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Martin Oteng-Ababio

Martin Oteng-Ababio
Professor
moteng-ababio@ug.edu.gh
+233 244 382 281

Education:
Ph. D
Department of Geography and Resource Development
University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
M. A.
Department of Geography and Resource Development
University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
B. A. (Honours)
Department of Geography and Resource Development
University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

 

Specialised Areas of Teaching:
Urban Studies
Urban Environmental Management
Disaster Risk Reduction

 

Courses Being Taught:
GEOG 104: Geography of the Tropical World
GEOG 201: Introduction to Geographic Thought
GEOG 403: Geography of the Developing World
GEOG 414: Cities in Economic Development & problems of urban Management.
GEOG 433: Theories and Analytical Methods for Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction (IDRR)
GEOG 446: Policies and strategies for integrated Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDR)

 

Research Interest

  • Urbanisation and Urban Development
  • Urban Environmental Health and Management
  • Urban Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Urban Informality Economy
  • Urban Housing and Infrastructure Service Provision

 

Research Activities

  • 1997-1998 Access to Health Care Delivery in Greater Accra Metropolitan Area. MPhil degree research study at the Department of Geography and Resource Development, University of Ghana.
  • 2003-2007 Solid Waste Management in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area Ghana. PhD degree research study at the Department of Geography and Resource Development, University of Ghana.
  • 2009-2011 Hulking Hazards: Exploring Fire Risk Vulnerabilities in Ghanaian Markets- A Case Study of Makola and Kumasi Central Markets. This study is funded by African Urban Risk Analysis Network (AURAN) and Periperi U. It was carried out with Osman Alhassan (Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana)
  • 2010-2011 Mapping the Invisible and Real African Economy: Urban E-Waste Circuitry. A collaborative study undertaken with Richard Grant (Department of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Miami, USA).
  • 2010-2011 Impact Assessment Review of Disaster Risks. This study was carried out with Kwadwo Owusu (Department of Geography and Resource Development, University of Ghana) under a broader project on Scoping and Impact Assessment Review Study for an Integrated Approach to Broadening Climate Change Adaptation into Sectoral Development. It was commissioned and funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Africa Adaptation Programme.
  • 2010-2011         Infrastructure for Urban Housing in Ghana. This project is funded by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
  • 2010-2012 AMA Urban Community Profile: Korle Gonno. This is a 3-year study involving three institutions/organisations: Earth Institute/Columbia University, University of Ghana (Department of Geography and Resource Development), and Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA). The study was funded by Millennium Cities Initiative (MCI), New York.
  • 2011-2012 Downgrading – an Overlooked Reality in African Cities: Reflections from an Indigenous Neighborhood of Accra, Ghana. The study was funded by the Millennium Cities Initiative. It was carried out jointly with Grant, R. (Department of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Miami, USA), Melara, Jose Ernest, and Ayele, Bethlehem (both from Earth Institute/Columbia University).
  • 2012-2013  Nature’s Impartiality, Human’s Ingenuity: Reflections on E-waste Recycling, Environmental Health and Food Security Nexus at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. This study is funded by the Global Development Network (GDN), Hungary. It was jointly carried out with Mary A. Chama (Department of Chemistry, University of Ghana)
  • 2012-2016  RurbanAfrica: Connections between Rural Areas and Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is EU funded research project (Grant No. 290732) involving 9 universities in Africa and Europe. The study is being carried out in 4 African countries: Ghana, Rwanda, Tanzania and Cameroun.
  • 2013-2015 Exploring Crime and Poverty Nexus in Urban Ghana. This 3-year research is funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). It is a collaborative research between ISSER and the Department of Geography and Resource Development, University of Ghana, Legon.
  • 2014-2015 E-waste Processing, Health and Food Security at Agbogbloshie Market in Accra, Ghana. Lead author of a 2-year research funded by Office of Research, Innovation and Development (ORID) - University of Ghana with George Owusu (ISSER) and Mary Chama (Department of Chemistry).
  • 2016- 2020        Sustainable Market Actors for Responsible Trade (SMART) European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 693642. The ‘maximum grant Amount’ is EUR 2,491,210.00 (two million four hundred and ninety-one thousand two hundred and ten EURO). It is a collaborative research between University of Oslo Faculty of Law legal  Studies, and several other institutions including University of Ghana.
  • 2018- 2022      Climate change resilience in urban mobility, funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC); DFC File No. 17-01-KU. The maximum amount is DKK 9,816,194; a Collaborative research between University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, and University of Ghana.

 

Publications

Articles in Refereed Journals

  • 2019  Smaddar, S; Ayaribilla, A. J., Oteng-Ababio, M; Dapilla and Yokomatsu, M (2019) Stakeholders’ Perceptions on Effective Community Participation in Climate Change Adaptation: Combating Climate Change by Adaptation. (Ed) Sustainable Solutions for Food Security DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-77878-5_18
  • 2018  Frimpong L. K, Oteng-Ababio, M, Owusu, G. and and Wrigley-Asante, C. Public Confidence in the Police: Tests of Instrumental and Expressive Models in a Developing country city. Police Practice and Research: An International Journal Police Practice and Research: https://doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2018.1525380
  • 2018  Oteng-Ababio, M; Owusu, G and Asafo, D. M. Following in the footsteps: Urbanisation of Wa Municipality and its synergism in risk accumulation, uncertainties and complexities in urban Ghana. Journal of Disaster Risk Studies
  • 2018  Frimpong L. K, Oteng-Ababio, M, Owusu, G. and and Wrigley-Asante, C. Collective efficacy and fear of crime in urban neighbourhoods in Ghana; Safer Communities DOI 10.1108/SC-06-2017-0024
  • 2018   Oteng-Ababio, M; Tanle, A., Amoah, S. T.; Louis, KF. Kose, E. A and Bagson, E. ‘Informal Exceptionalism?’ Labour Migrants’ Creative Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Livelihoods in Accra, Ghana. Journal of Asian and African Studies 1–16 https: Ds:O//dIo: i1.o0r.g1/107.171/0770/201092109069168178788996
  • 2018 Alhassan, H, Asante F. A; Oteng-Ababio, M and Bawakyillenuo, S.  "Application of theory of planned behaviour to households’ source separation behaviour in Ghana", Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, Vol. 29 Issue: 4, pp.704-721, https://doi.org/10.1108/MEQ-10-2017-0122
  • 2018  Oteng-Ababio, M Institutional (in)congruence: (re)envisioning a prognosis of waste tragedy in Ghanaian cityscape – a journey through history (1950 – 2016) (In press).
  • 2018 Oteng-Ababio, M Crossing conceptual boundaries: re-envisioning coordination and collaboration among women for sustainable livelihoods in Ghana, Local Environment, doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2017.1418847
  • 2018   Oteng-Ababio, M. ‘Geographies of ethics and the quest for a sustainable solid waste management policy in Ghana’ Terroitory, Politics, Governance (in print)
  • 2017 Alhassan, H, Asante F. A; Oteng-Ababio, M and Bawakyillenuo, S. Do socio-psychological factors influence households’ willingness-to-pay for improved solid waste management services? Evidence from Ghana International Journal Green Economics, Vol. 11, Nos. 3/4.
  • 2017  Oteng-Ababio, M., Smout, I. Esson, J and Amankwaah, F. E. The divergence between acceptability of municipal services and urbanization in developing countries: insights from Accra and Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana, Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography, Vol. 117, No. (2), Pages 142-154 DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2017.1331745
  • 2017  Oteng-Ababio, M, Mariwah, S and Kusi, L.  Is the underdevelopment of northern Ghana a case of environmental determinism or governance crisis? Ghana Journal of Geography Vol. 9, No. (2) (Special Issue), Pages 5-39
  • 2017 Oteng-Ababio, M, New wines, old bottles? Cities in the global South and the Sustainable Development Goals, Ghana Journal of Geography, Vol. 9, No. (2) (Special Issue), 2017 Pages 175–196
  • 2017 Oteng-Ababio, M; Owusu-Sekyere, E and Amoah S. T. Landfill externalities and property values dilemma – emerging insights from three Ghanaian cities. Journal of Contemporary African Studies DOI: 10.1080/02589001.2017.1342785
  • 2017 Oteng-Ababio, M; Owusu-Sekyere, E and Amoah S. T. Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: Formalizing Informal Solid Waste Management Practices in Ghana; Journal of Developing Societies Vol. 33, No. (1) Pages 1–25: DOI: 10.1177/0169796X17694517
  • 2017 Oteng-Ababio, M., Smout, I. and Yankson, P.W.K. Poverty Politics and Governance of Potable Water Services: the Core–Periphery Syntax in Metropolitan Accra, Ghana; Urban Forum; doi:10.1007/s12132-017-9301-8
  • 2016  Oteng-Ababio, M., ‘The Oil is Drilled in Takoradi, but the Money is Counted in Accra’: The Paradox of Plenty in the Oil City, Ghana. Journal of Asian and African Studies 1–17. DOI: 10.1177/0021909616677371
  • 2016  Oteng-Ababio, M; Owusu, G, Wrigley-Asante, C and Owusu, A Y; Longitudinal analysis of crime trends and patterns in Ghana (1980–2010): A new perspective, African Geographical Review, DOI: 10.1080/19376812.2016.1208768
  • 2016 Oteng-Ababio, M. Was ‘Black Wednesday’ avoidable? The Melcom disaster in Accra puts a generation on trial" Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, Volume 37, No. (3), Pages 401–417
  • 2016 Grant, R and Oteng-Ababio, M. The Global Transformation of Materials and the Emergence of Informal ‘Urban Mining’ in Accra, Ghana, Africa Today Vol. 62, No. (4) (Summer 2016), Pages 3-20
  • 2016 Owusu, G; Owusu, A. Y; Oteng-Ababio, M; Wrigley-Asante, C; and Agyapong Y. An Assessment of Households' Perceptions of Private Security Companies and Crime in Urban Ghana, Crime Science, DOI 10.1186/s40163-016-0053-x
  • 2016 Oteng-Ababio, M; Owusu, G; Owusu, A. Y; and Wrigley-Asante, C; Geographies of crime and collective efficacy in urban Ghana, Territory, Politics, Governance, Vol. 5, No. (4), Pages 459-477
  • 2016  Owusu, G; Oteng-Ababio, M; Owusu A, Y.; and Wrigley-Asante, C, Can Poor Neighbourhoods be Correlated with Crime? Evidence from Urban Ghana, Ghana Journal of Geography, Vol 8 (1) Special Issue, 2016, Pages 11-31
  • 2016 Wrigley-Asante, C; Owusu, G; Oteng-Ababio, M and Owusu, A, Y. Poverty and Crime: Uncovering the Hidden Face of Sexual Crimes in Urban Low-Income Communities in Ghana. Ghana Journal of Geography, Vol. 8. No. (1), Pages 32-50.
  • 2016  Oteng-Ababio, M. Beyond Poverty and Criminalization: Splintering Youth Groups and ‘Conflict of Governmentalities’ in Urban Ghana. Ghana Journal of Geography, Vol. 8, No. (1) (Special Issue), Pages 53-80
  • 2015    Samaddar, S; Yokomatsu, M, Dayour, F; Oteng-Ababio, M, Dzivenu, T; Adams, M and Ishikawa H Evaluating Effective Public Participation in Disaster Management and Climate Change Adaptation: Insights from Northern Ghana Through a User-Based Approach, Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy, Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 117–143,
  • 2015  Oteng-Ababio, M and Agyeman, E. The Okada War in Urban Ghana: A polemic issue or policy mismatch? African Studies Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. (4), Pages 1 – 20.
  • 2015 Owusu, G; Wrigley-Asante, C; Oteng-Ababio, M and Owusu, A. Y. Crime prevention through environmental manifestations in Accra and Kumasi, Ghana. Crime Prevention and Community Safety; Vol. 17, 249 – 269. DOI: 10.1057/cpcs.2015.8
  • 2015 Oteng-Ababio, M., Owusu-Sekyere, E., Ohene, S.K. Exploring the realities of resilience: Case study of Kantamanto Market fire in Accra, Ghana. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2015.02.005
  • 2015  Oteng‐Ababio, M. Owusu, G. and Chama, M. Intelligent enterprise: wasting, valuing and re‐valuing waste electrical and electronic equipment. The Geographical Journal, DOI: 10.1111/geoj.12140.
  • 2015 Oteng-Ababio, M. and Arthur, I.K. (Dis)continuities in Scale, Scope and Complexities of the Space Economy: the Shopping Mall Experience in Ghana. Urban Forum, DOI: 10.1007/s12132-014-9249-x.
  • 2015 Oteng-Ababio, M. and Sarpong, A.O. Fire risk reduction through a community-based risk assessment: reflections from Makola Market, Accra, Ghana. Disasters, DOI: 10.1111/disa.12116.
  • 2014  Chama, M. A., Amankwaa, E. F. and Oteng-Ababio, M. Trace metal levels of the Odaw river sediments at the Agbogbloshie e-waste recycling site. Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 34, No. (1), Pages 1-8.
  • 2014  Samaddar, S., Yokomatsu, M., Dzivenu, T., Oteng-Ababio, M., Rahaman, M. A., Dayour, F. and Ishikawa, H. Assessing Rural Communities Concerns for Improved Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Northern Ghana. Journal of Disaster Research Vol. 9, No. (4), Pages 529-540.
  • 2014 Oteng-Ababio, M. Making Space: Unraveling the Urban Poor's Engagement with Electronic Waste in Accra, Ghana. Ghana Journal of Sociology Vol. 5, No. (1), Pages 40-61.
  • 2014 Owusu, G. and Oteng-Ababio, M. Moving unruly contemporary urbanism toward sustainable urban development in Ghana by 2030. American Behavioral Scientist (ABS) Special Issue, DOI: 10.1177/0002764214550302
  • 2014 Oteng-Ababio, M. The reality and dilemma in using community risk assessment as a disaster risk reduction tool in Ghana. Journal of Natural Disaster Science, Vol. 35, No. (1), Pages 21-34.
  • 2014  Oteng-Ababio, M. Rethinking waste as a resource: insights from a low-income community in  Accra, Ghana. City, Territory and Architecture, Vol. 1, No. (10), Pages 1-14.
  • 2014  Oteng-Ababio, M. and Amankwaa, E.F. The e-waste conundrum: balancing evidence from the North and on-the ground developing countries realities for improved management. African Review of Economics and Finance, Vol. 6, No (1), Pages 181-204.
  • 2014  Oteng-Ababio, M., Amankwaa, E.F. and Chama, M.A. The local contours of scavenging for e-waste and higher-valued constituent parts in Accra, Ghana. Habitat International, Vol.43, Pages 163-171.
  • 2014 Oteng-Ababio, M., Chama, M.A. and Amankwaa, E.F. Qualitative analysis of the presence of PBDE in ashes, soils and vegetables from Agbogbloshie e-waste recycling site. Journal of Environmental Research and  Management, Vol. 5, No (4), Pages 071-080.
  • 2014 Oteng-Ababio, M. “Guilty with explanation”: rethinking the destiny of landfills in a Millennium City in Ghana. Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, Vol. 25, No. (2), Pages 200-215.
  • 2014 Oteng-Ababio, M. and Melara, J.E.A. Paradigm of Mediocrity: Poverty and Risk Accumulation in Urban Africa – The Case of Korle Gonno, Accra. Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability Vol. 7, No. (1), Pages 45-61.
  • 2013 Oteng-Ababio, M. More Rhetoric or Less Action: Digging into Urban Health Vulnerabilities- Insights from Urbanizing Accra. GeoJournal . DOI  10.1007/s10708-013-9498-
  • 2013 Oteng-Ababio, M. and Wrigley-Asante, C. Globalisation and Homosexuality in Ghana: Modernity or Immorality? Contemporary Journal of African Studies, Vol. 1, No (1), Pages 79-104.
  • 2013 Oteng-Ababio, M. ‘Prevention is Better than Cure’: Assessing Ghana's Preparedness (Capacity) for Disaster Management. Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, Vol. 5, No (2), Pages 1-11.
  • 2013 Oteng-Ababio, M. Unscripted (In) Justice: Exposure to Ecological Hazards in Metropolitan Accra. Environment and Planning A Vol. 45, No (5), Pages 1199-1218.
  • 2013 Oteng-Ababio, M., Melara, J.E., and Gabbay, O. Solid Waste Management in African Cities: Sorting the Facts from the Fads in Accra, Ghana. Habitat International, Vol. 39, Pages 96-104.
  • 2013 Melara, J.E., Grant, R., Oteng-Ababio, M. and Ayele, B. Downgrading – An Overlooked Reality in African Cities: Reflections from an Indigenous Neighborhood of Accra, Ghana. Applied Geography, Vol. 36, Pages 23-30.
  • 2012 Oteng-Ababio, M. When Necessity Begets Ingenuity: Scavenging for Survival in a Globalizing City.  African Studies Quarterly Vol. 13, Issues 1 & 2
  • 2012 Oteng-Ababio, M. Is Trading in Used Computers Creating a Digital Dump? Reflections from Tertiary Institutions in Ghana. Journal of Geography and Regional Planning, Vol. 5, No (8), Pages 222-235.
  • 2012 Oteng-Ababio, M. The Legal and the Reasonable: Exploring the Dynamics of E-waste Disposal Strategies in Ghanaian Households. Journal of US-China Public Administration, Vol. 9, Vol. (1), Pages 38-52.
  • 2012 Oteng-Ababio, M. and Agyeman, E. Virtue Out of Necessity? Urbanisation, Urban Growth and Okada Services in Accra, Ghana. Journal of Geography and Geology Vol. 4, No (1), Pages 148-169
  • 2012 Grant, R. and Oteng-Ababio M. Mapping the Invisible and Real African Economy: Urban E-Waste Circuitry. Urban Geography, Vol. 33, No (1), Pages 1-21.
  • 2012 Agyei-Mensah, S. and Oteng-Ababio, M. Perceptions of Health and Environmental Impacts of E-waste Management in Ghana. International Journal of Environmental Health Research Vol. 22, No (6), Pages 500-517.
  • 2012    Oteng-Ababio, M. The Role of the Informal Sector in Solid Waste Management in the GAMA,
  • Ghana: Challenges and Opportunities. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Vol. 103, No (4), Pages 412-425.
  • 2012 Owusu, G., Oteng-Ababio, M. and Afutu-Kotey L. R. Conflicts and Governance of Landfills in a Developing Country City, Accra. Landscape and Urban Planning Vol. 104, No (1), Pages 105-113.
  • 2011 Oteng-Ababio, M. Beyond Technical Details: The stalled Kwabenya Engineered Sanitary Landfill Project in Accra, Ghana. Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography Vol. 111, No (2), Pages 169-179.
  • 2011 Oteng-Ababio, M. Neglected Vulnerabilities in a Rapidly Urbanizing City: Reflections on Earthquake Risks in Accra. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment Vol. 27, No (2), Pages 187-205.
  • 2011 Oteng-Ababio, M. Door of Hope or Despair: Students’ Perception of Distance Education at University of Ghana. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education Vol. 12, No (3), Pages 241-258.
  • 2011 Oteng-Ababio, M., Owusu, K. and Appeaning-Addo, K. The Vulnerable State of the Ghana Coast: The Case of Faana-Bortianor. Journal of Disaster Risk Studies Vol. 3, No (2), Pages 429-442.
  • 2011 Oteng-Ababio, M. E-waste: The Dark Side of Technology. Environ UCC ENSSA’S, 1:11.
  • 2010 Oteng-Ababio, M. Private Sector Involvement in Solid Waste Management in Ghana: The Case of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA). Waste Management and Research Vol. 28, Pages 322-329.
  • 2010 Oteng-Ababio, M. E-Waste: An Emerging Challenge to Solid Waste Management in Ghana. International Development Planning Review Vol. 32, No (2), Pages 191-206
  • 2010 Oteng-Ababio, M. Missing Links in Solid Waste Management Practices in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) in Ghana. GeoJournal Vol. 76, No (5), Pages 551-560
  • 2010 Oteng-Ababio, M. Solid Waste Management in Ghana: Willingness to Pay for Improved Services. Ghana Geographical Journal Vol. 2, Pages 87-112.
  • 2010 Oteng-Ababio, M. No Ownership, No Commitment - The Bane of Environmental Regulations in Ghana, Ghana Social Science Journal Vol. 7, No. (1), Pages 36-51.
  • Chapters in Books
  • 2018  Grant, R and Oteng-Ababio, M. Electronic Waste Circuitry and Value Creation in Accra, Ghana In Scholvin, S; Black, A Turok, I and Diez, J (eds) Advances in African Economic Social and Political Development" Springer
  • 2018  Owusu A. Y, Owusu, G., Wrigley-Asante, C; Oteng-Ababio, M; Crime and the “poverty penalty” in urban Ghana; in Reducing Urban Violence in the Global South: Towards Safe and Inclusive Cities, edited by Salahub, J. E., Gottsbacher, M., de Boer, J and Zaaroura, M. D. Co-published by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Routledge
  • 2017  Oteng-Ababio, M., Annepu, R., Bourtsalas, A., Intharathirat, R., and Charoenkit, S.. Urban solid waste management. In Rosenzweig, C. Solecki, W. Romero-Lankao, P. Mehrotra, S. Dhakal, S. and Ali Ibrahim S. (eds.), Climate Change and Cities: Second Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316563878.022, pp 553-582
  • 2017  Samaddar, S, Yokomatsu, M, Dayour, F; Oteng-Ababio, M; Dzivenu, T and Ishikawa H. Exploring the Role of Trust in Risk Communication Among Climate-Induced Vulnerable Rural Communities in Wa West District, Ghana; O. 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_14. Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd
  • 2015  Oteng-Ababio, M. Urbanisation, Informality and Environmental Health, in Positioning Ghana: Challenges and Innovations, Nana Araba Apt (ed.), IFRA Publishers.
  • 2015 Oteng-Ababio, M. Technology must seek Tradition: Re-engineering Urban Governance for Sustainable Solid Waste Management in Low-income Neighbourhoods, in Future Directions in Municipal Solid Waste Management in Africa, Romeela Mohee and Thokozani Somelane (eds.), African Institute of South Africa.
  • 2014 Oteng-Ababio, M. Dreaming of 'a Zero Waste City': Lessons from the Operations of 'Kaya Bola' and the Steel Industry in a Millennium City, Accra, Ghana, in Solid Waste Management, Onyanta Adama and Chidi Nzeadibe (eds.), The Nordic African Institute.
  • 2013 Oteng-Ababio, M. Solid Waste Management in Ghana: The Past, the Present and the Future, in Selected Readings in Geography, Owusu, G., Agyei-Mensah, S., Yankson, P.W.K and Attua, E. M (eds.), ISBN 978-9988-626-10-x, Social Sciences Series Vol. 1, Woeli Publishing Services. Pg. 210-229.
  • 2012 Oteng-Ababio, M. Spatial Inequality in Waste Management in a Millennium City: The Nexus Between Governance Poverty, in Environmental Remediation Technologies, Regulations and Safety, Ademir S. F. Araújo (ed.), ISBN: 978-1-62081-995-1, Waste Management: New Research. NOVA Publishers. Pg. 25-51.
  • 2012 Oteng-Ababio, M. Electronic Waste Management in Ghana - Issues and Practices, in Sustainable Development - Authoritative and Leading Edge Content for Environmental Management, Sime Curkovic (ed.), ISBN: 978-953-51-0682-1, InTech. Pg. 149-166
  • 2011 Oteng-Ababio, M. Governance Crisis or Attitudinal Challenges: Collection, Storage and Transportation of Solid Waste in Ghana, in Integrated Waste Management Volume 1 Sunil Kumar (ed.), ISBN 978-953-307-469-6. Intech Open Access Publishers, Croatia. Pg 3-22
  • 2011 .Oteng-Aababio, M Infrastructure for Urban Housing, in Ghana Housing Profile, Tipple, G (ed.), United Nations Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) ISBN No. 978-92-1-132416-7. Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Monograph
  • 2015  Melara, J E, Oteng-Ababio, M, Ayele, B. and Alhassan, A. R.  Ama community upgrading profile – Chorkor – Approaches for remediation and resilience in a coastal community of Accra, Ghana. New York. Millennium Cities Initiative. Earth Institute/Columbia University.
  • 2013  Melara, J E, Grant, R. Oteng-Ababio, M and Ayele, B. Downgrading – an Overlooked Reality in African Cities: Reflections from an Indigenous Neighbourhood of Accra, Ghana. Millennium Cities Initiative. Earth Institute/Columbia University.2015  Medland, L.S. Smout, I., Ngouanet, C., Oteng-Ababio, M., Twarabamenye, E., Lazaro, E., Amekudzie, S. and Fisher, J. Access to services in low income urban communities in Cameroon, Ghana, Rwanda and  Tanzania. In: Shaw, R. (ed). Sustainable Water and Sanitation Services For All in a Fast Changing World: Proceedings of the 37th WEDC International Conference, 15th-19th September 2014, National University of Civil Engineering, Hanoi, Vietnam. Loughborough: WEDC.

 

Refereed Conference Proceedings

  • 2014 Nukpezah, D; Okine, H.A; Oteng-Ababio, M and Ofori, B.D. Electronic waste risk assessment and management in Ghana, EnviroInfo, Proceedings of the 28th EnviroInfo 2014 Conference, Oldenburg, Germany September 10-12, 2014
  • 2015 I. Smout, J. Esson, R. Kiunsi, C. Ngouanet, M. Oteng-Ababio, J. Fisher, A. Yemmafouo, & A. Namangaya (UK) Acceptability of urban water, sanitation, electricity & transport services 38th WEDC International Conference, Loughborough University, UK, 2015 Policy brief
  • 2016  Wrigley-Asante, C, Owusu A. Y, Owusu, G. and Oteng-Ababio, M; Sexual crimes in Ghana: Does poverty play a role? Policy brief Vol. 04/January 2016.
  • 2016 Oteng-Ababio, M; Wrigley-Asante, C, Owusu A. Y ; Owusu, G., Crime and the “poverty penalty” in urban Ghana. Policy brief Vol. 01/July 2016.
  • 2016  Oteng-Ababio, M. Missing links in solid waste management in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area in Ghana. Policy brief Vol. 02/April 2016
  • 2015 Owusu, G., Wrigley-Asante, C; Oteng-Ababio, M; Owusu A. Y. Urban Crime Prevention and Community Social Cohesion: the case of urban Ghana. Policy brief No 02/July 2015.
  • 2015 I. Smout, J. Esson, R. Kiunsi, C. Ngouanet, M. Oteng-Ababio, J. Fisher, A. Yemmafouo, and A. Namangaya (UK) Acceptability of urban water, sanitation, electricity & transport services: Policy brief No 04/September 2015
  • 2015 Oteng-Ababio, M. Geographies of Crime and Collective efficacy in urban Ghana. Policy Brief Vol. 2, 2015
  • 2015 Oteng-Ababio, M. Intelligent enterprise: Wasting and valuing of e-waste equipment in urban Ghana Policy Brief No. 3, July 2015 Newspaper Publications
  • 2018  Oteng-Ababio, M ‘The policy was meant to be a dream, not a nightmare’: The reality of solid waste management architecture in Ghana. The Daily Dispatch – Vol. 44, No 53, Jan 2018
  • 2018  Oteng-Ababio, M ‘The policy was meant to be a dream, not a nightmare’: The reality of solid waste management architecture in Ghana. The Daily Dispatch – Vol. 44, No 54, Jan 2018
  • 2018  Oteng-Ababio, M ‘The policy was meant to be a dream, not a nightmare’: The reality of solid waste management architecture in Ghana. The Daily Dispatch – Vol. 44, No 53, Jan 2018
  • 2018  Oteng-Ababio, M Getting the fundamentals right: are our cities engaged in solid waste collection or management?  The EcoEatch, Vol 1. No 2. March 201 Consultancy Reports/Papers
  • 2017   van der Velden M.; Taylor M. B and Oteng-Ababio, M. Sustainability Hotspots Analysis of the     Mobile Phone Lifecycle. First deliverable: European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 693642…... Interim Report of Findings in Work Package 4.
  • 2016 Owusu G, Owusu, A.Y., Oteng-Ababio, M. and Wrigley-Asante, C. Crime and Poverty nexus in urban Ghana. IDRC/DFID Grant No. 107349-001.
  • 2015 Smout, I.Kiunsi, R., Ngouanet, C., Oteng-Ababio, M., Esson, J., Fisher, J., Yemmafouo, A., and Namangaya, A. Urban residents’ access to water, sanitation, electricity and transport, and the acceptability of services, RurbanAfrica Work Package 4, Report No. 2, 2015, RurbanAfrica, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 2015 Fisher, J., Oteng-Ababio, M., Yemmafouo, A., Ngouanet, C., Lukwale, S., Esson, J., and Smout, I. Mobile telephony services and rural-urban linkages, RurbanAfrica Work Package 4, Report No. 3, 2015, RurbanAfrica, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • 2015 Amankwaa, E. F., Yankson, P. W. K., Esson, J., Gough, K. V., Mensah, P., Oteng-Ababio, M., Mensah, C. A. Settlement report for Kwesimintsim, Sekondi-Takoradi (Ghana). African rural-city connections 2012-2016. SP1 – cooperation, FP7-SSH-2011-2.
  • 2015 Amankwaa, E. F., Yankson, P. W. K., Esson, J., Gough, K. V., Mensah, P., Oteng-Ababio, M., Mensah, C. A. Settlement report for Kojokrom, Sekondi-Takoradi (Ghana). African rural-city connections 2012-2016. SP1 – cooperation, FP7-SSH-2011-2.
  • 2015 Amankwaa, E. F., Yankson, P. W. K., Esson, J., Gough, K. V., Mensah, P., Oteng-Ababio, M., Mensah, C. A. Settlement report for Assakae, Sekondi-Takoradi (Ghana). African rural-city connections 2012-2016. SP1 – cooperation, FP7-SSH-2011-2.
  • 2015 Amankwaa, E. F., Yankson, P. W. K., Esson, J., Gough, K. V., Mensah, P., Oteng-Ababio, M., Mensah, C. A. Settlement report for New Takoradi, Sekondi-Takoradi (Ghana). African rural-city connections 2012-2016. SP1 – cooperation, FP7-SSH-2011-2.
  • 2015 Amankwaa, E. F., Yankson, P. W. K., Esson, J., Gough, K. V., Mensah, P., Oteng-Ababio, M., Mensah, C. A. Settlement report for Anaji, Sekondi-Takoradi (Ghana). African rural-city connections 2012-2016. SP1 – cooperation, FP7-SSH-2011-2.
  • 2015   Oteng-Ababio, M., Owusu, G and Chama, M E-waste Processing, Health and Food Security at     Agbogbloshie Market in Accra, Ghana. ORID Final project report
  • 2014   Oteng-Ababio, M. City level socio-economic indicators, Accra, Ghana. Contribution to Sustainable Development Solution Network (SDSN) launching of indicators and a Monitoring Framework for the Sustainable Development Goals.
  • 2013 Oteng-Ababio, M and Chama, M. Nature’s Impartiality, Human’s Ingenuity: Reflections on E-waste Recycling, Environmental Health and Food Security Nexus at Agbogbloshie, Ghana. Global Development Network (GDN) - Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development.
  • 2012 Melara, J.E. Ayele, B., Grant, R., Kang, S., Sahu, M. and Alhassan, A.R and Oteng-Ababio, M. AMA Urban Community Profile: Korle Gonno: Millennium Cities Initiative - Earth Institute/Columbia University - University of Ghana - Accra Metropolitan Assembly. Accra.
  • 2012 Oteng-Ababio, M and Owusu, K, “Impact Assessment Review of Disaster Risks” in “Scoping and Impact Assessment Review Study for an Integrated Approach to Broadening Climate Change Adaptation into Sectoral Development”. Environmental Protection Agency; the Africa Adaptation Programme.
  • 2012 Oteng-Ababio, M and Osman, A, Hulking Hazards: Exploring Fire Risk Vulnerabilities in Ghanaian Markets. African Urban Risk Analysis Network (AURAN).

 

CONFERENCE/SEMINAR/WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS

  • 2018 Climate change resilience in urban mobility’ Paper Presented at a stakeholders’ meeting at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, August 3, 2018
  • 2018 Regulating toxicity in e-waste in Ghana. Paper Presented at a at a stakeholders’ meeting at Umicore, Brussels, September 27, 2018
  • 2018 Post disaster needs assessments: the principles, prospects and challenges in Africa: Paper Presented at University of Copenhagen, Denmark, August 3, 2018
  • 2018 Determinants of safety and liveability in Kumasi and Tamale Metropolitan Areas in Ghana. Paper Presented at Ghana Geographical Association Conference, Winneba, August 3, 2017
  • 2018 The Waste War in Ghana: The Current Practices, Challenges and Prospects. Paper Presented at Ghana Geographical Association Conference, Winneba, August 3, 201
  • 2017  Criminality of place: Exploring relations between crime and urban form in a developing country. Paper Presented at Ghana Geographical Association Conference, Ho, August 3, 2017
  • 2017  Private Security Organization and Crime Prevention in Ghana’s Urban Space. Paper presented at the Ghana Geographical Association Conference, Ho, August 3, 2017
  • 2017 The Policy was meant to be a dream not a nightmare: Songlines for (in)efficient Environmental Sanitation in Ghana. Paper presented at Ghana Geographical Conference, Ho, August 5, 2017
  • 2017 Sanitation Situation in Ghana. Paper presented at the Inauguration of Tersus Ghana, Environmental Sanitation Think Tank, Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, June 27, 2017
  • 2016  Mapping urban place and Space: Fear of crime and reconfiguration of urban spaces in Tamale. Joint paper presented at the College of Humanities Conference, ISSER, University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, June 18-20, 2015.
  • 2016  The Sustainable Development Goals and the Ghanaian Economy: New Opportunities, Old impediments. Keynote speaker at the Impact Africa Summit on the theme “Africa is Rising” at the Tang Palace Hotel, Accra, July 7, 2016.
  • 2016  Getting the fundamentals right: can the underdevelopment of northern Ghana be a case of environmental determinism of governance crisis? Paper presented at the Ghana Geographical Association (GGA) Conference, Pastoral Centre, Tamale, August 3rd-5th, 2016
  • 2016  Fear of crime in urban Ghana: Some theoretical and policy implications. Joint paper presented at the Ghana Geographical Association (GGA) Conference, Pastoral Centre, Tamale, August 3rd-5th, 2016
  • 2016  Neighbourhoods, collective efficacy and fear of crime: A multi-level study in a developing country city, Ghana. Joint paper presented at the School of Social Science Conference, ISSER, University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, April 14th-15th, 2016
  • 2016  Living in poverty or with poison: the dilemma of disaster risk reduction in Ghana. Paper presented at the College of Humanities Conference, ISSER, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, November 28, 2016.
  • 2016  Electronic recycling in Ghana. A paper presented at a SMART stakeholders meeting in Holland, (De Waag) Hampshire Eden, Amstel 114, March 31, 2016
  • 2016  Tackling rising armed robbery menace in Ghana: assessing the trust deficit between victims and perpetrators. Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Conference, Imperial A, Hilton Hotel, San Francisco, California, March 29-April 2, 2016.
  • 2016  Exploring crime and poverty nexus in urban Ghana: Presentation of project’s key findings. A presentation made at the Sub-Regional Symposium titled Local Strategies against Violence and Crime for Inclusive Urban Governance in West Africa organized by UN-Habitat/ IDRC, Dakar, April 28-29, 2016
  • 2016  Living in poverty or with poison: the dilemma of disaster risk reduction in Ghana. Paper presented at the College of Humanities Conference, ISSER, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, November 28, 2016.
  • 2016  Mapping urban place and Space: Fear of crime and reconfiguration of urban spaces in Tamale. Joint paper presented at the College of Humanities Conference, ISSER, University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, June 18-20, 2015.
  • 2015 Preliminary Results of infrastructure services in Accra and Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assemblies, Ghana. A presentation made at the Joint Work Packages 3 & 4 of the RurbanAfrica Workshop, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 12-16, 2015.
  • 2015  Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) programmes for Tertiary Institutions. Paper presented at a national forum organised by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Capital View Hotel, Koforidua, October 27th -28th, 2015.
  • 2015  Beyond criminalisation: Splintering youth groups and conflict of governmentalities in urban Ghana. Paper presented at the Ghana Geographical Association (GGA) and Ghana Geographical Teachers Association (GGTA) 2015 Annual Conference. Department of Geography and Resource Development, University of Ghana, August 4-8, 2015.
  • 2015  Mapping urban place and Space: Fear of crime and reconfiguration of urban spaces in Tamale. Joint paper presented at the College of Humanities Conference, ISSER, University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, June 18-20, 2015.
  • 2015  ‘Shifting Position with the Shade’: a diagnosis of youth networks, urbanism and violence in Tamale, Ghana A paper presented at the Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA, April 21 - 25, 2015.
  • 2015  Member workshop meeting on Global demonstration and scale up of transformational change towards Planetary Health. Bellagio, Italy, February 24-28, 2015. 
  • 2015  Member workshop meeting on Urban Campaign on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Sustainable Cities Initiative. Organised by Indian Institute for Human Settlement (IIHS), Bangalore, India, January 12-17, 2015
  • 2015  Access to water, sanitation, electricity and transport services in Ghana. Presentation at the Rurban Africa Project Steering Committee Meeting, Ardhi University, Tanzania, January 17-18, 2015.
  • 2014 Privatisation of security: Built-environmental manifestations in Accra and Kumasi, Ghana. A paper presented at 2nd International Urban Design Conference, ICCPP-2014, Colombo, Sri Lanka, October 31-November 2, 2014
  • 2014 Order begets accountability; disorder begins criminality: a fundamentally true reflection of crime geographies in urban Ghana? A paper presented at 2nd International Urban Design Conference, ICCPP-2014, Colombo, Sri Lanka, October 31-November 2, 2014
  • 2014 Crime Prevention through Environmental Design: A New Dawn in Today’s Community. A presentation made at a Stakeholders’ Workshop on Community Safety, Security and Crime Prevention with theme ‘Working towards more effective and sustainable security planning and crime prevention in the Ningo- Prampram communities’, Central University College (CUC), Prampram, July 30, 2014.
  • 2014 Second International Conference on Urban Design Cities, People, and Places - ICCPP 2014. University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, October 31-November 1, 2014.
  • 2014 Solid waste management and climate change in Ghana. A paper presented at the Midterm Authors Workshop of the Second Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN) Assessment Report on Cities and Climate Change (ARC3-2). London, September 28-30, 2014
  • 2014  City indicators of Accra. A paper presented at the member expert group meeting - Consultation on Urban Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Royal Holloway, London, August 22-24, 2014.
  • 2014 Fourth meeting of the Leadership Council of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network - Learning Lessons From Sustainable Urbanization in China and Encouraging Progress through Sustainable Development Goals. Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, May 13-19, 2014.
  • 2014 Longitudinal analysis of trends and patterns of crime in Ghana (1980 - 2010) - A new perspective. A paper presented at the Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Conference, Tampa, Florida, USA April 8 - 12, 2014.
  • 2013 Ensuring Effective Disaster Risk Education in West Africa. A paper presented at the OCHA 2013 Regional Humanitarian Policy Forum for West and Central Africa, Dakar, October 2-3, 2013.
  • 2013 Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN) ARC 3-2 International Initiating Workshop, Columbia University, New York City, 17-19 September, 2013.
  • 2013 International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Inception Workshop on Safe and Inclusive City (SAIC), Ottawa, Canada, September 10-13, 2013.
  • 2013 Member workshop meeting on Second RurbanAfrica Project Workshop, Skovskolen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, July 7-9, 2013.
  • 2013 Member workshop meeting on Sustainable Cities: Inclusive, Resilient, and Connected. Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio Center, Milan, Italy, April 22-25, 2013  
  • 2013 Urban Mine and Expanded Territoriality: Understanding the Dynamics of E-waste Scavenging in Different Geographies. A paper presented at the Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Conference, Los Angeles, California, USA, April 9-13, 2013.
  • 2012 Disaster Management in Ghana: Prospects and Challenges. A Lead Paper (Resource Person) presented at the International Conference on Disaster Management – Reducing Risks and Building Disaster Resilience. Abuja International Conference Centre, Nigeria, December 3-5, 2012.
  • 2012 ‘Prevention is better than cure’: Assessing Ghana’s Preparedness (Capacity) for Disaster Management. Paper presented at the First Biennial Conference of Southern Africa Society for Disaster Reduction, North-west University, Potchefstroom, South Africa, October 10-12, 2012.
  • 2012 Member workshop meeting on First RurbanAfrica Project Workshop, The MS Training Centre in Arusha City, Tanzania, August 29-31, 2012
  • 2012 Travelling in Hope: Is Accra a City of Refuge? Exploring the Dynamics of Youth Migration in Urbanized Ghana. A paper presented at the International Conference on Migration and Development. M Plaza Hotel, Accra, June 19-20, 2012.
  • 2012 E-waste Processing, Health and Food Security at Agbogbloshie Market in Accra, Ghana. A paper presented at the Thirteenth Annual Global Development Network (GDN) Conference for the Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development, Budapest, Hungary, June 14-18, 2012.
  • 2012 The Urban African Interchange within the International E-waste Economy. A paper presented at the Association of America Geographers (AAG) Annual Conference, New York City, USA, February 22-27, 2012.
  • 2012 Climate Change and African Cities: Reality or Rhetoric? A presentation made at Climate Change in African Cities organised by the Department of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Miami, USA, February 21, 2012.
  • 2011 Public-Private Partnership Approach to Plastic Waste Management in Ghana. A paper presented at GIPACs Symposium on Chemical Science Approaches to Plastic Waste Management, Auditorium Science & Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI), Accra, November 24, 2011.
  • 2011  Unscripted (In)Justice: Exposure to Ecological Hazards in Metropolitan Accra. A paper presented at the Third Faculty of Social Studies Colloquium on Academic Policy Divide. University of Ghana Homecoming Celebration. Great Hall, Legon, November 17-18, 2011.
  • 2011 Virtue Out of Necessity? Urbanisation, Urban Growth and Okada Services in Accra, Ghana. A paper presented at Third Faculty of Social Studies Colloquium on Academic Policy Divide. University of Ghana Homecoming Celebration. Great Hall, Legon, November 17-18, 2011.
  • 2011  Is Ghana burning its health away? Reflections of e-waste recycling as a livelihood strategy in a globalised Accra. A paper presented at Tenth International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH), Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Nov 1-4, 2011.
  • 2011 Unequal Exposure to Ecological Hazards in Metropolitan Accra. A paper presented at the Tenth International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH). Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Nov 1-4, 2011.
  • 2011 Economic Boom or Environmental Doom: E-waste Scavenging as a Livelihood Strategy Among the Youth in Accra, Ghana. A paper presented at ECAS 2011- Fourth European Conference on African Studies. African Engagements: On Whose Terms? Uppsala, Sweden, June 15-18, 2011.
  • 2011 Consultative Workshop on the Preparation of a Global Handbook for Urban Flood Risk Management. Coconut Groove Regency Hotel, Accra, May 17-18, 2011.
  • 2011  Workshop on Ghana Housing Sector Profile: Improving Access to Housing in Ghana. La Palm Royal Beach Hotel, Accra, May 11-12, 2011.
  • 2011  The Fourth Urban Platform Workshop. Access to My City: Economy, Services and Shelter. Institute of Local Government studies, Accra, April 5-6, 2011.
  • 2010 International Flow of E-waste to Ghana in a Globalised World. A paper presented at the Second Faculty of Social Studies Colloquium, Noguchi Memorial Institute, Legon, Accra, Nov 15-17, 2010.
  • 2010 Ghana’s Emerging Oil and Gas Industry: The Role of the Geographer. A seminar presentation made at the Department of Geography and Resource Development Student’s Association (GREDSA) Week Celebration, J. K. Nketia Conference Hall, African Studies Complex, Legon, Oct 15, 2010.
  • 2010 Ghana Housing Profile. A presentation made at UN-Habitat Second Stakeholders Consultation Workshop on Improving the Performance of the Housing Sector in Ghana; Airport West Hotel, Accra, Sept 16-17, 2010.
  • 2010 E-waste Management Scenario in Ghana. A paper presented at Ericssion conference on reduced climate footprint through improved, increased and energy efficient recycling of metals and e-scrap in Ghana, Gulf House, Accra, Sept 8, 2010.
  • 2010 Electronic Waste Management in Ghana - Issues and Practices. A paper presented at George Benneh Foundation (GBF) & Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-Ghana) Round table discussion on Recycling of Waste into Industrial Products, March 10, 2010.
  • 2009 Beyond Technical Details: The Stalled Kwabenya Engineered Sanitary Landfill Project in Accra, Ghana. A paper presented at the Eighth International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH), Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC), Nairobi, Kenya, Oct 18-23, 2009.
  • 2009 Missing Links in Solid Waste Management Practices in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA). A paper presented at the Eighth International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH), Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC), Nairobi, Kenya, Oct 18-23, 2009.

 

Editorials

  • 2018    Oteng-Ababio, M. Ensuring sustainable environmental management through proper planning  Oguaa Social Science Journal Vol. 1(2) pp 1- 7.
  • 2017    Oteng-Ababio, M. Sustainable development Ghana Journal of Geography Vol. 9(2) pp. 1-4.
  • 2017 Oteng-Ababio, M. Mainstreaming disaster risk reduction in Ghana. Short course for practitioners in Ghana. Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy. University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast

 

Chapters in Books

  • 2013     Oteng-Ababio, M. Solid Waste Management in Ghana: The Past, the Present and the Future, in Selected Readings in Geography, George Owusu, Samuel Agyei-Mensah, Paul W.K Yankson and Emmanuel M. Attua (Eds.), ISBN 978-9988-626-10-x, Social Sciences Series Vol. 1, Woeli Publishing Services. Pg. 210-229.
  • 2012     Oteng-Ababio, M. Spatial Inequality in Waste Management in a Millennium City: The Nexus Between Governance Poverty, in Environmental Remediation Technologies, Regulations and Safety, Ademir S. F. Araújo (Ed.), ISBN: 978-1-62081-995-1, Waste Management: New Research. NOVA Publishers. Pg. 25-51.
  • 2012     Oteng-Ababio, M. Electronic Waste Management in Ghana - Issues and Practices, in Sustainable Development - Authoritative and Leading Edge Content for Environmental Management, Sime Curkovic (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-51-0682-1, InTech. Pg. 149-166
  • 2011     Oteng-Ababio, M. Governance Crisis or Attitudinal Challenges: Collection, Storage and Transportation of Solid Waste in Ghana, in Integrated Waste Management Volume 1 Sunil Kumar (Ed.), ISBN 978-953-307-469-6. Intech Open Access Publishers, Croatia. Pg 3-22

 

Accepted and Forthcoming

  • 2014     Oteng-Ababio, M. Dreaming of 'a Zero Waste City': Lessons from the Operations of 'Kaya Bola'  and the Steel Industry in a Millennium City, Accra, Ghana, in Solid Waste Management, Onyanta Adama and Chidi Nzeadibe (Eds.), The Nordic African Institute.