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Kusimi John Manyimadin

Kusimi John Manyimadin
Senior Lecturer
jmkusimi@ug.edu.gh

Education 

2014 Cert (Statistics in Applied Climatology), UK.
2013 PhD (Geography and Resource Development), Ghana.
2006 Msc (Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Infrastructure), Sweden.
2005 MPhil (Geography and Resource Development), Ghana.
2001  BA (Geography and Resource Development) Ghana.

 

Areas of Specialisation.

  • Geomorphology
  • Sedimentology
  • Environmental Science
  • Natural resource management
  • Climate change and coastal/earth surface processes
  • Natural Harzads

Current Research 

  • 2019 – 2020: Co-investigator - Managing small-scale mining: Assessing the potential for a more environmentally-sustainable and socially-inclusive small-scale gold mining industry in Ghana, Funded by Global challenges Research Fund.
  • June – July, 2018: Co-investigator- Flood hazard management in informal settlements in Ghana, Funded by Building Global Partnerships for Global Challenges.
  • 2010-2013: Four years project on “The dynamics of a bushmeat hunting system under social, economic and environmental change” in collaboration with colleagues in Imperial College, London; funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
  • 2013-2014: One year project on “Land Disturbance in Atewa Range Forest Reserve - Kyebi.
  • 2010-2012: Principal Investigator - Sediment yield and bank erosion assessment of Pra River Basin, Funded by the University of Ghana.
  • 2005 – 2006: Principal Investigator-Groundwater Hydro-geochemistry and Land cover Change in the Wassa West District of Ghana; Funded by the Linnaeus Palme Exchange Programme, Sweden and Ghana Chamber of Mines.
  • January, 2003 – August, 2003: Geomorphological study of the Densu Basin, Funded by the Water Resources Commission of Ghana – Accra.

Courses Taught

  • Geog 111: Introduction to Physical Geography
  • Geog 212: Geomorphological Processes and Landforms
  • Geog 331: Arid Lands
  • Geog 483: Tropical Geomorphology
  • Geog 486: Applied Geomorphology
  • Geog 633: Geomorphology
  • Geog 642: Applied Geomorphology

 

PUBLICATIONS 

  1. Kusimi, J. M., & Kusimi, B. A. (2021). Hazards of the Densu River Delta in Accra – Ghana. Natural Hazards, 107, 831-852.
  2. Kusimi, J. M., Kusimi, B. A., & Amisigo, B. A. (2021). Evaluation of sediment yield predicting models of Ghana. Journal of Geographical Research, 04(01), 37-47.
  3. Kusimi, B. A., Donkor, A. K., Ayivor, J. S., Kyeremeh, K., & Kusimi, J. M. (2020).  Lifecycle of pottery processes and production in Mpraeso – Ghana. de arte, 55(3), 70-94.
  4. Adjei-Mensah, K., & Kusimi, J. M. (2020). Dwindling water supply and its socio-economic impact in Sekyere Kumawu District in Ashanti Region of Ghana: public opinion on the role of climate change. Geojournal, 85,1355-1372.
  5. Kusimi, B. A., & Kusimi, J. M. (2019). Physicochemical properties and heavy metal content of Mpraeso and Vume clays of Ghana.  Annals of Geographical Studies, 2(4), 22-35.
  6. Kusimi, J. M., & Yeboah, E. (2019). Flood hazards at Alajo: Causes, impacts and adaptations. International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 3(8), 268-278.
  7. Dinko, D. H., Yaro, J., & Kusimi, J. M. (2019). Political ecology and contours of vulnerability to water insecurity in semiarid North-Eastern. Ghana. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 54(2), 282–299.
  8. Kusimi, J. M. (2018). Bank erosion and other channel processes of a tropical forest river basin in Ghana. Ghana Social Science Journal, 15(2), 31-56.
  9. Dika, J. L., Kusimi, J. M., & Gyekye, K. A. (2018). The coastal environment of Elmina in Ghana - Appraising the causes and effects of coastal pollution. Annals of Geographical Studies, 1(1), 103-113.
  10. Dabie, P. K., Attua, E. M., Kusimi, J. M. (2018).  Urban sprawl, agricultural land use and food security in Shai Osudoku District, Ghana.  Researchjournali’s Journal of Geography, 5(1), 2349-5367.
  11. Kusimi, J. M. (2017). The contribution of bank and surface sediments to fluvial sediment transport of the Pra River. West African Journal of Applied Ecology, 25(1), 69-85.
  12. 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.
  13. Kusimi, J. M. (2015). Characterizing land disturbance in Atewa Range Forest Reserve and buffer zone. Land use Policy, 49, 471-482.
  14. McNamara, J., Kusimi, J. M., Rowcliffe, J. M., Cowlishaw, G., Brenyah, A., & Milner-Gulland, E. J. (2015). Long-term spatio-temporal changes in a West African bushmeat trade system. Conservation Biology, 29(5), 1446-145.
  15. Kusimi, J. M., Amisigo, B. A., & Banoeng-Yakubo, B. K. (2014). Sediment yield of a forest river basin in Ghana. Catena, 123, 225-235.
  16. Kusimi, B. A., Kusimi, J. M., & Yiran, G. B. (2013). Socio-economic and environmental impacts of mining within the catchment of mining companies at Tarkwa. Ghana Social Science Journal, 10(1 & 2), 25-52.
  17. Kusimi, J. M., & Awere-Gyekye, K. (2013). Explanations to the evolution of landscapes in Geomorphology. In G. Owusu., P. W. K. Yankson., S. Agyei-Mensah & E. M. Attua (Eds.), Selected Readings in Geography: Essays in Commemoration of the 65th Anniversary of the University of Ghana (pp.230-247). Ghana: Woeli Publishing Services.
  18. Awere-Gyekye, K., Kusimi, J. M., & Yiran, G. A. B. (2013). Geomorphological processes and landforms of the coastal environment. In G. Owusu, P. W. K. Yankson, S. Agyei-Mensah, & E. M. Attua (Eds.), Selected Readings in Geography: Essays in Commemoration of the 65th Anniversary of the University of Ghana (pp.248-264). Woeli Publishing Services: Ghana.
  19. Kusimi, J. M., & Dika, J.L. (2012). Sea erosion at Ada Foah: Assessment of impacts and proposed mitigation measures. Natural Hazards, 64(2), 983-997.
  20. Kusimi, J. M., & Kusimi, B.A. (2012). The hydrochemistry of water resources in selected mining communities in Tarkwa. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 112, 252-261.
  21. Kusimi, J.M., & Appati, J.W. (2012). Bushfires in the Krachi District: The socio-economic and environmental implications. International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, XXXIX-B8, 39-44.
  22. Kusimi, J. M., & Yiran, G. B. (2011). Application of local knowledge in land degradation assessment in the Bawku East Municipality. Ghana Journal of Geography, 3, 88-125.
  23. Yiran, G. B., Kusimi, J. M., & Kufogbe, S. K. (2011). A synthesis of remote sensing and local knowledge approaches in land degradation assessment in Bawku East District, Ghana. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geo-information, 14, 204 – 213.
  24. Kusimi, J.M. (2008). Analysis of sedimentation rates in the Densu River channel: The result of erosion and anthropogenic activities in the Densu Basin. West African Journal of Applied Ecology, 14, 1-14.
  25. Kusimi, J.M. (2008). Assessing land use and land cover change in the Wassa West District of Ghana using remote sensing. Geojournal, 71, 249-259.
  26. Kusimi, J.M. (2008). Stream processes and dynamics in the morphology of the Densu River channel in Ghana. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. VXXXVII(Part B8), 1177-1182.
  27. Kusimi, J. M., Fobil, J., Atuguba, R., Erawoc, I., & Oduro, F. (2006). The conflicts in Northern Ghana: A mirror of answers to Sub-Regional stability and security questions. Asteriskos Journal of International and Peace Studies, ½, 209-228.