Daniel Atuah Obeng
Department of Civil EngineeringSocial SciencesPhysical Sciences

Daniel Atuah Obeng

15 Publications9 Research Themes9 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus

The researcher's work integrates contributions from multiple domains to address transportation and related challenges in developing countries, with a focus on urban mobility, pedestrian safety, infrastructure maintenance, economic policies, maritime logistics, climate change, and flood risk management. By synthesizing findings across themes such as traffic and road safety, transportation and mobility innovations, infrastructure maintenance and monitoring, transport and economic policies, Maritime Ports and Logistics, Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration, Urban Transport and Accessibility, Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, and others, the researcher provides a holistic understanding of transportation challenges in Ghana.

Faculty Biography

OBENG Daniel Atuah is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Civil Engineering of the College of Engineering at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Civil Engineering and a Bachelro of Science degree in Civil Engineering all from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Daniel also posses a Master of Science degree in Transportation Planning and Policy from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.

Key Research Themes (9)
Social Sciences

Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration

Physical Sciences

Flood Risk Assessment and Management

Social Sciences

Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis

Physical Sciences

Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring

Physical Sciences

Maritime Ports and Logistics

Physical Sciences

Traffic and Road Safety

Social Sciences

Transport and Economic Policies

Physical Sciences

Transportation and Mobility Innovations

Social Sciences

Urban Transport and Accessibility

Publications (15)

Framework for assessing the climate vulnerability of unpaved roads in Sierra Leone

Open Access
2025Flood Risk Assessment and ManagementDOI: 10.3389/fclim.2025.1608176

Assessing local community perspectives on climate change and variability: Implications for unpaved secondary roads in Sierra Leone

Open Access
2025Climate Change, Adaptation, MigrationDOI: 10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100785

Prospects of Ghana's inland water transport development: An informal transport services delivery perspective

2025Maritime Ports and LogisticsDOI: 10.1016/j.aftran.2025.100038

Understanding the relationship between road users and the roadway infrastructure in Ghana

Open Access
2024Traffic and Road SafetyDOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2024.107475

Digitalization of the paratransit (trotro) using mobility as a service: What are the adoption intentions of operators and operator unions in Ghana?

2023Transportation and Mobility InnovationsDOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2023.100968

The effectiveness of rumble strips installations in speed reduction along major highways in Ghana – The case of N1 highway

Open Access
2022Traffic and Road SafetyDOI: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2022.e01215

Ghana's railway transport services delivery: A review

Open Access
2022Transport and Economic PoliciesDOI: 10.1016/j.treng.2022.100111

Exploring Barriers and Prospects of Bicycle Transportation: A Case Study of a Ghanaian University Campus

2022Urban Transport and AccessibilityDOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-17327-1_17

Pedestrians safety perceptions on midblock crosswalk utilization along urban corridors of developing countries

2021Traffic and Road SafetyDOI: 10.1080/17457300.2021.1969411

MaaS for paratransit minibus taxis in developing countries: A review

2021Transportation and Mobility InnovationsDOI: 10.1016/j.tbs.2021.09.001

Passenger counting in minivan-taxis using crowd-sourcing and hierarchical clustering

Open Access
2021Human Mobility and Location-Based AnalysisDOI: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2021.e00842

Degradation of retro-reflectivity of thermoplastic pavement markings on trunk roads in Ghana

Open Access
2021Infrastructure Maintenance and MonitoringDOI: 10.1016/j.treng.2021.100082

Modifying the SERVPERF to assess paratransit minibus taxis trotro in Ghana and the relevance of mobility-as-a-service features to the service

Open Access
2021Transportation and Mobility InnovationsDOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07071

Prospects of alternative funding sourcing for maintenance of road networks in developing countries

Open Access
2020Infrastructure Maintenance and MonitoringDOI: 10.1016/j.trip.2020.100225

Urban travel patterns and safety among school children around Accra, Ghana

2019Traffic and Road SafetyDOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2019.100660
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Civil Engineering
Total Publications15
Research Themes9
Open Access Papers9

Department of Civil Engineering

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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