Simon Kwabena Dankyi
The researcher's work focuses on addressing urban development challenges in Kumasi, Ghana, where they examine issues such as citizens' perceptions of land security, flood risk management, informal economic activities, place attachment, environmental sustainability, and livelihood dynamics across multiple domains. Their research highlights the complexities of integrating innovative approaches with traditional practices to foster sustainable development in an urban context.
Faculty Biography
Simon Kwabana Dankyi is a Planner, and Political Scientist with research interest in Urban and Land Use Planning, Development Policy, Climate Change, and Human Vulnerabilities as well as Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Research. He has over 15 years of industry experience in NGO and consulting locally and internationally. He has worked as the West African Communications, Advocacy, and Campaigns Manager at Leonard Cheshire International responsible for Sierra Leone, Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria, Manager at Ernst & Young (EY) Ghana, and Programme Officer of the Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition. He is currently the Examinations Officer of the Department of Planning. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Johann Wilhelm Goethe University in Frankfurt Germany and a Master of Science degree in Development Policy and Planning as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in Planning from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He is a KAAD scholar and a Fellow of the African Good Governance Network.
Environmental Education and Sustainability
Flood Risk Assessment and Management
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
Land Rights and Reforms
Land Use and Ecosystem Services
Place Attachment and Urban Studies
Urban and Rural Development Challenges
Homeowners’ perceptions on flood risk and willingness to relocate from ecologically sensitive floodplains in Kumasi, Ghana
Local government revenue mobilisation: assessing property rate management potential of peri-urban districts using geospatial technologies
Extending the boundaries of the value-belief-norm theory to off-farm livelihood preferences – Perceptions of food crop farmers in the savanna ecological zone, Ghana
The determinants of citizens’ perceptions of land security and property rights in Nigeria
Triggers of electricity-use efficiency amongst low-income households in Kumasi, Ghana
Open AccessShades of informality: taxonomy and operational characteristics of informal economic activities in central Kumasi, Ghana
Livelihood security in urban slums in Ghana: evidence from the Kumasi Metropolis
Unlocking Urban Delight: Unveiling the Key Factors Influencing Neighborhood Satisfaction in Greater Kumasi, Ghana
Open AccessUrban governance and the implementation of major infrastructure projects in Kumasi, Ghana
Department of Planning
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology