Daniel Kweku Baah Inkoom
Department of PlanningSocial SciencesLife SciencesPhysical Sciences

Daniel Kweku Baah Inkoom

45 Publications22 Research Themes16 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus

The researcher has conducted extensive work integrating multiple dimensions of social, economic, and environmental challenges in Ghana's urban and rural contexts, with a focus on how these issues intersect and influence each other. Their work spans themes such as urban development challenges, environmental management (including agricultural resilience), community engagement, ethics, governance, education, and gender roles. The researcher explores the integration across multiple themes within a global context, examining how urban planning, land use changes, informal settlements, and social justice intersect with ecological and environmental issues in Ghana. Their research highlights systemic inequalities, participatory approaches to public policy-making, and the role of local governance in addressing challenges rooted in community needs. The researcher also delves into the ethical dimensions of initiatives that promote environmental sustainability, education, and community resilience, ultimately aiming to understand the broader societal implications of these efforts within Ghana's unique context.

Faculty Biography

Professor Daniel Kweku Inkoom is a Professor of Planning at the at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). He is also a Visiting Associate Professor at the School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Professor Inkoom has practised professional planning for more than three (3) decades. In terms of academia, he has contributed enormously in mentoring the next generation of planners. Professor Inkoom has supervised over 100 graduate students. Professor Daniel Inkoom has also contributed to improving knowledge in the field of Development Planning through his extensive publications. He has published 70 articales in high impact factor journals. He has served as reviewer for several high impact journals and currently serves on the Editorial Board of Urban Forum. Professor Inkoom has over the years served as an external examiner for universities in Ghana, Tanzania, Sweden, South Africa and Zimbabwe.Professor Inkoom is currently a Fellow of the Ghana Institute of Planners (FGIP), and sits on the International Advisory Board of the Southern Urbanism Masters Programme at the African Centre for Cities (ACC) at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He has been Steering Committee Chair of the Association of African Planning Schools (AAPS) and currently represents the AAPS at the Council of the Global Planning Educators Association Network (GPEAN). His research interests include urban environmental governance, climate change, and natural resources management. He has recently been invited to join the Editorial Board of the Journal of the American Planning Association (JAPA) for a three year term 2022-2024. Professor Inkoom has consulted in over 20 countries on four continents in several fields including organization development, project planning, and management, as well as monitoring and evaluation. He curently sits on the board of four highly reputable institutions. These include Action Aid Ghana, West African Network for Peace Building, New Generation Investment Services and Kumasi Institute fo Environment Technology. He currently serves on the faculty of the Interanational Gestalt Organisation and Leaderdership Development (iGOLD) Programme based in the USA.

Key Research Themes (22)
Social Sciences

African history and culture studies

Life Sciences

Agricultural risk and resilience

Life Sciences

Agriculture and Rural Development Research

Life Sciences

Climate change impacts on agriculture

Life Sciences

Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy

Physical Sciences

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Physical Sciences

Energy and Environment Impacts

Social Sciences

Ethics in Business and Education

Social Sciences

Gender Roles and Identity Studies

Social Sciences

Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity

Social Sciences

Higher Education Research Studies

Social Sciences

International Development and Aid

Life Sciences

Land Rights and Reforms

Social Sciences

Local Government Finance and Decentralization

Social Sciences

Parental Involvement in Education

Social Sciences

Psychological and Educational Research Studies

Physical Sciences

Recycling and Waste Management Techniques

Social Sciences

Regional Development and Policy

Physical Sciences

Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy

Social Sciences

Teacher Professional Development and Motivation

Life Sciences

Urban Agriculture and Sustainability

Social Sciences

Urban and Rural Development Challenges

Publications (45)

Collaborative Involvement in English Language Acquisition among Family Members: An Investigation on Early Grade Children in Cape Coast Private Basic Schools, Ghana

Open Access
2025Parental Involvement in EducationDOI: 10.9734/ajess/2025/v51i82327

Evaluating teachers' phonological awareness strategies for enhancing communication skills in senior high school students

Open Access

Urban development and secondary cities in Ghana

Open Access
2025Urban and Rural Development ChallengesDOI: 10.4324/9781003511137-3

Psychological State of Teachers: Developing and Validating a Standardised Scale

Open Access
2024Teacher Professional Development and MotivationDOI: 10.9734/air/2024/v25i41107

Multi-dimensional Evaluation of the Effects of Climate Change on Rural Livelihoods in Northern Ghana—The Case of Builsa North District

2024Climate change impacts on agricultureDOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-69606-0_8

Sustainable Agriculture Intensification: An Mce Model Analysis of Yam Farmland Suitability in Ghana

Open Access
2024Agriculture and Rural Development ResearchDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5029865

Ghana’s recently introduced e-waste regulatory policy: A hope for a better e-waste sector?

2023Recycling and Waste Management TechniquesDOI: 10.1177/0734242x231204457

Fostering resilience and sustainable livelihood outcomes among peasant women: the case of the RING project in East Gonja municipality of Ghana

2023Agricultural risk and resilienceDOI: 10.1007/s43545-022-00584-5

‘Peri-urbanisation and loss of arable land’: Indigenes’ farmland access challenges and adaptation strategies in Kumasi and Wa, Ghana

2023Urban and Rural Development ChallengesDOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106534

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

2022Land Rights and ReformsDOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106483

Workers perception of and coping with the health risks of informal electronic waste recycling in Ghana

Open Access
2022Recycling and Waste Management TechniquesDOI: 10.1080/13549839.2022.2145601

Adolescent Curiosity as A Predictor of Sexual Behaviours

Open Access
2022Psychological and Educational Research StudiesDOI: 10.48165/ijrse.2022.2.2.5

Informal electronic waste recycling in Ghanaian cities: environmental risks awareness and attitudes

2022Recycling and Waste Management TechniquesDOI: 10.1007/s43545-022-00419-3

Peri-urban interface: An alternative residential location of low-income migrants in Kumasi, Ghana

2022Urban and Rural Development ChallengesDOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2022.103570

Seed security among smallholder farmers in semi-arid Ghana

Open Access
2022Agricultural risk and resilienceDOI: 10.1016/j.envc.2021.100438

Chiefs, land professionals and hybrid planning in Tamale and Techiman, Ghana: Implications for sustainable urban development

Open Access
2021Urban and Rural Development ChallengesDOI: 10.1080/19463138.2021.1971990

Sustaining Ghana’s cocoa sector through smart agricultural practices: an assessment of the environmental impacts of cocoa production in Ghana

2021Agriculture and Rural Development Research

The Effects of Parenting Styles on Sex-Role Ideologies of Pru West Senior High Students

Open Access
2021Gender Roles and Identity StudiesDOI: 10.48165/sajssh.2021.2401

Coping Strategies and Perceived Support of Student-Mothers at The University of Education, Winneba-Campus

Open Access
2021Higher Education Research StudiesDOI: 10.48165/sajssh.2021.2310

Urban planning trends on e-waste management in Ghanaian cities

2020Recycling and Waste Management TechniquesDOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2020.102943

Sustaining Ghana’s cocoa sector through environmentally smart agricultural practices: an assessment of the environmental impacts of cocoa production in Ghana

2019Cocoa and Sweet Potato AgronomyDOI: 10.1080/09744053.2019.1635416

Achieving Sustainable Energy in Rural Communities in Ghana

Open Access
2017Energy and Environment ImpactsDOI: 10.5296/jpmr.v3i2.10838

Rural Energy Demand and Climate Change Adaptation in Ghana

Open Access
2017Energy and Environment ImpactsDOI: 10.5296/jpmr.v3i2.10837

Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Development Planning in Ghana

Open Access
2017International Development and AidDOI: 10.4314/gjds.v14i2.11

Motivations for providing CSR-mediated initiatives in mining communities of Ghana: a multiple-case study

Open Access
2017Ethics in Business and EducationDOI: 10.1186/s40991-017-0018-8

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

2017Urban and Rural Development ChallengesDOI: 10.1177/0042098016686526

Urban agriculture and political ecology of health in municipal Ashaiman, Ghana

2016Urban Agriculture and SustainabilityDOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2016.04.001

Decentralization in Africa: Local Government and Health Care in Ghana, Malawi and Tanzania

2016Local Government Finance and DecentralizationDOI: 10.1057/978-1-349-95109-3_4

Decentralisation and Regional Development

2016Local Government Finance and DecentralizationDOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-29367-7

Erratum to: Decentralisation and Regional Development

2016Regional Development and PolicyDOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-29367-7_10

Theoretical Reflections on Ghana’s Decentralisation: Increasing Discretional Funding Through the District Development Facility

2016Local Government Finance and DecentralizationDOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-29367-7_1

Discursive Institutionalism: Analysis of the Forest Policy Review Process of Ghana

2015Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Estimation of indoor air pollution and health impacts due to biomass burning in rural Northern Ghana

2015Energy and Environment Impacts

Planning Education in Ghana

2014Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity

Anloga Woodworkers in Kumasi, Ghana

2014African history and culture studiesDOI: 10.1057/9781137307958.0012

Anloga Woodworkers in Kumasi, Ghana: The Long Road to ‘Formality’

2014Urban and Rural Development ChallengesDOI: 10.1057/9781137307958_4

Land and revenue in a “traditional town” in Ghana: the case of the Nkwanta sub-division in Mpasatia

2011Urban and Rural Development ChallengesDOI: 10.1177/0956247811415582

Ghana's Decentralization: Two decades and still crawling?

2011Local Government Finance and DecentralizationDOI: 10.1057/dev.2011.68

Climate change and poverty in Ghana: issues and implications for policy.

2011Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy

Planning Education and Planning System in Kenya: A Review of Challenges and Prospects

2011Urban and Rural Development Challenges

Of the dream city to come: urban planning and planning education in Ghana

2010Urban and Rural Development Challenges

The Potential of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) as A Viable Energy Option for the Industrial Sector in Ghana

2010Energy and Environment Impacts

Social capital, local networks and community action: Experiences with services upgrading in Kumasi, Ghana

2004Urban and Rural Development ChallengesDOI: 10.3828/idpr.26.3.5

Local governance, civil society and partnerships: community action in neighbourhood service upgrading in Kumasi, Ghana, final report on an exploratory study

Open Access
2003Urban and Rural Development Challenges

Management of non-reserve forests in Ghana: a case study of Mpohor Wassa East District.

1999Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Planning
Total Publications45
Research Themes22
Open Access Papers16

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