Prince Aboagye Anokye
Department of PlanningSocial SciencesLife SciencesPhysical Sciences

Prince Aboagye Anokye

13 Publications9 Research Themes9 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus

The researcher's work spans multiple disciplines, addressing diverse yet interconnected themes such as urban development challenges from social sciences to environmental health and public policy. Through studies on seismic impacts, education systems, land use, community inclusion, transport accessibility, and the environment of urban spaces like Ghana's Densu Delta Ramsar site, the focus is on understanding complex interactions between human needs, technology, and natural ecosystems. This integrated approach highlights the researcher's commitment to addressing both social and environmental issues while exploring their societal, policy, and educational dimensions.

Faculty Biography

Prince Aboagye Anokye a Senior Lecturer in Planning joined the Department in 2006. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Planning from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi. He has a Master of Philosophy in Planning, Growth and Regeneration from the University of Cambridge, UK and Postgraduate Diploma in Land Management and Informal Settlement Regularization from IHS at Erasmus University in Rotterdam. He is also a certified Land Governance Expert.He has over 15 years’ experience in teaching, consultancy and research. His research areas include urban administration and management with focus on urban mobility, urban housing, informal settlement upgrading and urban regeneration. He also has expertise in urban planning and management with a bias for urban economics and municipal finance as well as the legal and institutional frameworks for urban planning and management.He is a member of Ghana Institute of Planners (MGIP); Member International Research Group on Law and Urban Space (IRGLUS), a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CMCIH) in the UK, a Fellow of the Cambridge Commonwealth Society (FCCS) and an Alumnus of the Rockefeller Centre, Bellagio. His research and consultancy works have brought him into contact with local and international organisations such as Ministries Departments and Agencies and Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies in Ghana and Sierra Leone, USAID, ILO, UNDP, UN Habitat, EU, IDA such as World Bank. Other organisations he has either worked with or consulted for include COWI, GOPA, VNG International and NORAD.

Key Research Themes (9)
Social Sciences

Community Development and Social Impact

Social Sciences

Education Systems and Policy

Life Sciences

Land Rights and Reforms

Physical Sciences

Land Use and Ecosystem Services

Social Sciences

Microfinance and Financial Inclusion

Physical Sciences

Seismic and Structural Analysis of Tall Buildings

Social Sciences

Urban and Rural Development Challenges

Physical Sciences

Urban Green Space and Health

Social Sciences

Urban Transport and Accessibility

Publications (13)

The housing quality conundrum: exploring sustainable transnational strategies and their applicability in the global south—a systematic review

Open Access
2025Urban and Rural Development ChallengesDOI: 10.1080/02673037.2025.2540365

Empowering informal settlement communities for recognition and inclusion in the urban development discourse

Open Access
2025Urban and Rural Development ChallengesDOI: 10.4324/9781003538806-4

Between proximity and security: A log-linear choice modeling of displacement risks and residential mobility trade-offs in immigrant Sub-Saharan communities

2025Urban Transport and AccessibilityDOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103386

Understanding the gnawing threat of encroachment of urban green spaces in Ghana’s growing urban fabric

Open Access
2025Urban Green Space and HealthDOI: 10.1007/s44327-025-00071-5

Morphological Patterns and Drivers of Urban Growth on Africa’s Wetland Landscapes: Insights from the Densu Delta Ramsar Site, Ghana

Open Access
2024Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesDOI: 10.3390/su16156372

Morphological Patterns and Drivers of Urban Growth on Africa’s Wetland Landscapes: Insights from the Densu Delta Ramsar Site, Ghana

Open Access
2024Urban and Rural Development ChallengesDOI: 10.20944/preprints202406.0742.v1

Towards elimination of corruption in the land sector: incorporation of Geospatial Technologies in land governance at the local level

Open Access

Contextualising urban resilience in Ghana: Local perspectives and experiences

2018Urban and Rural Development ChallengesDOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2018.05.023

Towards sustainable urban development: the social acceptability of high-rise buildings in a Ghanaian city

Open Access
2017Seismic and Structural Analysis of Tall BuildingsDOI: 10.1007/s10708-017-9837-0

The Resilience of Mining Communities in Obuasi, as Anglogold Ashanti Shifts Position

Open Access
2016Community Development and Social Impact

The Informal Apprenticeship System in Ghana: Post Graduation Job Integration and Its Implications for the Management of Urban Space

Open Access
2014Urban and Rural Development Challenges

Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) as a Model for Promoting Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in the Ashaiman Municipality of Ghana

2014Microfinance and Financial Inclusion

Apprenticeship Training System In Ghana: Processes, Institutional Dynamics And Challenges

2014Education Systems and Policy
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Planning
Total Publications13
Research Themes9
Open Access Papers9

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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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