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Research

Transport, Tourism and Recreation Management Study Group

Research Areas:

Modal Choices; Modal Competition; Accessibility; Complementarities; Okada Issues; Road Traffic Crashes And Accidents; Spread Of Transportation Networks; Intercity Transport Operations; Traffic Congestion and Productivity in Urban Areas; Transportation Regulation Issues; Safety Issues; Transportation Terminals; Transportation and Regional Development; Transportation and Urban Form; Alternative Transportation; Green Transportation; Sustainable Tourism Development; Domestic Tourism, Pro-Poor Tourism, Eco-Tourism, Niche Tourism Development, Tourism and Bio-Diversity, NGOs and Tourism; Tourism Marketing; Tourism and the Environment; Sports and Health Tourism; Cultural Tourism; NTOs and Tourism Development; Sex Tourism; Tourism Resource Development

Members:

  • Dr. Gabriel Eshun – Chairman
  • Dr. Alex Yao Segbefia
  • Mr. Foster Frempong
  • Dr. (Mrs.) M. Charlotte Mensah
  • Mrs. Lawrencia Pokuah Siaw

 

Population, Health and Gender Study Group

Research Areas:

Migration; Fertility; Mortality; Reproductive Health; Adolescent Reproductive Health; Gerontology; Child Health; Child Labour; HIV/AIDS; Gender Mainstreaming; Factors Influencing Populations; Utilisation and Access to Maternal Care, NHIS and Health Financing; HIV/Aids, STIs & STDs and Infectious Diseases; Orthodox and Traditional Health Systems; Spatial Distribution of Health Facilities, Non-.Communicable Diseases.

Members:

  • Dr. Seth Agyemang      - Chairman
  • Mr. Kabila Abass
  • Dr. (Mrs.) Eva Tagoe-Darko
  • Prof. Dr. Dr. Daniel Buor
  • Dr. (Mrs.) Charlotte M. Mensah
  • Joseph Yaw Yeboah

 

Sustainable Livelihoods, Local Governance and Poverty Study Group

Research Areas:

Poverty Perceptions; Poverty Reduction Strategies; SDGs and Poverty Reduction; Poverty Profiling; Poverty Mapping; Livelihood Security; Livelihood Portfolios; Sustainable Livelihoods, Global and Local Shocks; NGOs and Poverty Alleviation; Micro-Finance and Poverty Reduction; Rural and Urban Poverty Issues; Artisanal Fishing, Participation of Women in Local Governance; Fiscal Decentralisation; Local Governance Institutions; Chieftaincy and Local Governance; Power Relations in Rural and Urban Governance; Rural and Urban Infrastructure for Development; Mobilisation; Migration Studies and Natural Resource Governance.

Members:

  • Dr. Prince Osei-Wusu Adjei – Chairman
  • Mr. Kwadwo Afriyie
  • Dr. Alexander Yao Segbefia
  • Dr. Seth Agyemang
  • Dr. David Forkuor
  • Dr. Dacosta Aboagye
  • Mr. Joseph Yaw Yeboah
  • Mr. Felix Asante

 

Climate Change, Environmental Hazards and Disaster Study Group

Research Areas:

Flooding and Post Flood Coping Mechanisms; Mitigation and Adaptation; Hazard Mapping; Vulnerability Mapping; Conflicts and Conflict Resolution; Hydrological Hazards; Bio-Physical; the Work of NADMO and Other Hazard Response Institutions; Climate Variability; Agriculture and Food Security; Climate Change and Water Resources; Barriers to Coping, Adaptation and Mitigation; Gendered Spaces of Climate Change; Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Adaptation; Institutional Preparedness and Capacity; Energy and Climate Change

Members:

  • Dr. Dacosta Aboagye – Chairman
  • Mr. Divine Odame Appiah
  • Mr. Abass Kabila
  • Dr. Gabriel Eshun
  • Dr. Seth Agyemang
  • Mr. Emmanuel Garsonu
  • Mrs. Lawrencia Pokuah Siaw
  • Mr. Felix Asante

 

Geomorphology and Biogeography Study Group

Research Areas:

Coastal Management; Coastal Erosion; Fluvial Geomorphology; Wetlands Management; Sedimentology; Integrated Basin Management; GIS Applications and Coastal Geomorphology

Members:

  • Mr. Divine Odame Appiah – Chairman
  • Dr. Dacosta Aboagye

 

Environment, Water and Sanitation Study Group

Research Areas:

Mining And Land Degradation; Gender and Environment; Water Supply, Access and Utilisation; Water Related Diseases; Solid and Liquid Waste Management; Sanitation Issues in Closed Basins; Institutional Responses to Waste; Public-Private Waste Management; Reuse, Recycling, and Reducing Waste; Water Quality Analysis; Watershed Management; Water Shortages and Health Issues; ; Oil Exploration and Coastal Livelihoods.

Members:

  • Mr. Divine Odame Appiah - Chairman
  •  Mr. Abass Kabila
  • Mr. Joseph Yaw Yeboah
  • Dr. David Forkuor
  • Dr. Dacosta Aboagye