A. B. (2022). Adaptation to perennial flooding and food insecurity in the Sudan savannah agroecological zone of Ghana. Environmental Research, 214, 114037. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.114037
  12. Wakil Adamu, U., Yeboah, E., Sarfo, I., Kweku Nunoo, E., Kwang, C., Kofi Addai, F., Oduro, C., Darko, G., Ndafira, G. C., Batame, M., & Aboagye Appea, E. (2021). Assessment of Oil Spillage Impact on Vegetation in South-Western Niger Delta, Nigeria. Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International, 31–45. https://doi.org/10.9734/jgeesi/2021/v25i930307
  13. Danquah Twumasi, Y., & Kwang, C. (2017). GIS Aided Prospect Siting of Boreholes for Maximum Yield. In International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Science (Vol. 1, Issue 9). http://ijses.com/
  14. Kwang, C., Osei jnr, E. M., & Duker, A. A. (2014). Application of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems for Gold Potential Mapping in Birim North District of Eastern Region of Ghana -Gold Potential Mapping Using GIS and Remote Sensing. International Journal of Remote Sensing Applications, 4(1), 48. https://doi.org/10.14355/ijrsa.2014.0401.05
  15. Kwang, C., Twumasi, Y. D., Boakye, L., Oppong Twum, J. E., & Frimpong, S. A. (2017). Optimal Landfill Sites for Kumasi Metropolis using Geographic Information Systems and Multi Criteria Decision Analysis. Geoinformatics & Geostatistics: An Overview, 05(03). https://doi.org/10.4172/2327-4581.1000163
  16. Kwang, C., Osei Jnr, E. M., & Amoah, A. S. (2017). Comparing Landsat 8 and Sentinel 2A using Water Extraction Indexes over Volta River. Journal of Geography and Geology, 10(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.5539/jgg.v10n1p1