Kwabena Awere Gyekye

Education: 
Livov State University, Livov, Ukraine, BSc-MSc. (Geomorphology) 
St. Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia, PhD (Geoecology) 

Specialized areas 
Geomorphology 
Landscape ecology 

Teaching courses 
GEOG 101 Physical Geography 
GEOG 202 Geomorphological Processes and Landforms 
GEOG 433 Tropical Geomorphology 
GEOG 436 Applied geomorphology 

Current research interests: 
• Flood Risk Assessment of the urban environment of Gbawe-Malam, Accra. 
• Landform patterns and housing development in Accra 
• Slope processes and stabilization: Oyarifa-Aburi road. 
• Urbanization and its effects on urban geomorphology. 
• Resilience to climate change and ecosystem changes in semi-arid Africa. 

Selected publications: 
(i) K. Awere Gyekye, (2002). ‘’A comparative analysis of biological activity of urban soils of St. Petersburg city and Elagin Ostrov’’ In Ecological and Hydro-meteorological Problems of large Towns and Industrial Zones. Publisher, Regional Hydro-geological Ministerial Control, RGGM (Materials of International Conference. 15-17 October, 2002- St. Petersburg) pp.12-16. 

(ii) ‘’Biological activity of urban soils of St. Petersburg, based on different levels of anthropogenic pressure. A case study of the territory Vasileostrovsky Ostrov’’. St Petersburg State University, Russia. Geoecological Monitoring: Theory and Practice, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2003, p140-143. 

(iii) ‘’ Using integrated approach and Geographical Information systems in assessing the nature of urban soils ’’. Edited by V.V. Dmitriva and I.O. Shilova. In Theory and Practice in Eco-geographical Research. St. Petersburg State University, Russia’’. 

(iv) ‘’Review of the use of bioindication method for Appraisal of the state of urban soils in two areas of St. Petersburg, Russia’’. West African Applied Ecology. Vol. 1, .2008.pp.161-170. 

(v) ‘’Patterns of Heavy metal contents in urban soils of Vasileostrovsky and Elagin Ostrov’’. Ghana Journal of Geography, Vol. 1, 2009. pp 67-78