Alex B. Asiedu

• PhD
• University of Ghana

Evidence around dam building worldwide has revealed that the impacts of dam projects can make the livelihoods of the project‐affected people worse off several years after the dam is commissioned. Despite six decades of Ghana's dam building experience, there is paucity of information on the impact of new programs implemented during post‐dam construc...

Ecotourism can be sustainable and contribute to environmental preservation if community members are empowered. However, few studies have investigated the empowerment of community members for sustainable ecotourism, particularly in developing countries. To address this knowledge gap, this study employs a mixed-method approach to investigate the exte...

This study examined the flow of non-cash remittances in the Kassena-Nankana District in Ghana. Twenty in-depth interviews were held with recipients (respondents) of non-cash remittances and thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. Findings revealed that non-cash remittances were in the form of foodstuff and electronic appliances and they wer...

The impacts of climate change in the Accra and Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Areas of Ghana were identified and prioritised in this study. Climate change is already happening in Ghana and for that matter the two coastal Metropolitan areas under review. Temperature has risen by over 1oC since 1960 and rainfall has declined in all agro-ecological zon...

Ghana’s socio-economic development, since independence, has been driven by the Akosombo and Kpong dams that provide water (for domestic, agriculture and industrial use) and hydroelectricity. It was hoped that with these past experiences, the Ghana government would be in a better position to manage the livelihood issues of the newly built Bui hydroe...

The aim of this study is to examine how Kenyan migrants’ intentions to return home influence their participation in transnational activities like sending remittances, investments and return visits. In this study, our focus is on Kenyans living in the UK, USA, Canada and Ghana. A concurrent mixed method approach was used in data collection and analy...

In this study, we examined the downstream social impacts of Ghana’s Bui Dam and identified resource use conflicts in the non-resettled communities within a 30 km stretch along the course of the Black Volta River below the dam. Through household survey questionnaires and focus group discussions, data were collected from farming and fishing communities...

This chapter discusses the environmental and social governance issues of the Bui dam project in Ghana, built and financed by Chinese companies and banks. Based on qualitative data collections using focus group discussions and individual interviews with both Chinese and local stakeholders, the analysis which is underpinned by the political ecology f...

Emerging issues from Bui hydro-power project are suggesting that the experiences of two earlier hydropower projects in Ghana failed in preventing challenges related to resource access and livelihoods. This paper examined the nature of the challenges, their causes, why they were not avoided and the role of the Chinese builders. Forty-three interview...

In Ghana, large dams have contributed immensely to socioeconomic development through the provision of drinking water and hydroelectricity. Dams however come at a cost mostly to people who live near them. It was hoped that with the experiences of the two previous dams Ghana would have prevented or managed the livelihood issues of the newly built Bui...

As a major driver of landcover change, tourism-based developments are growing rapidly along different part of Ghana’s 560 km coastline. Kokrobite and Bortianor, with their serene environment, relatively clean, and pristine sandy beaches, have become popular coastal tourism destinations for tourists, recreationist, and holiday seekers in the Greater...

As a major driver of landcover change, tourism-based developments are growing rapidly along different part of Ghana’s 560 km coastline. Kokrobite and Bortianor, with their serene environment, relatively clean, and pristine sandy beaches, have become popular coastal tourism destinations for tourists, recreationist, and holiday seekers in the Greater...

Learning about and embracing change and uncertainty are essential for responding to climate change. Creativity, critical reflection, and cogenerative inquiry can enhance adaptive capacity, or the ability to anticipate, prepare for, and respond to adverse future impacts. However, precisely how learning about change and its driving forces occurs and...

Learning about and embracing change and uncertainty are essential for responding to climate change. Creativity, critical reflection, and cogenerative inquiry can enhance adaptive capacity, or the ability to anticipate, prepare for, and respond to adverse future impacts. However, precisely how learning about change and its driving forces occurs and...

Over the past three decades, Ghana's economy has been subjected to tremendous macroeconomic reform programmes. The reforms in the national economic system were reflected almost immediately on the urban landscape. One such change is widespread land-use conversion, mainly from residential to commercial spaces. This study examines the major forces dri...

Although the literature on housing and health is extensive, most research comes from developed countries. Relatively little work on the topic has been done in developing countries such as Ghana where socio-economic and cultural characteristics are generally different. This paper reports on primary research that investigates the relationship between...

Oti river, an important tributary of the Volta lake in Ghana, was chosen as a case study to investigate the variations in the quality of its water at different locations. This was necessitated by the people’s reliance on the river for their domestic and agricultural water use. Composite water samples drawn from some sections of the Oti river were a...

:In the last four decades, transnational movements of both skilled and unskilled labor from developing countries to the advanced industrial economies have witnessed an unprecedented growth. Motivated largely by deteriorating livelihood conditions in the developing world and increasing demand for wealthy and highly skilled professionals in the devel...

Aim The present paper is an original research that explores housing satisfaction and residents’ ability to cope with day-to-day demands, taking into account other dimensions of housing and sociodemographic factors. Subjects and methods A cross-sectional survey (n = 562) was randomly administered to residents in three neighbourhoods (Labone, Asylum...

Oti river, an important tributary of the Volta lake in Ghana, was chosen as a case study to investigate the variations in the quality of its water at different locations. This was necessitated by the people's reliance on the river for their domestic and agricultural water use. Composite water samples drawn from some sections of the Oti river were a...

In metropolitan Accra, Ghana’s economic and administrative hub, the global phenomenon of the gated housing estate is burgeoning, representing a substantial part of the new housing market. It has a recent history dating back only to the neoliberal era of the mid-1990s. Because it is a new phenomenon in Ghana very little is known about the motivation...

This paper discusses the identification and documentation of Asante heritage assets in an initiative between the World Bank and the Asanteman Council, the traditional governing authority of the Asante people of Ghana. The paper develops a documentation model based on recommended international standards for safeguarding this patrimony. The authors m...

This article surveys the literature on visiting friends and relatives (VFR) tourism, identifying and describing its variant forms and the main characteristics of participants. This characterisation involves a discussion on socio-demographic and economic traits as well as travel characteristics of VFR trip makers. The study further reviews VFR touri...

In recent years the activities of street vendors have become a topical issue within the urban spaces of the developing world. Still, research that explores the geographical dimensions of street vending activities in Ghana is limited. Based on field interviews with street vendors, consumers, shop owners, and metropolitan authorities, a number of fin...

This paper explores some of the benefits associated with expatriates' temporary return visits to Ghana. These return trips to one's place of origin or birth, commonly referred to as ‘visiting friends and relatives’ (VFR) tourism, represent one of the major outcomes of the migration–tourism nexus. The benefits assessed in this study relate to donati...

Geografisk Tidsskrift, Danish Journal of Geography 99: 81?88, 1999 This paper reports the results of an empirical analysis of homeownership determinants that makes use of household level data from Kumasi, Ghana. Among the variables investigated, permanent income, represented by household expenditure was the most critical factor influencing the prob...

In Ghana, economic analyses of housing issues have seldom been undertaken. This paper is one of the pioneering attempts to remedy this situation. It presents an analysis on the determinants of housing demand among households in Kumasi city, Ghana. Income and price elasticities for renters have also been estimated. It is hoped that the results emana...

One of the most serious consequences of the current spate of rapid population growth taking place in most Third World countries is the great headache imposed on development planners as they grapple with problems associated with the provision of adequate and safe shelter for this teeming population. The investment outlay associated with such a task...

This case study is on participants' evaluation of a poverty reduction programme that is under implementation by two Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) within a suburb of Accra, Ghana's capital city. Specifically, the study focused on assessment of participants' views on the causes and dimensions of poverty as well as the impacts of certain on-goi...

In these contemporary times, the tasks of planning and managing urban environments especially in sub-Saharan Africa have become very cumbersome, arduous and costly due to a myriad of factors. For example, the large and continuous inflows of poor people from rural hinterlands, who can hardly afford basic essential urban environmental facilities, see...

Like many developing countries facing severe foreign ex- change problems, Ghana has embarked on a policy of ex- port diversification. Lately, the country has concentrated on the promotion of international tourism as a major source of foreign exchange earning. The initial results are prom- ising. The present paper examines the growth of this in- dus...