Department of Geography and Resource Development - PhD Students https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography/graduate-student-profile/phd-students en Georgette Baaba Atakorah https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography/content/georgette-baaba-atakorah <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong>Education</strong></span><br /> <strong>2006</strong> M.A  (Environmental Science and Policy) Massachusetts, USA</p> <p><strong>2002</strong> BA (Geography and Resource Development) Ghana</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong>Email:</strong></span> <a href="mailto:gyarboi-quayson@st.ug.edu.gh">gyarboi-quayson@st.ug.edu.gh</a></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong>Research Focus:</strong></span> <em>Urban Sprawl and its Consequences on Sustainability in Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Area</em></p> <p>The research examines the current drivers of sprawl within the context of oil boom; examine the risks and vulnerabilities associated with sprawl, as well as its implication on ecosystem change. GIS and Remote Sensing applications are used to measure the urban heat island effect and trends in land use and land cover changes from 2008 – 2018.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-profilepicture field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography/sites/geography/files/styles/medium/public/Georgette%20Baaba_0.jpg?itok=e_hPappo" width="177" height="220" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-level- field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Graduate Level :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/geography/graduate-student-profile/phd-students" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">PhD Students</a></div></div></div> Thu, 16 May 2019 10:50:01 +0000 geog-resource 168 at https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography Eugene Darko Tenkorang https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography/content/eugene-darko-tenkorang <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span style="font-size:16px;">Education</span></p> <p><strong>2014</strong>  MA  (Development Studies), Ghana<br /> <strong>2008</strong>  BA  (Geography and resource Development), Ghana</p> <p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Email: </strong></span><a href="mailto:etdarko@st.ug.edu.gh">etdarko@st.ug.edu.gh</a></p> <p> <span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Research Focus: </strong></span><em><strong>Smallholder farmers Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability.</strong></em></p> <p>The study will examine the effects of climate change on food crop production, the types, the effectiveness of the adaptation strategies and the challenges by the farmers.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-profilepicture field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography/sites/geography/files/styles/medium/public/Eugene%20Tenkorang.jpg?itok=va_5Lde6" width="220" height="174" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-level- field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Graduate Level :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/geography/graduate-student-profile/phd-students" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">PhD Students</a></div></div></div> Fri, 10 May 2019 14:34:26 +0000 geog-resource 154 at https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography Eric Kofi Doe https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography/content/eric-kofi-doe <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Education:</strong></span></p> <p><strong>2006</strong>  Mphil   (Agricultural Economics), Ghana<br /> <strong>2000</strong>  Bsc  (Agriculture Technology), Ghana</p> <p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Email:</strong></span> <a href="mailto:ekdoe@st.ug.edu.gh">ekdoe@st.ug.edu.gh</a></p> <p> <span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Research Focus:</strong></span>  <strong><em>Ecological determinants of cocoa productivity</em></strong><br /> This research investigates the geospatial distribution of Ghanaian cocoa farms in order to identify in-situ ecological/biophysical limiting factors of the crop’s growth. The study result is expected to reveal location-specific inadequacies in cocoa farms e.g. diseased stands, dead soils and nutrient deficient soils. This information will be used to advocate for the manufacturing and adoption of spatially explicit soil amendment technology that can help farmers to increase cocoa yields from their farms.</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Publications</strong></span></p> <p><strong>Doe</strong> et al (2019) Geospatial distribution of soil-borne cocoa black pod disease in Ghana, from 2009-2018 (forthcoming)</p> <p><strong>Doe, E. K.</strong>, Aikins, B. E., Njomaba, E., &amp; Owusu, A. B. (2018). Land Use Land Cover Change within Kakum Conservation Area in the Assin South District from 1991-2015. West African Journal of Applied Ecology.<br /> <strong>Doe, E. K.</strong> (2013). Cocoa Agroforestry Investment in Buffer Zones of a Forest Reserve-The Ghanaian Context. Germany: LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-profilepicture field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography/sites/geography/files/styles/medium/public/Eric%20Kofi%20Doe.jpg?itok=6OI3aRVo" width="220" height="220" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-level- field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Graduate Level :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/geography/graduate-student-profile/phd-students" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">PhD Students</a></div></div></div> Fri, 10 May 2019 14:14:52 +0000 geog-resource 153 at https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography Franklin Bormann https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography/content/franklin-bormann <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Education:</strong></span><br /> <span style="font-size: 13.008px;"><strong>2011</strong> Mphil (Geography and Resource Development), Ghana</span></p> <p><strong>2008</strong> BA (Geography and Resource Development), Ghana</p> <p> <strong><span style="font-size:16px;">Email: </span></strong><a href="mailto:fakbormann@st.ug.edu.gh">fakbormann@st.ug.edu.gh</a></p> <p> <strong><span style="font-size:16px;">Research Focus:</span> <em>Accessibility to health services and maternal mortality in Adaklu district, Ghana.</em></strong><br /> The research focuses on the organization of rural space from the point of view of maternal morbidity and mortality and is aimed at exploring the relationship between maternal mortality patterns and access to maternal health care services whiles drawing the policy implications out of the findings.</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Publications</strong></span></p> <p><strong>Bormann, F.K.A</strong>. (2015) Resident’s Perception of Tourism Development in Rural Ghana: Insights from Three Ecotourism Villages in the Volta Region, Ghana. Journal of Tourism Hospitality and Sports (JHTS) Vol. 5 Pp.13-18</p> <p><strong>Bormann, F.K.A.</strong> (2015) Cultural Tourism and Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Avatime Amu (Rice) Festival in the Volta Region, Ghana. Global Journal of Human-Social Science (GJHSS-C) Vol. 15 (1) Pp. 15-20</p> <p><strong>Bormann, F.K.A.</strong> (2015) Assessing implementation of Knowledge Management Systems in Hotels: the case of Ho, Ghana. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure (AJHTL) Vol. 4(2) pp. 1- 11</p> <p><strong>Bormann, F.K.A</strong>. and Agyeman-Duah, M.O. (2015) Potential of Slum Tourism in Urban Ghana: A case study of Old Fadama (Sodom and Gomorra) slum in Accra. Journal of Social and Development Sciences (JSDS) Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 39 - 45 </p> <p><strong>Bormann, F.K.A.</strong>, Asimah, V.K., and Ahiave, E. (2016) Sources and Availability of Information for Tourists: A study of Ghana. Merit Research Journal of Art, Social Science and Humanities (MRJASSH) Vol. 4 (1) pp. 001 - 005</p> <p><strong>Bormann, F.K.A.</strong>, Adzinyo, O., and Letsa, L. (2015) Safety and Hygiene Status of Street Vended Foods in Ho, Ghana. Journal of Hospitality Management and Tourism (JHMT) Vol. 7 (2) pp 25 -32<br /> Kugbonu, M.A., Adzinyo, O.A., Asimah, V.K. and Bormann, F.K.A. (2018) Event Waste Management: A Study of a Religious Event in Ho. Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Sports      (JTHS) Vol. 33. Pp. 40 — 46</p> <p>Agyeman-Duah, M.O., Nyarko, I.K., <strong>Bormann, F.K.A.</strong>, and Kwame, S. (2016) Effects of packaging on consumer’s choice of pharmaceutical products: A case of local pharmaceutical products in the Ho municipality of Ghana. Journal of International Business and Management (IBJM) Vol. 4 (1) pp. 204 – 21</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-profilepicture field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography/sites/geography/files/styles/medium/public/Franklin%20Bormann.jpg?itok=eHl1HVIT" width="220" height="200" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-level- field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Graduate Level :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/geography/graduate-student-profile/phd-students" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">PhD Students</a></div></div></div> Fri, 10 May 2019 14:10:46 +0000 geog-resource 152 at https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography Sylvester Afram Boadi https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography/content/sylvester-afram-boadi <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Education:</strong></span><br /> <strong>2015</strong>  Mphil.   (Climate Change and Sustainability Development), Ghana<br /> <strong>2012</strong>  BA  (Geography and Resource Development), Ghana</p> <p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Email:</strong></span> <a href="mailto:safram_boadi@st.ug.edu.gh">safram_boadi@st.ug.edu.gh</a></p> <p> <span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Research Focus</strong></span>: <strong><em>The socio-economic potential of agroforestry as an alternative livelihood strategy for cocoa farmers in Ghana.</em></strong><br /> This research uses cost-benefit models to assess how profitable cocoa agroforestry systems are as climate-smart cocoa models for smallholder farming households in Ghana. This research is part of the DANIDA-funded CLIMCOCOA project at the University of Ghana.</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Publications</strong></span><br /> Owusu, K., Darkey, S.K.,<strong> Boadi, S.A</strong>. (2019). El Niño-Southern Oscillation, rainfall variability and sustainable agricultural development in the Ho Municipality, Ghana. Natural Resources Forum, 43(1), 31– 40. DOI:10.1111/1477-8947.12161.</p> <p><strong>Boadi, S.A.</strong>, &amp; Owusu, K. (2019). Impact of Climate Change and Variability on Hydropower in Ghana. African Geographical Review. African Geographical Review, 38 (1), 19–39. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2017.1284598">https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2017.1284598</a></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-profilepicture field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography/sites/geography/files/styles/medium/public/Sylvester%20Afram%20Boadi_0.jpg?itok=MnpclC7B" width="220" height="220" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-level- field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Graduate Level :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/geography/graduate-student-profile/phd-students" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">PhD Students</a></div></div></div> Fri, 10 May 2019 13:48:33 +0000 geog-resource 150 at https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography Jacob Doku Tetteh https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography/content/jacob-doku-tetteh <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Education:</strong></span><br /> <strong>2012</strong> Msc (Petroleum Geoscience), Ghana<br /> <strong>2010</strong>  Bsc (Geomatic Engineering), Ghana</p> <p> </p> <p><strong><span style="font-size:16px;">Email:</span></strong> <a href="mailto:jdtetteh@st.ug.edu.gh">jdtetteh@st.ug.edu.gh</a></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Research Focus:</strong></span> <strong><em>Water use types and qualities in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA)</em></strong></p> <p> This research investigates the institutional and policy framework of water and sanitation in GAMA; the spatial variation of water use types across different socio-economic neighbourhoods and water quality based on water use types with emphasis also on organic contaminants and heavy metals. This research is part of a multi-national project dubbed “Pathways to Equitable Health Cities” with the Water and Sanitation Group. </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Publications</strong></span><br /> Yankson P.W.K., Owusu A.B., Owusu G., Boakye-Danquah J. and <strong>Tetteh J.D.</strong>,2017.Assessment of coastal communities' Vulnerability to floods using indicator-based approach: a case study of Greater Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana, Natural Hazards, 89:2, pp 661 – 689 (2017)<br /> Antwi E. K., Owusu-Banahene Y., Boakye-Danquah J., Mensah R.,<strong> Tetteh, J.D.</strong>, Masafumi N., Takeuchi K., 2017. Sustainability assessment of mine-affected communities in Ghana: towards ecosystems and livelihood restoration, Sustainability Science, 12:5, pp 747 – 767 (2017)</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-profilepicture field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography/sites/geography/files/styles/medium/public/Jacob%20Doku%20Tetteh_0.jpg?itok=cK7Q7A-1" width="220" height="198" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-level- field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Graduate Level :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/geography/graduate-student-profile/phd-students" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">PhD Students</a></div></div></div> Fri, 10 May 2019 13:26:26 +0000 geog-resource 149 at https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography Abubakari Abdallah https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography/content/abubakari-abdallah <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Education:</strong></span><br /> <strong>2013</strong> MA (Democracy, Governance, Law and Development), Ghana<br /> <strong>2001</strong> BA (Economics and Geography and Resource Development), Ghana</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Email:</strong> </span><a href="mailto:aabdallah003@st.ug.edu.gh">aabdallah003@st.ug.edu.gh</a></p> <p> <strong><span style="font-size:16px;">Research Focus</span></strong>: <strong><em>Stakeholders-Response to flooding in Accra: a search for synergies. </em></strong></p> <p> The research is part of the mobility patterns, livelihood strategies and vulnerability sub-theme of the Climate Change Resilience in Urban Mobility in Accra (CLIMACCESS) project under sponsorship of Danida. The sub-theme explores how mobility practices and livelihood strategies of residents are shaped and constrained by reduced or variable accessibility levels and vulnerability related to extreme weather events.</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Professional Experience</strong></span><br /> <strong>Abubakari</strong> comes to the PhD with over fifteen (15) years of experience in International Development in the areas of Democratic Governance, Decentralization, and Human Rights-based Approach to Development.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-profilepicture field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography/sites/geography/files/styles/medium/public/Abubakar%20Abdallah.jpg?itok=WhuzIjFW" width="171" height="220" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-level- field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Graduate Level :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/geography/graduate-student-profile/phd-students" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">PhD Students</a></div></div></div> Fri, 10 May 2019 13:15:53 +0000 geog-resource 148 at https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography Elvis Kyere-Gyeabour https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography/content/elvis-kyere-gyeabour <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Education</strong></span><br /> <strong>2014</strong> Msc  (Environmental science; soil, water and biodiversity), Germany<br /> <strong>2014</strong> Msc  (Agriculture), Germany<br /> <strong>2011</strong> Bsc.  (Environmental Science), Ghana</p> <p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Research Focus</strong></span>: <strong><em> Urban transportation accessibility in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area.</em></strong></p> <p>This research investigates how transportation affects health and health inequalities in cities. This study is under the Pathways to Equitable Healthy Cities (PEHC). PEHC is an international consortium of researchers working in partnership with local policy makers to advance sustainable urban development that supports healthier lives for all.</p> <p><strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mailto:ekyere-gyeabour@st.ug.edu.gh">ekyere-gyeabour@st.ug.edu.gh</a></p> <p><strong>Publications</strong></p> <p>Agyei-Mensah, Samuel &amp; Bawah, Ayaga &amp; <strong>Kyere-Gyeabour, Elvis</strong>. (2018). Challenges of monitoring and developing environmental policy in Sub-Saharan Africa: the case of air pollution and biofuels in Ghana, Toxic News, European Research Council, <a href="https://toxicnews.org/2018/09/03/challenges-of-monitoring-and-developing-environmental-policy-in-sub-saharan-africa-the-case-of-air-pollution-and-biofuels-in-ghana/">https://toxicnews.org/2018/09/03/challenges-of-monitoring-and-developing...</a></p> <p><strong>Kyere-Gyeabour, E</strong>., Neergaard, A. de, Kandeler, E., Rayo S. L. (2014): Increasing Phosphorus (P) availability nin soil using organic wastes and microorganisms - a DGT LA-ICP-MS method comparison with traditional  extraction, ELLS scientific student conference, Bioresources and Green economy, 14th– 15th November, 2014,  University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland</p> <p>Ato-Armah, F. and <strong>Kyere-Gyeabour, E.</strong> (2013): Health Risks to Children and Adults Residing in Riverine Environments where Surficial Sediments Contain Metals Generated by Active Gold Mining in Ghana, Toxicol. Res., Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 69-79, <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5487/TR.2013.29.1.069">http://dx.doi.org/10.5487/TR.2013.29.1.069</a></p> <p><strong>Kyere-Gyeabour, Elvis</strong> (2012): Study of shoreline migration change in Accra using Geographic Information System (GIS), ELLS scientific student conference, Ecosystem and Land Use, 16th-18th November, 2012, University of Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria <a href="https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/fileadmin/einrichtungen/ells/SSC_documents/SSC_BOOKOFABSTRACTsmalll4.pdf">https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/fileadmin/einrichtungen/ells/SSC_documents/...</a></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-profilepicture field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography/sites/geography/files/styles/medium/public/Elvis%20Kyere-Gyeabour_0.jpg?itok=-R8dIKSk" width="170" height="220" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-level- field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Graduate Level :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/geography/graduate-student-profile/phd-students" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">PhD Students</a></div></div></div> Fri, 10 May 2019 13:08:21 +0000 geog-resource 147 at https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography Peter Mensah https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography/content/peter-mensah <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Education:</strong></span><br /> <strong>2014</strong> Mphil (Geography and Resource Development), Ghana<br /> <strong>2011</strong> BA (Geography and Resource Development), Ghana</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Research Focus</strong></span><strong>:</strong> <em> <strong>Mobility and Cultural change: Examining mobile urban residents and their contribution to changing trends and patterns of families in Accra, Ghana</strong>.</em></p> <p>This research investigates the changing urban family structures and how families are connecting due to increasing intra urban mobilities in contemporary times. This research is part of the African Research Universities Alliance’s (ARUA) Mobility and Sociality in Africa’s Emerging Urban project funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mailto:pmensah005@st.ug.edu.gh">pmensah005@st.ug.edu.gh</a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Publication</strong><br /> Wrigley-Asante, C., &amp; <strong>Mensah, P</strong>. (2017). Men and women in trades: changing trends of home-based enterprises in Ga-Mashie, Accra, Ghana. International Development Planning Review, 39(4), 423-441</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-profilepicture field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography/sites/geography/files/styles/medium/public/Peter%20Mensah2.jpg?itok=C1cluohN" width="216" height="220" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-level- field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Graduate Level :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/geography/graduate-student-profile/phd-students" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">PhD Students</a></div></div></div> Fri, 10 May 2019 12:59:28 +0000 geog-resource 146 at https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography Godwin Odikro https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography/content/godwin-odikro <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><strong><span style="font-size:16px;">Education.</span></strong><br /> <b>2014</b>    Mphil (Geography and Resource Development), Ghana.<br /> <b>2011</b>    BA (Geography and Resource Development), Ghana.</p> <p> <span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Research Focus:</strong></span> <span style="font-size:16px;"><em>Mobility of slum dwellers and its effects on residential patterns in Accra, Ghana.</em></span></p> <p>This study investigates the spatio-temporal dynamics in the forms of mobility embarked on by slum dwellers and how these affect their residential patterns. The research is part of the Mobility and Sociality in Africa’s Emerging Urban project funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Email:</strong> <a href="mailto:godikro@st.ug.edu.gh">godikro@st.ug.edu.gh</a></p> <p> <span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Conference Presentations</strong></span></p> <p> <strong>Odikro, G.</strong> &amp; Asiedu, A.B. (2015, November). The Influence of Native and Migrant  Communities on the  Sustainable Development of Coastal Tourism in the Ada East  District of Ghana. Paper presented at Regional Conference on Rapid Environmental  Change and Migration in Coastal Regions, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.</p> <p> <strong>Odikro, G.</strong> &amp; Asiedu, A.B. (2015, August). Shoreline Erosion and Movement along the Ada  East District  Coast: Implications for the Emerging Tourism Industry. Paper presented  at Ghana Geographers Association and Ghana Geographical Teachers Association  2015 Annual Conference, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.</p> <p> </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-profilepicture field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography/sites/geography/files/styles/medium/public/Godwin%20Odikro.jpg?itok=04fAvB4o" width="171" height="220" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-level- field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Graduate Level :&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/geography/graduate-student-profile/phd-students" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">PhD Students</a></div></div></div> Thu, 09 May 2019 13:38:01 +0000 geog-resource 131 at https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography