Education
• PhD (Botany), Ghana
• MPhil (Botany),
• Bsc (Botany), Ghana
• Dip Ed. (Ghana)
Specialised Areas of Teaching
Courses Taught
GEOG 301: Soils and Biogeography
GEOG 428: Tropical Biogeography
GEOG 429: Environmental Ecology
GEOG 604: Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
GEOG 707: Advanced Environmental Ecology
Current Research:
Selected Publications:
BOOKS
1. Owusu, G., Yankson, P. W. K., Agyei-Mensah, S and Attua, E. M (eds.) (2013). Selected Readings in Geography: Essays in Commemoration of the 65th Anniversary of the University of Ghana, Published by Woeli Publishing Services, Accra. ISBN 978-9988-626-10-x.
2.Ardayfio-Schandorf, E.; Yankson, P.W.K.; Asiedu, A.B.; Agyei-Mensah, S.; Attua, E.M (2007). Socio-economic perspectives of off-reserve forest management in the Goaso Forest District of Ghana, Woeli Publishing Services, Accra, 176pp, ISBN 9988-0-2992-6.
BOOK CHAPTERS
3. Antwi, E. K., Mensah, R., Attua, E.M., Yiran, G., Boakye-Danquah, J., Ametepe, R., and Adjei-Boadi, D (2018). Assessing Land and Ecosystem Management at the Local Level in the Savannah Ecological Zone and the Implications for Sustainability. In Saito et al., (eds.): Strategies for Building Resilience against Climate and Ecosystem Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa, Science for Sustainable Societies, DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-4796-1_1, Chapter 9; pp138-149; Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
4. Attua, E. M (2013). “Understanding land-use and Land-cover change impacts on tropical ecosystems”, Chapter 17, pp 265-280. In Owusu, G. et al. (eds.): Selected Readings in Geography: Essays in Commemoration of the 65th Anniversary of the University of Ghana. Woeli Publishing Services, Accra, ISBN 978-9988-626-10-x.
5.Asiedu, A. B., Agyei-Mensah, S and Attua, E. M (2007). “Physical and Human Geography of the Goaso Forest District”. In Ardayfio-Schandorf, E et al. (eds.). Socio-economic perspectives of off-reserve forest management in the Goaso Forest District of Ghana, Woeli Publishing Services, Accra.
6. Attua, E. M (2007). “Demand, Supply and Use of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) and Forest Fringe Communities of the Goaso Forest District”. In Ardayfio-Schandorf, E et al. (eds). Socio-economic perspectives of off-reserve forest management in the Goaso Forest District of Ghana, Woeli Publishing Services, Accra, pp 111-129.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
7. Louis, L., McCarron, M and Attua, E. M (2017). Breaking the silence: housing and psychosocial health inequalities in three urban neighbourhoods of Accra, Ghana, International Development Planning Review, 39 (3): 275-297. https://doi.org/10.3828/idpr.2017.8
8. Attua, E. M., Awanyo, L and Effah, A. K (2017). “Effects of anthropogenic disturbance on tree population structure and diversity of a rain forest biosphere reserve in Ghana, West Africa.” African Journal of Ecology. doi: 10.1111/aje.12427
9. Awanyo, L and Attua, E. M (2016): A paradox of three decades of neoliberal economic reforms in Ghana: a tale of economic growth and uneven regional development, African Geographical Review, DOI: 10.1080/19376812.2016.1245152
10. Yiran, G. A. B., Stringer, L C., Attua, E. M., Evans, A. J., Challinor, A. J and Gyasi, E. A (2016). Mapping vulnerability to multiple hazards in the savannah Ecosystem in Ghana, Regional Environmental Change, 16 (17), DOI 10.1007/s10113-016-1054-8
11. Mensah, R., Effah, A. K., Attua, E. M., Chimsah, F. A., Boakye-Danquah, J., Sackey, I (2016). Biodiversity of woody species and their utilization in a Savannah ecological zone of Northern Ghana. Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences, 8 (3): 22-45.
12. Louis, A; McCarron, M and Attua, E. M (2016). Affordable housing options for all in a context of developing capitalism: can housing transformations play a role in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana? African Geographical Review, 35:1, 35-52, DOI: 10.1080/19376812.2014.943774.
13. Kusimi, J. M., Yiran, G. A. B., Attua, E. M. (2015). Soil Erosion and Sediment Yield Modelling in the Pra River Basin of Ghana using the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE). Ghana Journal of Geography, 7(2): 38–57.
14. Laouli, M. A, Villamor, G. B., Attua, E. M and Traoré, S. B (2015). Comparing farmers’ perception of climate change and variability with historical climate data in the Upper East Region of Ghana. Ghana Journal of Geography, 7, 47-74.
15. Antwi, E. K, Boakye-Danquah, J., Asabere, S. B, Yiran, G. A. B, Loh, S. K., Awere-Gyekee, K, Agbagale, F. K., Asubonteng, K, O., Attua, E. M and Owusu, A. B. (2014). Land use and landscape structural changes in the ecoregions of Ghana. Journal of Disaster Research, 9 (4), 452-467.
16. Attua, E. M, Ayamga, J and Pabi, O. (2014). “Relating Land Use and Land Cover to Surface Water Quality in the Densu River basin, Ghana”, International Journal of River Basin Management, 12 (1): 57-68. Doi: 10.1080/15715124.2014.880711.
17. Attua, E. M; Annan, S. T and Nyame, F (2014). Water Quality Analysis of Rivers Used as Drinking Sources in Artisanal Gold Mining Communities of the Akyem-Abuakwa Area: A Multivariate Statistical Approach, Ghana Journal of Geography, 6: 24-42.
18. Timpong, Jones, E.C., Mutanga, T., Adogla-Bessa, T; Attua, E. M., and Adiku, S. G. K. (2013). “Herbage yield and grazing capacity estimation in a tropical coastal savanna rangeland using geostatistics”, West African Journal of Applied Ecology, 21 (2): 37-45.
19. Attua, E. M and Pabi, O. (2013).” Tree species composition, richness and diversity in the forest-savanna ecotone of Ghana”. Journal of Applied Biosciences, 69:5437-5448, ISSN 1997–5902.
20. Attua, E. M and Fisher J. (2011). “Historical and future land cover change in a municipality of Ghana”, Earth Interactions, 15 (9):1-26, doi: 10.1175/2010EI304.1
21. Awanyo, L., Attua, E. M. and McCarron, M. (2011). “Rehabilitation of forest-savannas in Ghana: The impacts of land use, shade, and invasive species on tree recruitment”, Applied Geography, 31(1): 181-190, doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2010.04.002.
22. Attua, E. M and Fisher, J. B. (2010). “GIS-multi criteria assessment of land suitability and optimal sites allocation for large scale pineapple production in the Akwapim South District, Ghana”, Ghana Journal of Geography, 2: 47-84.
23. Opoku, P and Attua, E.M. (2009). “Sustainable land-use evaluation on steep landscapes and flood plains in the New Juaben district of Ghana: A GIS Approach”, Ghana Journal of Geography, 1: 115-134.
24. Kofie, R.Y., Attua, E M. and Nabila, J. S. (2008). “Poverty and socio-economic consequences of Buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans) in the Ga West District of Ghana”, Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography, 62 (3): 210-221.
25. Attua, E. M (2007): “Using multiple linear regression techniques to quantify carbon stocks of fallow vegetation in the tropics”, West African Journal of Applied Ecology, 12: 189-197.
26. Sovoe, S.; Wiafe, G.; Kakane, V.C.K, and Attua, E.M (2006). “Effect of climate change on primary productivity in the Gulf of Guinea: a remote sensing approach”, Journal of the Ghana Science Association, 8 (2): 71-76.
27. Opoku, P and Attua, E. M. (2005). “Spatio-temporal differentiation of land-use/cover changes and natural resources management”, Bulletin of the Ghana Geographical Association, 24: 89-103.
28. Attua, E. M and Laing, E. (2005). “Ecological assessment of carbon sequestration and partitioning in regenerating fallow systems”, West African Journal of Applied Ecology, 7: 123-134.
29. Attua, E. M. (2003). “Land cover change impacts on the abundance and composition of flora in the Densu Basin”, West African Journal of Applied Ecology, 4:27-34.
30. Attua, E. M and Laing, E. (2001). “Land cover mapping of the Densu Basin: interpretations from multi-spectral imagery”, Bulletin of the Ghana Geographical Association, 23:14-25.
PUBLISHED PROCEEDING
31. Yankson, P. W. K; Kufogbe, S.K.; Kofie, R and Attua, E. M (eds.) (1998), Strategies for Bushfire intervention in Ghana. Proceedings of the National Workshop organized by the Remote Sensing Applications Laboratory, Department of Geography and Resource Development, University of Ghana in collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and sponsored by DANIDA/ENRECA and EPA, Accra, 3-4 February, 1998. ISBN 9988-8019-0-4.
TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS
32. Yiran, G. A. B., Stringer, L. C., Attua, E. M., Evans, A. J., Challinor, A. J and Gyasi, E. A (2015). Spatial Mapping of Vulnerability to Multi-hazards in the Savanna Ecosystem in Ghana. Sustainability Research Institute Paper No. 89 and Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy Working Paper No. 241, Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) Papers (Online) ISSN 1753-1330.
33. Nacro H. B., Struwe S., Abbadie L., Abekoe K. M., Andersson M., Attua E. M., Badiane A.,Bilbao B., Bonzi M., Danso S. K. A., Gignoux J., Lensi R., Khouma M., Kjoller A., Konate S., Manlay M., Neill C., Quattara B., Tandoh E.J. (2010). “West Africa’s savannahs under change: integrated view on positive and negative effects of agriculture and land cover changes on carbon cycling and trace gas emissions”. In Africa and the Carbon Cycle, pp 55-61. World Soil Resources Reports, Number 105; Land and Water Division, FAO, Rome.