Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe
Biographic Data
| ID | 157326 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samuel Nii Ardey |
| FAMILY NAME | Codjoe |
| SIGNATURE | CODJOE S N A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ghana |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6567-0262 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 76 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
The association between Wash, menstrual hygiene management, attendance and learning outcomes among girls in Ghana
Despite progress in girls’ school enrolment in many low-and-middle-income countries, gendered inequalities in educational outcomes persist, partly driven by school conditions. This study examines the relationships between school-based water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities, school attendance, menstrual hygiene management (MHM), and learning outcomes among girls in Ghana. The study utilises cross-sectional data from 875 primary and junio…
Gender dimensions of adaptive capacity and adaptation responses to climate shocks in rural households
In agrarian economies, household gender roles and demographic structure influence how families respond to climate shocks, affecting investment decisions, risk-spreading strategies, and all choices of adaptation options and adaptive capacity investments. Here we show that differential adaptive capacities, as a set of capabilities as well as assets, are distributed unevenly by gender leading to divergent choices between adaptation options in places…
Climate-induced redistribution of people is not inevitable
Climate-induced redistribution of people is not inevitable, Boas, Ingrid, Sterly, Harald, Farbotko, Carol, Hulme, Mike, Benveniste, Hélène, Schewel, Kerilyn D, Bettini, Giovanni, Borderon, Marion, Hoffmann, Roman, van der Geest, Kees, Durand-Delacre, David, Selby, Jan, Wrathall, David J, Baldwin, Andrew, Benítez Cortés, Ailín, Bukari, Kaderi N, Bunchuay-Peth, Simon, Capisani, Simona, Codjoe, Samuel Nii Ardey, Dahm, Ruben, Dewan, Camelia, Dijstelb…
A mixed‐methods approach to researching extreme heat
Extreme heat is both a chronic and acute threat to the health and well‐being of urban populations. The aim of this paper is to share experiences from using a range of quantitative and qualitative methods to conduct research on extreme indoor heat, plus highlight the benefits of taking this more holistic approach. Research conducted in urban Ghana measured temperatures in homes and workplaces, evaluated existing coping strategies of residents, and…
Habitability for a connected, unequal and changing world
The concept of habitability is gaining momentum in climate and environmental studies. • Present conceptualizations lack socio-cultural integration and local context. • Need for intersectionally and locally differentiated assessments of habitability. • Full understanding of habitability need to consider connectivity and tele-coupling. • Research should integrate diverse methodologies and local perspectives. As global climate change intensifies, th…
Covid-19 responses restricted abilities and aspirations for mobility and migration
Research on the impacts of COVID-19 on mobility has focused primarily on the increased health vulnerabilities of involuntary migrant and displaced populations. But virtually all migration flows have been truncated and altered because of reduced economic and mobility opportunities of migrants. Here we use a well-established framework of migration decision-making, whereby individual decisions combine the aspiration and ability to migrate, to explai…
Evaluating migration as successful adaptation to climate change
The role of migration as one potential adaptation to climate change is increasingly recognized, but little is known about whether migration constitutes successful adaptation, under what conditions, and for whom. Based on a review of emerging migration science, we propose that migration is a successful adaptation to climate change if it increases well-being, reduces inequality, and promotes sustainability. Well-being, equity, and sustainability re…
Micro-scale transformations in sustainability practices
Health and wellbeing implications of adaptation to flood risk
Adaptation strategies to ameliorate the impacts of climate change are increasing in scale and scope around the world, with interventions becoming a part of daily life for many people. Though the implications of climate impacts for health and wellbeing are well documented, to date, adaptations are largely evaluated by financial cost and their effectiveness in reducing risk. Looking across different forms of adaptation to floods, we use existing li…
Sociodemographic and geophysical determinants of household vulnerability to coastal hazards in the Volta Delta, Ghana
Rural out-migration from Ghana's development zones and household food security
Food security and human migration are both major developmental issues for governments, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. However, scholarship on the links between rural out-migration and food insecurity remains ambiguous about migrants in their destination and lacks ample comparison with the place of origin. Using data from the nationally representative Ghana Living Standards Survey (Round 7), we employed multinomial logit functions to examine …
Perceived environmental risks and insecurity reduce future migration intentions in hazardous migration source areas
Monitoring and moderating extreme indoor temperatures in low-income urban communities
Climate change presents significant threats to human health, especially for low-income urban communities in the Global South. Despite numerous studies of heat stress, surprisingly little is known about the temperatures actually encountered by people in their homes, or the benefits of affordable adaptations. This paper examines indoor air temperature measurements gathered from 47 living rooms within eight low-income communities of Accra and Tamale…
Urban sustainability and the subjective well‐being of migrants
While material conditions of migrant populations on average tend to improve over time as they become established in new destinations, individual trajectories of material and subjective well‐being often diverge. Here, we analyse how social and environmental factors in the urban environment shape the subjective well‐being of migrant populations. We hypothesise these factors to include (a) perceived social and environmental risk, (b) attachment to p…
Contested causes of flooding in poor urban areas in Accra, Ghana
Cities and extreme weather events
Extreme weather events disproportionately affect residents of low-income urban settlements in the global South. This paper explores the impacts of extreme heat and flooding on water and electricity services in Accra and Tamale, Ghana. Interviews with water/electricity providers and water quality analysis are combined with household interviews, focus group discussions and observations conducted in eight low-income urban settlements. The findings h…
Impact of extreme weather conditions on healthcare provision in urban Ghana
Adaptation opportunities and maladaptive outcomes in climate vulnerability hotspots of northern Ghana
How climate change adaptation practices can constrain development and deliver maladaptive outcomes in vulnerability hotspots is yet to be explored in-depth using case study analyses. This paper explores the effects of climate change coping and adaptation responses in three case study villages across the Central Gonja district of northern Ghana. The study addresses the following research questions: i) What are the key climatic and non-climatic str…
Experience and Future Perceived Risk of Floods and Diarrheal Disease in Urban Poor Communities in Accra, Ghana
Diarrheal disease is a critical health condition in urban areas of developing countries due to increasing urbanization and its associated problems of sanitation and poor access to good drinking water. Increasing floods in cities have been linked to the risk of diarrheal disease. There are few studies that specifically link flooding with diarrhea diseases. This may be due to the fact that secondary data mainly hospital recorded cases, and not indi…
Sex preferences for children in Ghana
Environmental hazard and migration intentions in a coastal area in Ghana
The Local Food Environment and Body Mass Index among the Urban Poor in Accra, Ghana
The association of physical activity, body mass index and the blood pressure levels among urban poor youth in Accra, Ghana
The positive association of BMI and BP in the study communities suggests the need for health measures to tackle their increase and related public health consequences. Further studies on BP and other risk factors among the youth of rural populations and other developing countries will be important to stall the rising prevalence and implications for adult morbidity and mortality
Cultural dimension and adaptation to floods in a coastal settlement and a savannah community in Ghana
Climate Change and Cerebrospinal Meningitis in the Ghanaian Meningitis Belt
Cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) is one of the infectious diseases likely to be affected by climate change. Although there are a few studies on the climate change-CSM nexus, none has considered perceptions of community members. However, understanding public perception in relation to a phenomenon is very significant for the design of effective communication and mitigation strategies as well as coping and adaptation strategies. This paper uses focus …
Climate change and internal migration intentions in the forest-savannah transition zone of Ghana
Urban sustainability and the subjective well‐being of migrants
While material conditions of migrant populations on average tend to improve over time as they become established in new destinations, individual trajectories of material and subjective well‐being often diverge. Here, we analyse how social and environmental factors in the urban environment shape the subjective well‐being of migrant populations. We hypothesise these factors to include (a) perceived social and environmental risk, (b) attachment to p…
Impact of extreme weather conditions on healthcare provision in urban Ghana
Environmental hazard and migration intentions in a coastal area in Ghana
Migrant versus indigenous farmers. An analysis of factors affecting agricultural land use in the transitional agro-ecological zone of Ghana, 1984–2000
Geografisk Tidsskrift, Danish Journal of Geography 106(1): 103–113, 2006 The transitional agro-ecological zone of Ghana (10,630 km2) is the leading producer of grains, cereals and tubers. Located between the resource-endowed south and the impoverished north, it has attracted seasonal and permanent farm migrants mainly from northern Ghana, who now live side by side with the indigenous people. This paper examines the differences that exist between …
Cities and extreme weather events
Extreme weather events disproportionately affect residents of low-income urban settlements in the global South. This paper explores the impacts of extreme heat and flooding on water and electricity services in Accra and Tamale, Ghana. Interviews with water/electricity providers and water quality analysis are combined with household interviews, focus group discussions and observations conducted in eight low-income urban settlements. The findings h…
Habitability for a connected, unequal and changing world
The concept of habitability is gaining momentum in climate and environmental studies. • Present conceptualizations lack socio-cultural integration and local context. • Need for intersectionally and locally differentiated assessments of habitability. • Full understanding of habitability need to consider connectivity and tele-coupling. • Research should integrate diverse methodologies and local perspectives. As global climate change intensifies, th…
Are migrants exceptional resource degraders? A study of agricultural households in Ghana
Sex preferences for children in Ghana
How do Ghana’s landfills affect residential property values? A case study of two sites in Accra
Like many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana lacks well-engineered sanitary landfill sites. Increased urbanization and concomitant real estate growth lead landfills to compete with residential land use, resulting in closer proximity between landfill sites and residential neighborhoods. The effects of landfills on the property values of nearby residential communities have been the subject of much debate in the developed world, where state-of-t…
Population and agriculture in the dry and derived savannah zones of Ghana
The Local Food Environment and Body Mass Index among the Urban Poor in Accra, Ghana
Perceptions of the Impact of Refugees on Host Communities
Micro-scale transformations in sustainability practices
Health and wellbeing implications of adaptation to flood risk
Adaptation strategies to ameliorate the impacts of climate change are increasing in scale and scope around the world, with interventions becoming a part of daily life for many people. Though the implications of climate impacts for health and wellbeing are well documented, to date, adaptations are largely evaluated by financial cost and their effectiveness in reducing risk. Looking across different forms of adaptation to floods, we use existing li…
Cultural dimension and adaptation to floods in a coastal settlement and a savannah community in Ghana
Effects of change in population, household conditions and farming practices on agricultural land use in the Volta River basin of Ghana, 1984-2000
Population growth and agricultural land use in two agro‐ecological zones of Ghana, 1960–2010
Multiplicative and mediating variables are combined with a demographic variable, in non‐linear multiple regression models to assess the effect of population growth on agricultural land use in two agro‐ecological zones of Ghana. The paper uses data from a retrospective household survey (conducted among 1568 farmers in 504 households in 24 communities), population census reports of Ghana, for 1960, 1970, 1984 and 2000, agricultural census data for …
Migrant versus indigenous farmers. An analysis of factors affecting agricultural land use in the transitional agro-ecological zone of Ghana, 1984–2000
Geografisk Tidsskrift, Danish Journal of Geography 106(1): 103–113, 2006 The transitional agro-ecological zone of Ghana (10,630 km2) is the leading producer of grains, cereals and tubers. Located between the resource-endowed south and the impoverished north, it has attracted seasonal and permanent farm migrants mainly from northern Ghana, who now live side by side with the indigenous people. This paper examines the differences that exist between …
Integrating Remote Sensing, GIS, Census, and Socioeconomic Data in Studying the Population–Land Use/Cover Nexus in Ghana
Land is a very important asset and a means to sustain livelihood. In the face of a rapidly growing global population, increase in technological capacity, and affluence, the earth’s land cover has been transformed, especially in developing countries. At the same time, social organisation, attitudes, and values have also undergone profound changes. In contemporary times, issues of sustainable development, pollution prevention, global environmental …
Varying effect of fertility determinants among migrant and indigenous females in the transitional agro‐ecological zone of ghana
The transitional agro‐ecological zone of Ghana, located between the richly endowed south and the impoverished north, has attracted seasonal and permanent farm migrants, mainly from northern Ghana, who now live side by side with the indigenous people. While migrants have higher numbers of Muslims, indigenous people are mainly Christians. Although the majority of the migrants live in migrant quarters with less favourable socio‐economic conditions, …
Are migrants exceptional resource degraders? A study of agricultural households in Ghana
Population and agriculture in the dry and derived savannah zones of Ghana
Perceptions of the Impact of Refugees on Host Communities
Climate Change and Cerebrospinal Meningitis in the Ghanaian Meningitis Belt
Cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM) is one of the infectious diseases likely to be affected by climate change. Although there are a few studies on the climate change-CSM nexus, none has considered perceptions of community members. However, understanding public perception in relation to a phenomenon is very significant for the design of effective communication and mitigation strategies as well as coping and adaptation strategies. This paper uses focus …
How do Ghana’s landfills affect residential property values? A case study of two sites in Accra
Like many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana lacks well-engineered sanitary landfill sites. Increased urbanization and concomitant real estate growth lead landfills to compete with residential land use, resulting in closer proximity between landfill sites and residential neighborhoods. The effects of landfills on the property values of nearby residential communities have been the subject of much debate in the developed world, where state-of-t…
Climate change and internal migration intentions in the forest-savannah transition zone of Ghana
The association of physical activity, body mass index and the blood pressure levels among urban poor youth in Accra, Ghana
The positive association of BMI and BP in the study communities suggests the need for health measures to tackle their increase and related public health consequences. Further studies on BP and other risk factors among the youth of rural populations and other developing countries will be important to stall the rising prevalence and implications for adult morbidity and mortality
Cultural dimension and adaptation to floods in a coastal settlement and a savannah community in Ghana
The Local Food Environment and Body Mass Index among the Urban Poor in Accra, Ghana
Sex preferences for children in Ghana
Environmental hazard and migration intentions in a coastal area in Ghana
Adaptation opportunities and maladaptive outcomes in climate vulnerability hotspots of northern Ghana
How climate change adaptation practices can constrain development and deliver maladaptive outcomes in vulnerability hotspots is yet to be explored in-depth using case study analyses. This paper explores the effects of climate change coping and adaptation responses in three case study villages across the Central Gonja district of northern Ghana. The study addresses the following research questions: i) What are the key climatic and non-climatic str…
Experience and Future Perceived Risk of Floods and Diarrheal Disease in Urban Poor Communities in Accra, Ghana
Diarrheal disease is a critical health condition in urban areas of developing countries due to increasing urbanization and its associated problems of sanitation and poor access to good drinking water. Increasing floods in cities have been linked to the risk of diarrheal disease. There are few studies that specifically link flooding with diarrhea diseases. This may be due to the fact that secondary data mainly hospital recorded cases, and not indi…
Contested causes of flooding in poor urban areas in Accra, Ghana
Cities and extreme weather events
Extreme weather events disproportionately affect residents of low-income urban settlements in the global South. This paper explores the impacts of extreme heat and flooding on water and electricity services in Accra and Tamale, Ghana. Interviews with water/electricity providers and water quality analysis are combined with household interviews, focus group discussions and observations conducted in eight low-income urban settlements. The findings h…
Impact of extreme weather conditions on healthcare provision in urban Ghana
Perceived environmental risks and insecurity reduce future migration intentions in hazardous migration source areas
Monitoring and moderating extreme indoor temperatures in low-income urban communities
Climate change presents significant threats to human health, especially for low-income urban communities in the Global South. Despite numerous studies of heat stress, surprisingly little is known about the temperatures actually encountered by people in their homes, or the benefits of affordable adaptations. This paper examines indoor air temperature measurements gathered from 47 living rooms within eight low-income communities of Accra and Tamale…
Urban sustainability and the subjective well‐being of migrants
While material conditions of migrant populations on average tend to improve over time as they become established in new destinations, individual trajectories of material and subjective well‐being often diverge. Here, we analyse how social and environmental factors in the urban environment shape the subjective well‐being of migrant populations. We hypothesise these factors to include (a) perceived social and environmental risk, (b) attachment to p…
Sociodemographic and geophysical determinants of household vulnerability to coastal hazards in the Volta Delta, Ghana
Geography (29 works) · Economics (21 works) · Ecology (19 works) · Socioeconomics (17 works) · Population (14 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Climate change (12 works) · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (12 works) · Environmental Science (11 works)