Emmanuel Kofi Gavu
This researcher's work focuses on examining various aspects of Ghanaian land use, real estate policies, cultural heritage, and environmental challenges. They address themes such as mining compensation justice, urban and rural housing dynamics, conservation issues, labor laws, and sustainability. Their research explores how these areas intersect with land reforms, policy frameworks, and sustainable practices in Ghana, emphasizing the complex interplay between environmental impacts, economic development, and social equity.
Faculty Biography
Emmanuel Kofi Gavu (Dr.-Ing.) is currently the Pollman (postdoctoral) Fellow in Real Estate and Urban Development at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design for the 2022-2023 academic year. He is also Senior Lecturer at the Department of Land Economy, KNUST Ghana. He completed his PhD in Spatial Planning at the TU Dortmund University in Germany. His main fields of teaching, research and professional interests are application of geographical information system in urban management, real estate and housing market analysis. He has published in the areas relating to hedonic modeling, housing market dynamics, affordable housing, and real estate education.Emmanuel is Board Member of the African Real Estate Society (AfRES), Vice Chair of the Future Leaders of the African Real Estate Society (FLAfRES), Member of Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS), Member of the Society of Property Researchers (giF) Germany. He is a 3-time winner of the IREBS Foundation for African Real Research manuscript prize (2012, 2015, 2017); DAAD and Erasmus Mundus scholar; and scientific reviewer for the Journal of African Real Estate Research (JARER) and AfRES conference manuscripts.
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation
Education Systems and Policy
Energy and Environment Impacts
Facilities and Workplace Management
Housing Market and Economics
Land Rights and Reforms
Mining and Resource Management
Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
Urban and Rural Development Challenges
Beyond cost: Unpacking the techno-economic, institutional, and social dynamics of solar PV adoption in Ghana’s commercial sector
Open AccessUnderstanding the norms and difficulties with advance rent payments in Ghana
Open AccessSouth African Real Estate Investment Trusts Prefer Tuesdays
Open AccessEmbodied Carbon and the Nuances in Office-to-Residential Conversions
Open AccessSustainability Assessment of Recent Buildings in an Institution of Higher Learning
Ghana’s National Rental Assistance Scheme: A scholarly critique and policy recommendations
The tragedy of anticommons and associated challenges with management of Commercial Properties in Ghana
Ghana
The residential, office, retail and industrial markets in West Africa
Redefining the Future of Real Estate in Africa: the 21st Annual AfRES Conference
Open AccessAdvance rent mobilisation strategies of graduate renters in Ghana: a submarket of the private rental housing market
Open AccessHousing Finance Strategies for Low-Income Households in Secondary Cities: Contextualization Under Customary Tenure in Ghana
Ghana’s new rental scheme won’t fix the real problem: a housing shortage
Towards a well-informed rental housing policy in Ghana: differentiating between critics and non-critics of the rent advance system
Organisers’ Announcement: Future Leaders of the African Real Estate Society
Open AccessConceptualizing the Rental Housing Market Structure in Ghana
Understanding location and neighbourhood effects: An analysis of the housing submarkets in Accra – Ghana
Open AccessStakeholders’ Perception of Residential Rental Value Determinants in Ghana
Open AccessEmpirical analysis of residential submarket conceptualisation in Ghana
Assessing a Ghanaian University’s Real Estate Teaching and Learning
Open AccessResidential Rental Market in Ghana – Empirical Examination of Submarket Existence
Open AccessResidential Rental Housing Market in Ghana – understanding key market variables for hedonic modelling
The difficult combination of renting and building a house in urban Ghana: analysing the perception of low and middle income earners in Accra
Using Multi Criteria Evaluation in Forest resource conservation in Ghana: Spatially identifying vulnerable areas
Open AccessThe Difficult Combination Of Renting And Building A House In Ghana: Analysing The Perspectives Of Low And Middle Income Earners In Accra
Determinants Of Residential Rental Values In Ghana: Evidence From Experts And Stakeholder Perspectives
Physical Access for Persons with Disability in Rented Houses in Kumasi, Ghana: Evidence from Compound Houses in Selected Neighbourhoods in the Metropolis
Open AccessThe Growth and Challenges of Mortgage Origination in Ghana
THE CHANGING FACE OF COMPOUND HOUSES IN GHANA AND ITS EFFECT ON RENTAL VALUE: A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED NEIGHBORHOODS IN KUMASI, GHANA
Open AccessCOMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PROPERTY MAINTENANCE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS: LESSONS FROM A DEVELOPING COUNTRY
Open AccessEVALUATION OF EQUITY FINANCING OPTION IN HOME FINANCING IN GHANA
COST EFFECTIVE WALLING MATERIALS FOR PIECEMEAL CONSTRUCTION IN DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
Evaluation of Home-Equity Financing Option in a Developing Economy, Illustrated with an Example of Ghana
PHYSICAL ACCESS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITY IN RENTED COMPOUND HOUSES IN KUMASI: EVIDENCE FROM SELECTED NEIGHBOURHOODS IN THE METROPOLIS
THE GROWTH AND CHALLENGES OF MORTGAGE ORIGINATION IN GHANA
Open AccessWho is the rightful recipient of mining compensation for land use deprivation in Ghana?
RECORDS MANAGEMENT PRACTICE IN LAND SECTOR AGENCIES, EVIDENCE FROM THE LAND REGISTRATION DIVISION OF THE LANDS COMMISSION IN ACCRA - GHANA
Open AccessAN ASSESSMENT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING IN A REAL ESTATE TEACHING DEPARTMENT – CASE STUDY: DEPARTMENT OF LAND ECONOMY, KNUST, KUMASI, GHANA
Open AccessDepartment of Land Economy
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology