Clifford Amoako

Planning

About

Clifford Amoako (PhD) is a Professor of Urban Planning at the Department of Planning. As an urban planning academic and professional, Clifford is passionate about the development of African cities. He holds a PhD in Geography and Environmental Science from Monash University (Australia), MPhil and BSc (Planning) from KNUST. His current teaching and research activities are in urban planning and governance, informal urbanization, urban flood vulnerability; transportation planning and poverty reduction.Clifford has been involved in a number of international research collaborations. Notable among these includes, his involvement with The World Bank’s Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) to evaluate Urban Resilience in Accra, Ghana. He was also involved in the Deltas, Vulnerability and Climate Change: Migration and Adaptation (DECCMA) project in Ghana; aimed at building the resilience of vulnerable populations in the Volta Delta. The project was funded by Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID). Prof. Amoako was also key in the SECO funded EPFL-KNUST Capacity Building in Urban Mobility and Transportation (CUMT) collaboration, which has produced a number of on-going research projects in urban transportation, and a master’s program in Transportation Planning at the Department of Planning, KNUST.For over 2 decades, Clifford has provided consultancy services in urban and rural transport planning, strategic regional development planning, social impact assessment (SIA) and resettlement action plans (RAP) associated with infrastructure projects and climate change impact studies. He has also been involved in environmental impact studies for projects being implemented by some international institutions including the European Union, World Bank and the UN Habitat. He has been involved with others in providing consultancy services in the planning and implementation of numerous development projects in Ghana and other West African Countries. The results of many of his research projects and consultancy services have been disseminated through academic papers and conference presentations. He has over 100 research and working papers and consultancy reports on urban planning issues to his credit.Prof. Amoako is a Fellow and former Vice President of the Ghana Institute of Planning (GIP). He is also a Member of the Commonwealth Association of Planners. Email: camoako.cap@knust.edu.ghORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9751-3037Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Clifford AmoakoAcademia.edu: https://knust.academia.edu/CliffordAmoakoGoogle Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=E7Js0xMAAAAJ&hl=en

Research Summary

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The researcher has made significant contributions across multiple domains, focusing on themes such as urban development and disaster management, flood risk assessment, transport safety, environmental adaptation, and gender roles. Their work emphasizes the interconnected nature of these areas within social and physical sciences, highlighting key challenges and innovative approaches to addressing them.

Research Themes

All (58 Papers)

Physical Sciences (12 Papers)

Social Sciences (44 Papers)

Life Sciences (2 Papers)

All Papers

The three-dimensional causes of flooding in Accra, Ghana(2014)

Brutal presence or convenient absence: The role of the state in the politics of flooding in informal Accra, Ghana(2016)

Flood vulnerability and coping mechanisms around the Weija Dam near Accra, Ghana(2018)

Informality and the politics of urban flood management(2023)

Emerging resilience to urban flooding in low-income communities(2023)

Urban Sprawl And The Loss Of Peri-Urban Land In Kumasi, Ghana(2014)

The production of flood vulnerability in Accra, Ghana: Re-thinking flooding and informal urbanisation(2017)

Build as you earn and learn: informal urbanism and incremental housing financing in Kumasi, Ghana(2016)

SLUM IMPROVEMENT IN THE KUMASI METROPOLIS, GHANA: A REVIEW OF APPROACHES AND RESULTS(2011)

Emerging grassroots resilience and flood responses in informal settlements in Accra, Ghana(2017)

From the seat of a traditional Kingdom to a Garden city: the socio-spatial politics of managing green areas in Kumasi, Ghana(2018)

What the state does but fails: Exploring smart options for urban flood risk management in informal Accra, Ghana(2020)

Complex twist of fate: The geopolitics of flood management regimes in Accra, Ghana(2019)

Spatial expansion and patterns of land use/land cover changes around Accra, Ghana – Emerging insights from Awutu Senya East Municipal Area(2021)

The changing face of Kumasi central, Ghana(2019)

Planning by (mis)rule of laws: The idiom and dilemma of planning within Ghana’s dual legal land systems(2019)

The fate of urban wetlands in Kumasi: An analysis of customary governance and spatio-temporal changes(2021)

Becoming Vulnerable to Flooding: An Urban Assemblage View of Flooding in an African City(2020)

The geography of urban poverty in Kumasi, Ghana(2020)

Spaces of market politics: Retailscapes and modernist planning imaginaries in African cities(2020)

Compliance, resistance and innovations: reflections of informal traders’ responses to kejetia redevelopment in central Kumasi, Ghana(2021)

Planning Corruption or Corrupting Planning?(2021)

Dimensions of spatial inequalities in Ghanaian cities(2015)

Residents’ Awareness and Attitude Towards Urban Wetlands in Accra, Ghana: Implications for Sustainable Urban Development(2024)

Exploring the street economy in African cities: A review of practices, regulatory policies, and challenges of urban governance in Ghana(2024)

Subjective or objective ideal housing? Determinants of housing choice of translocal migrants in the Ghanaian urban context(2025)

Flood vulnerability and responses in urban informal communities in Accra, Ghana(2017)

Urban governance and the implementation of major infrastructure projects in Kumasi, Ghana(2022)

Shades of informality: taxonomy and operational characteristics of informal economic activities in central Kumasi, Ghana(2023)

How informal ties matter: encroachment on road reservations along the Kumasi–Accra highway in Ghana(2023)

Regionalism and Urban Development Planning in Africa: Towards A Collaborative Framework for Decentralized Planning in Ghana(2013)

Urban Infrastructure Design and Pedestrian Safety in the Kumasi Central Business District, Ghana(2013)

Gender disparities in rural accessibility and mobility in Ghana(2019)

Effects of COVID-19 on Urban Mobility and Public Space Use in Kumasi, Ghana(2022)

Transport investments and the changing space economy in Kumasi, Ghana(2024)

A fuzzy synthetic evaluation of transportation satisfaction among translocal migrants across Ghana’s urban spaces(2025)

Landscape Transformations in Rapidly Developing Peri-urban Areas of Accra, Ghana: Results of 30 years(2019)

Urban travel patterns and safety among school children around Accra, Ghana(2019)

The effectiveness of rumble strips installations in speed reduction along major highways in Ghana – The case of N1 highway(2022)

The politics of artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASM) in the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area of Ghana(2021)

From Gold Coast to Ghana: Changing political economy of mining towns(2018)

Survival now, sustainability later: the emerging artisanal mining and the dying agricultural livelihoods in the Akyem Abuakwa traditional area of Ghana(2022)

Flood Responses and Attachment to Place Within Low-Income Neigbourhoods in Kumasi, Ghana(2021)

Fire risks management in emerging Ghanaian cities: land use planning responses for siting petrol and gas stations in the Tamale Metropolis(2021)

Customary land ownership and land use change in Kumasi: An issue of chieftaincy sustenance?(2022)

Does the gender of nurses matter to patients? A qualitative analysis of gender preferences of patients(2023)

A view of migrant women's “right to the city” through the lens of translocality(2023)

Transportation–Translocality Nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Implications for Sustainable Livelihoods and Development: A Systematic Review(2023)

Mobility dynamics of transmigrants and their implications on socioeconomic development: insights from the Nkoranza South municipality of Ghana(2025)

Resourcing local government in Ghana: the potential of volunteering to deliver basic services(2021)

Mobilizing Internally Generated Funds by Local Governments in Ghana(2021)

Mobilizing Internally Generated Funds by Local Governments in Ghana(2022)

Future-proofing cities against negative city mobility and public health impacts of impending natural hazards: a system dynamics modelling study(2025)

Climate Variability and Communities' Vulnerability along Ghana's Coastline(2020)

Living on the Edge: Coastal Erosion and Landlessness in Keta, Ghana(2023)

Transportation and Translocality in the Era of Climate Change and Sustainable Development(2024)

Motorcyclists’ Red-light Behavior at Signalized Intersections in the Accra Metropolis, Ghana(2025)

Managing the wet and dry – local adaptation mechanisms for climate change in the Tamale Metropolis, Ghana(2025)

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