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Alex Barimah Owusu

Alex Barimah Owusu
Associate Professor
abowusu@ug.edu.gh

Education

  • 2009  PhD (Earth System and GeoInformation Science), USA
  • 2005  MS  (Environmental Studies), USA
  • 2005  MA (MA International Affairs), USA
  • 2000  MPhil (Geography and Resource Development), Ghana
  • 1997  BA (Geography and Resource Development), Ghana

Areas of Specialization

  • Geographic Information Science  (GIS)
  • Remote Sensing Applications
  • Spatial Intelligence
  • Managing GIS
  • Environmental Policy and Planning
  • Climate Vulnerability Analysis
  • Agric, Land Use and Food Security

Research

  • 2020-2021: Covid19 Monitoring, Contact and Contact Tracing. Funded by R4D.

Courses Taught

  • Geog 704 Advanced Remote.
  • Geog 703 Advanced Spatial Analysis
  • Geog 604 Remote Sensing and GIS Application
  • Geog 603 Fundamentals of GIS
  • Geog G02 Managing GIS
  • Geog 629 Geospatial Intelligence

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

  1. Owusu, AB. et al (2021). Integration of multiple geospatial applications and intelligence for responding to COVID-19 in Ghana. Ghana Med J 2021; 55(2)
  2. Afagbedzil, et al (2021) Design and deployment of relational geodatabase on mobile GIS platform for real-time COVID-19 contact tracing in Ghana. Ghana Journal of Geography.
  3. Asare, M., Agyei-Baffour, P., Lanning, B.A., Owusu, A.B., Commeh, M.E., Boozer, K., Koranteng , A.,  Spies, L.A., Montealegre, J.R.,  and Paskett, E.D., (2020). Multi-Theory Model and Predictors of Likelihood of Accepting the Series of HPV Vaccination: A Cross-Sectional Study among Ghanaian Adolescents. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(2), 571; doi:10.3390/ijerph17020571
  4. Tette, E.M. A., Yarney, E., Aluze-ele, S., Adomako M., and Owusu, A. B., (2019). Application of a Community Diagnosis Survey Approach to the Assessment of Adolescent Health at Korle Worko, Accra Ghana. International Journal of Tropical Disease and Health Vol. 37 (2): 1-12, 2019.
  5. Owusu, A. B. and Agbozo, M., (2019). Application of Geographic Information Systems for flood risk analysis: A case study of the Accra Metropolitan Area. Journal of Present Environment and Sustainable Development, Vol. 13, no,1, 2019.
  6. Owusu, A. B, and Faustina Essandoh-Yeddu (2018). Assessment of the forest cover change in The Forest-Savannah Transitional Zone, Ghana between 1990 – 2013 using remote sensing and GIS. Journal of Geomatics, Vol 12 No. 2 October 2018.
  7. Doe, E.K., Aikins, B. E., Njomaba E. and Owusu, A. B. (2018).  Land Use Land Cover Change within Kakum Conservation Area in the Assin South District of Ghana, 1991-201. West African Journal of Applied Ecology, vol. 26(SI), 2018: 87 – 99.
  8. Owusu, A. B. (2018). An Assessment of Urban Vegetation Abundance in Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana: A Geospatial Approach. Journal of Environmental Geography 11 (1–2), 37–44.  DOI: 10.2478/jengeo.
  9. Owusu, A. B, Paul W. K. Yankson, Stephen Frimpong (2017). Smallholder farmers’ knowledge of mobile telephone use: Gender perspectives and implications for agricultural market development. Progress in Development Studies. Volume: 18 issue: 1, page(s): 36-51.
  10. Paul William Kojo Yankson, Owusu, A. B, George Owusu, John Boakye-Danquah, Jacob Doku Tetteh (2017). Assessment of coastal communities’ vulnerability  to floods using indicator-based approach: a case study of Greater Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana. Natural Hazards (2017) 89:691 DOI 10.1007/s11069-017-3006-.
  11. Dadson, I. Y, Owusu, A. B. and Osman, A, (2016). Analysis of Shoreline Change along Cape Coast-Sekondi Coast, Ghana. Journal of Geography, Vol 2016, pp. 1-9  http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1868936.
  12. Yankson, P. W. K, Owusu, A. B, and Frimpong S. (2016). Challenges and Strategies for Improving the Agricultural Marketing Environment in Developing Countries: Evidence From Ghana. Journal of Agricultural & Food Information 17(1):49-61 DOI: 10.1080/10496505.2015.1110030.
  13. Owusu, A. B, Jacqueline Tiaba Jakpa and Kwabena Gyekye Awere.  Smallholder farmers' vulnerability to floods in the Tolon District, Ghana Interdisciplinary Environmental Review. 2016 Vol.17 No.3/4 DOI: 10.1504/IER.2016.080246.
  14. Effah Kwabena Antwi, John Boakye-Danquah, Owusu, A. B, Seyram Kofi Loh, Ruby Mensah, Yaw Agyeman Boafo, Priscilla Toloo Apronti, (2015). Community Vulnerability Assessment Index for Flood Prone Savannah Agro-Ecological Zone: A Case Study of Wa West District, Ghana. Weather and Climate Extremes. doi:10.1016/j.wace.2015.10.008.
  15. Fatima Eshun, Owusu, A. B, George Owusu, Ebenezer Forkuo Amankwaa (2015). A missed opportunity? Unravelling the marketing potentials of tourism in Ghana through GIS. International Journal of Leisure and Tourism Marketing. Volume 4, Issue 3-4.
  16. Owusu, G. Owusu, A. B, Amankwaa, E. F.  and Eshun, F. (2015). Analysis of Freshwater Stress with a couple ground and surface water model in the Pra Basin, Ghana. Applied Water Science 04.04.2015 DOI: 10.1007/s13201-015-0279
  17. Ebenezer Forkuo Amankwaa, Owusu, A. B, George Owusu, Fatima Eshun, (2014). Accra's Poverty Trap: Analysing Water Provision In Urban Ghana. Journal of Social Science for Policy Implications Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 69-8
  18. Antwi, E. K., Boakye-Danquah, J, Owusu, A. B, et al (2014). Land Use and Landscape Structural Changes in the Ecoregions of Ghana. Journal of Disaster Research; Vol.9 no4 Pp452-468
  19. Antwi, EK, Otsuki, S, Owusu, A. B., et al (2014). Developing Community-based resilience assessment model with reference to Northern Ghana. Journal of Integrated Disaster Risk Management 4 (1) pp 73-92. DOI10.5595/idrim.2014.0066
  20. Tette,  EMA and Owusu, A. B. (2014). Place of residence, environmental characteristics and child mortality in the Princess Marie Louise Hospital Catchment Area. International Affairs and Global Strategy Vol. 21 pp. 1-7
  21. Peprah, K., Yiran, G.A.B. and Owusu, A.B., (2014). Land use trajectories, forest cover change and consequential land degradation of the Asunafo forest, Ghana. International Journal of Innovative Research and Studies, Vol. 3( 2):488-503,2014.
  22. Owusu A.B. and Abrokwah, S., (2014). Efforts at evicting street hawkers from the streets of Accra: the good and the bad. Developing Country Studies, Vol 4(1):120-138,2014.
  23. Owusu A.B., (2013).Measuring Desertification in continuum: Normalized Difference Vegetation Index-based Study in the Upper East Region, Ghana. Journal of Civil and Environmental Research, Vol.3 (12):157-170, 2013.
  24. Owusu A.B., Frimpong S. and Abrokwah S., (2013). Analysis of the Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Street Hawking: A Case Study of the Accra Metropolitan Area. Journal of Geography and Geology, Vol. 4(4):1-12, 2013.
  25. Owusu A.B., (2013). Detecting and Quantifying Desertification in the Upper East Region, Ghana using Multi-spatial and multi-temporal Normalized Difference Vegetation Index. Journal of Environment and Earth Science, Vol. 3(10): 62-78,2013.
  26. Owusu A.B., Guido, C. and Beach, S.L., (2013).Analysis of Desertification in the Upper East Region (UER), Ghana using remote sensing, field study and local knowledge. Cartographica, Vol 48(1):1-24, 2013.
  27. Owusu, A.B. and Asante, A.P., (2013). Site Suitability Analysis for a Central Wastewater Treatment Plant in Accra Metropolitan Area Using Geographic Information System. Journal of Geomatics, Vol 7 (2):191-197, 2013.
  28. Owusu A.B. (2012) Farmers coping with the threat of desertification: A case study of       the Upper East Region, Ghana. Journal of Agricultural, Vol 1 (7) 317-330, 2012

Books

  1. Eze, B.E., Owusu, A.B. and Dadson, I.Y., (2012). Introductory Physical Geography.  Scamptec Press, Winneba ISBN: 9988-621-82-5.

Book chapters

  1. Owusu, A. B, and Jacob Songsore (2020). “Trading Green Spaces for heated surfaces. Evidence from Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana” In Routledge Handbook of Urban Ecology (Second Edition); London.
  2. Owusu, A. B, and Emelia Guo (2018). Environment, Energy and Climate Change.  Northern Ghana Human Development Report 2018: Bridging the Poverty Gap and Fostering Socio-economic Transformation and Empowerment to contribute to Human Development for All. Ghana: UNDP, Accra.
  3. Effah Kwabena Antwi, John Boakye-Danquah, Kwabena Awere Gyekye, Owusu, A. B, Isaac Botchwey and Richmond Ametepe (2017). Examining Farm Management Practices and Implications for Food Crop Production in Semi-arid Ghana. In Osamu Saito, Gordana Kranjac-Berisavljevic, Kazuhiko Takeuchi and Edwin A. Gyasi (Eds), Strategies for Building Resilience against Climate and Ecosystem Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa. pp 265-289. Science for Sustainable Societies Book Series. (online) Springer.
  4. Asuming-Brempong S, Owusu, A.B. Frimpong, S., Annor-Frempong I. (2016). Technological and Institutional Innovations for Marginalized Smallholders in Agricultural Development. In  Franz W. Gatzweiler, and Joachim von Braun. (Eds), Technological and Institutional Innovations for Marginalized Smallholders in Agricultural Development. Springer International Publishing pp. 369-396. ISBN: 978-3-319-25716-7 (Print) 978-3-319-25718-1 (Online).
  5. Gyasi, E.A., Yaro, J.A. and Owusu, A.B., (2013). Central Themes, Concepts, and Methodologies of Geography. University of Ghana Reader. Social Science Series Vol 1: 1-16, 2013
  6. Kufogbe, S.K., Owusu A.B. and Yiran, G.A., (2013).The Map as a Tool for Explanations in Geography. University of Ghana Reader. Social Science Series Vol 1:17-33, 2013.
  7. Owusu A.B., Kufogbe, S.K. and Yiran, G.A., (2013). Challenges in the Design and Implementation of Geo-spatial Data Infrastructure for Urban Land Use Planning in Ghana.  University of Ghana Reader. Social Science Series Vol 1; 34-48, 2013.
  8. Yiran, G.A., Owusu A.B. and Kufogbe, S.K., (2013). Understanding Field Techniques for Geographic Data Collection. University of Ghana Reader. Social Science Series Vol 1:49-68, 2013.

Technical Papers

  1. 2014 - Challenges in mobilization and collection of Revenues including outsourcing. Report submitted to Ministry of Finance, Accra, Ghana.
  2. 2014 - Challenges in mobilization and collection of Revenues including outsourcing. Report submitted to Ministry of Finance, Accra, Ghana.
  3. 2013 - TIGA Ghana Project- Ex-ante cropping Technology assessment and farm
  4. household segmentation for Inclusive poverty reduction and sustainable productivity Growth in Agriculture (TIGA) – Ghana Report.
  5. 2013 – An assessment of the national geographic information systems (GIS) environment and policy. Ghana Statistical Service, Accra.
  6. 2002: Environmental Impact Assessment Report of Ohio University Golfcourse
  7. Extension Project: A project presented to the Department of Geography, Ohio University, Athens.
  8. 2002: The status review of Monday Creek Watershed Restoration Project. Technical Report prepared for Army Corp of Engineers, USA.