Clifford Amoako
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.
Faculty Biography
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
Climate change impacts on agriculture
Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
Complex Systems and Decision Making
Disaster Management and Resilience
Flood Risk Assessment and Management
Gender Roles and Identity Studies
Impact of Light on Environment and Health
Land Rights and Reforms
Land Use and Ecosystem Services
Local Government Finance and Decentralization
Migration and Labor Dynamics
Mining and Resource Management
Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
Traffic and Road Safety
Urban and Rural Development Challenges
Urban Transport and Accessibility
A fuzzy synthetic evaluation of transportation satisfaction among translocal migrants across Ghana’s urban spaces
Mobility dynamics of transmigrants and their implications on socioeconomic development: insights from the Nkoranza South municipality of Ghana
Subjective or objective ideal housing? Determinants of housing choice of translocal migrants in the Ghanaian urban context
Open AccessManaging the wet and dry – local adaptation mechanisms for climate change in the Tamale Metropolis, Ghana
Open AccessFuture-proofing cities against negative city mobility and public health impacts of impending natural hazards: a system dynamics modelling study
Open AccessMotorcyclists’ Red-light Behavior at Signalized Intersections in the Accra Metropolis, Ghana
Open AccessExploring the street economy in African cities: A review of practices, regulatory policies, and challenges of urban governance in Ghana
Residents’ Awareness and Attitude Towards Urban Wetlands in Accra, Ghana: Implications for Sustainable Urban Development
Open AccessTransport investments and the changing space economy in Kumasi, Ghana
Transportation and Translocality in the Era of Climate Change and Sustainable Development
A view of migrant women's “right to the city” through the lens of translocality
How informal ties matter: encroachment on road reservations along the Kumasi–Accra highway in Ghana
Open AccessTransportation–Translocality Nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Implications for Sustainable Livelihoods and Development: A Systematic Review
Shades of informality: taxonomy and operational characteristics of informal economic activities in central Kumasi, Ghana
Emerging resilience to urban flooding in low-income communities
Informality and the politics of urban flood management
Open AccessDoes the gender of nurses matter to patients? A qualitative analysis of gender preferences of patients
Open AccessLiving on the Edge: Coastal Erosion and Landlessness in Keta, Ghana
Open AccessCustomary land ownership and land use change in Kumasi: An issue of chieftaincy sustenance?
Urban governance and the implementation of major infrastructure projects in Kumasi, Ghana
The effectiveness of rumble strips installations in speed reduction along major highways in Ghana – The case of N1 highway
Open AccessSurvival now, sustainability later: the emerging artisanal mining and the dying agricultural livelihoods in the Akyem Abuakwa traditional area of Ghana
Effects of COVID-19 on Urban Mobility and Public Space Use in Kumasi, Ghana
Mobilizing Internally Generated Funds by Local Governments in Ghana
Resourcing local government in Ghana: the potential of volunteering to deliver basic services
Open AccessPlanning Corruption or Corrupting Planning?
Open AccessSpatial expansion and patterns of land use/land cover changes around Accra, Ghana – Emerging insights from Awutu Senya East Municipal Area
The fate of urban wetlands in Kumasi: An analysis of customary governance and spatio-temporal changes
Flood Responses and Attachment to Place Within Low-Income Neigbourhoods in Kumasi, Ghana
The politics of artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASM) in the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area of Ghana
Compliance, resistance and innovations: reflections of informal traders’ responses to kejetia redevelopment in central Kumasi, Ghana
Fire risks management in emerging Ghanaian cities: land use planning responses for siting petrol and gas stations in the Tamale Metropolis
Mobilizing Internally Generated Funds by Local Governments in Ghana
The geography of urban poverty in Kumasi, Ghana
Spaces of market politics: Retailscapes and modernist planning imaginaries in African cities
Open AccessClimate Variability and Communities' Vulnerability along Ghana's Coastline
Becoming Vulnerable to Flooding: An Urban Assemblage View of Flooding in an African City
What the state does but fails: Exploring smart options for urban flood risk management in informal Accra, Ghana
Open AccessGender disparities in rural accessibility and mobility in Ghana
Urban travel patterns and safety among school children around Accra, Ghana
Planning by (mis)rule of laws: The idiom and dilemma of planning within Ghana’s dual legal land systems
Landscape Transformations in Rapidly Developing Peri-urban Areas of Accra, Ghana: Results of 30 years
Open AccessThe changing face of Kumasi central, Ghana
Complex twist of fate: The geopolitics of flood management regimes in Accra, Ghana
Flood vulnerability and coping mechanisms around the Weija Dam near Accra, Ghana
From Gold Coast to Ghana: Changing political economy of mining towns
From the seat of a traditional Kingdom to a Garden city: the socio-spatial politics of managing green areas in Kumasi, Ghana
Emerging grassroots resilience and flood responses in informal settlements in Accra, Ghana
The production of flood vulnerability in Accra, Ghana: Re-thinking flooding and informal urbanisation
Flood vulnerability and responses in urban informal communities in Accra, Ghana
Brutal presence or convenient absence: The role of the state in the politics of flooding in informal Accra, Ghana
Build as you earn and learn: informal urbanism and incremental housing financing in Kumasi, Ghana
Dimensions of spatial inequalities in Ghanaian cities
Open AccessThe three-dimensional causes of flooding in Accra, Ghana
Urban Sprawl And The Loss Of Peri-Urban Land In Kumasi, Ghana
Open AccessUrban Infrastructure Design and Pedestrian Safety in the Kumasi Central Business District, Ghana
Regionalism and Urban Development Planning in Africa: Towards A Collaborative Framework for Decentralized Planning in Ghana
SLUM IMPROVEMENT IN THE KUMASI METROPOLIS, GHANA: A REVIEW OF APPROACHES AND RESULTS
Department of Planning
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology