Clement Kwang
Biographic Data
| ID | 3061088 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Clement Kwang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Clement |
| FAMILY NAME | Kwang |
| SIGNATURE | KWANG C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ghana |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3545-1429 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Urban transition and environmental risks in overlooked small and medium-sized towns
In many global south cities, the gradual declines in growth rates in large urban centers and capital cities are being countered by the rapid growth and expansion of small and medium-sized towns. Yet, urban sustainability research is heavily centered on the so-called megacities of the global south, overlooking the emergence of small and medium-sized towns at the confluence of urban transition and sustainability dynamics. Drawing on the case of Som…
Influence of land use patterns on urban heat island dynamics in an emerging megacity
This study investigates the influence of land use and land cover change (LULCC) on urban heat island (UHI) effects in Zhengzhou, Henan, China, amid rapid urbanization and significant landscape transformations between 1993 and 2023. Employing remote sensing and geospatial analytical methods, we analyze the spatiotemporal dynamics of UHI intensity and its relationship with LULCC variables, including built-up areas, bare land, farmlands, forests, wa…
Trading urban green spaces for brown space development in African cities
Africa is projected to experience rapid urbanisation in the next three decades. This therefore requires integration of green spaces to make urban areas liveable and sustainable. This paper analyzed the inter-decadal replacement of green spaces with brown spaces in the quest for urbanisation from 1991 to 2021 in Accra, Ghana. The support vector machine learning algorithm was used to classify Landsat satellite images into greens and browns represen…
Traceability and projected patterns of Africa’s land use systems and climate variability (1993–2053)
We are not the ones to blame
The relevance of wetlands has re-gained attention in the global socioecological agenda as part of the resurgence of nature-based solutions (NbS) for sustainable development. In global south contexts, the socio-ecological relevance of wetlands has not prevented their rapid depletion in ecologically sensitive areas due to reactive environmental planning and plurality of resource management systems. Despite multiple vested interests around wetlands,…
Optimizing flood risk modelling with high-resolution remote sensing data and analytic hierarchy process
Faith-based organisations and disaster management in informal urban Accra
Disaster risks in African cities are compounding due to the triple convergence of climate change impacts, unplanned urbanisation, and entrenched socio-spatial inequities. Disaster events are, therefore, common with disproportionate impacts on informal residents yet resting within reactive and extremely limited disaster management regime that leaves behind many voids in disaster risk reduction. Drawing on a qualitative approach and situated in a d…
Meta-analysis of land use systems development in Africa
Indicator-based assessment of the liveability of communities in the Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana
Local knowledge of spatiotemporal patterns of liveability is vital for choosing where to live and where revitalisation efforts must concentrate. We employed transdisciplinary learning to identify 12 liveability indicators and applied them to assess the liveability of 81 communities of Accra, Ghana. The results show that crime and rent are the top two most important liveability indicators. The least three indicators are the availability of jobs, e…
Planning for cooler cities in Ghana
Spatiotemporal development of land use systems, influences and climate variability in Southwestern Ghana (1970–2020)
Planning for cooler cities in Ghana
Faith-based organisations and disaster management in informal urban Accra
Disaster risks in African cities are compounding due to the triple convergence of climate change impacts, unplanned urbanisation, and entrenched socio-spatial inequities. Disaster events are, therefore, common with disproportionate impacts on informal residents yet resting within reactive and extremely limited disaster management regime that leaves behind many voids in disaster risk reduction. Drawing on a qualitative approach and situated in a d…
Meta-analysis of land use systems development in Africa
Spatiotemporal development of land use systems, influences and climate variability in Southwestern Ghana (1970–2020)
Indicator-based assessment of the liveability of communities in the Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana
Local knowledge of spatiotemporal patterns of liveability is vital for choosing where to live and where revitalisation efforts must concentrate. We employed transdisciplinary learning to identify 12 liveability indicators and applied them to assess the liveability of 81 communities of Accra, Ghana. The results show that crime and rent are the top two most important liveability indicators. The least three indicators are the availability of jobs, e…
Planning for cooler cities in Ghana
Optimizing flood risk modelling with high-resolution remote sensing data and analytic hierarchy process
Faith-based organisations and disaster management in informal urban Accra
Disaster risks in African cities are compounding due to the triple convergence of climate change impacts, unplanned urbanisation, and entrenched socio-spatial inequities. Disaster events are, therefore, common with disproportionate impacts on informal residents yet resting within reactive and extremely limited disaster management regime that leaves behind many voids in disaster risk reduction. Drawing on a qualitative approach and situated in a d…
Meta-analysis of land use systems development in Africa
Influence of land use patterns on urban heat island dynamics in an emerging megacity
This study investigates the influence of land use and land cover change (LULCC) on urban heat island (UHI) effects in Zhengzhou, Henan, China, amid rapid urbanization and significant landscape transformations between 1993 and 2023. Employing remote sensing and geospatial analytical methods, we analyze the spatiotemporal dynamics of UHI intensity and its relationship with LULCC variables, including built-up areas, bare land, farmlands, forests, wa…
Trading urban green spaces for brown space development in African cities
Africa is projected to experience rapid urbanisation in the next three decades. This therefore requires integration of green spaces to make urban areas liveable and sustainable. This paper analyzed the inter-decadal replacement of green spaces with brown spaces in the quest for urbanisation from 1991 to 2021 in Accra, Ghana. The support vector machine learning algorithm was used to classify Landsat satellite images into greens and browns represen…
Traceability and projected patterns of Africa’s land use systems and climate variability (1993–2053)
We are not the ones to blame
The relevance of wetlands has re-gained attention in the global socioecological agenda as part of the resurgence of nature-based solutions (NbS) for sustainable development. In global south contexts, the socio-ecological relevance of wetlands has not prevented their rapid depletion in ecologically sensitive areas due to reactive environmental planning and plurality of resource management systems. Despite multiple vested interests around wetlands,…
Urban transition and environmental risks in overlooked small and medium-sized towns
In many global south cities, the gradual declines in growth rates in large urban centers and capital cities are being countered by the rapid growth and expansion of small and medium-sized towns. Yet, urban sustainability research is heavily centered on the so-called megacities of the global south, overlooking the emergence of small and medium-sized towns at the confluence of urban transition and sustainability dynamics. Drawing on the case of Som…
Geography (9 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Environmental Science (4 works) · Climate change (3 works) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Environmental planning (3 works) · Geology (3 works) · Land use (3 works)