Gift Dumedah
Biographic Data
| ID | 1956144 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gift Dumedah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gift |
| FAMILY NAME | Dumedah |
| SIGNATURE | DUMEDAH G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1572-8104 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Disparities of Electoral Violence in Ghana
Electoral violence is a critical challenge in democratic governance, particularly in Africa. Crucial knowledge for its mitigation, including spatial dissimilarity, disparities, and identification of specific socio-demographic and political characteristics as potential predictors of electoral violence, is limited in Africa. Accordingly, this study investigates the geographical disparities of electoral violence and its linkages to socio-demographic…
Do informal urban communities in Ghana qualify as a 15-Minute City based on access to socioeconomic activities
Access to services is a keystone of the 15-Minute City, an urban setup where residents can access basic services within 15-minutes of active transport from their homes. Whether Informal Urban Communities (IUCs) which are usually associated with negative connotations can qualify as a 15-Minute City is unknown. We investigated the extent to which IUC in Ayigya, Ghana satisfies this access condition. The findings show shorter travel durations and di…
Estimating baseline vehicular emissions for paratransit modes in sub-Saharan African cities
Road transport for cities in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is dominated by paratransit, whose GHG emissions are not often included in the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) – the climate action plans made to cut emissions and adapt to climate impacts. Paratransit services are fraught with several challenges, making it difficult to provide reliable inventories of their traffic emissions. Accordingly, this study presents the baseline estimation …
Urban expansion and livelihood dynamics in peri-urban Tamale, Ghana
At the heart of this paper are concerns for food security and sustainability-two challenges of wide relevance for geographers. Our work focuses specifically on the Guinea northern savanna ecological zone of Ghana, where poverty is grim and livelihood opportunities are limited and the intersection of urban expansion and livelihood dynamics is not well understood. This study analysed trends in and effects of urban expansion on farmers' livelihoods …
We live in fear and face endless physical and emotional health problems
Urban flooding significantly affects the health and well-being of populations, yet its health impacts remain underexplored in Ghana and sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This paper investigates the health effects of recurring floods on households in Greater Kumasi through a qualitative study involving 55 purposively selected household heads. The findings reveal substantial negative health consequences, including immediate and medium-term issues such as i…
Equity of spatial access to polling stations in selected regions in Ghana
Equity of access to electoral polling stations (EPS) is a key to enhancing the legitimacy of elections in democratic governance. A crucial characteristic of this equity is the level of spatial access to EPS and its distribution among populations and related socio-economic determinants. This study investigates the disparities of access to EPS for four selected regions in Ghana. The findings show that economic status and access to EPS are inversely…
Access to paratransit bus terminals in Ghana
In Sub-Saharan Africa, paratransit is the primary means of mobility where accessibility to its bus terminals offers access to diverse societal opportunities. This study accounts for the capacity of bus terminals, population demand, the geographic separations between demand and supply locations, and pedestrian response to congestion in the Greater Kumasi area of Ghana. We found that access to bus terminals is low averaging 0.5 bus terminals per 10…
Characterizing the geography of potential healthcare accessibility in informal settlements in the Greater Kumasi area of Ghana
Characterizing accessibility to healthcare is complex, requiring the consideration of geography, socioeconomic and cultural factors. The Three-Step Floating Catchment Area (3SFCA) was used to account for population demand, the capacity of health facilities, and the geographic separations between locations of demand and supply in the Greater Kumasi, Ghana. The results show that accessibility to healthcare is low, about 2.34 physicians per 10,000 p…
The case of electoral polling station data for geocoding in facilitating accessibility to social, economic and cultural opportunities in Ghana
It is widely acknowledged that geographic data in Ghana and most of Sub-Sahara Africa is patchy, and lack geographic coverage and detail. This has implications for mobility and access to socioeconomic, and cultural opportunities which require address and location data typically provided through geocoding. A critical component of geocoding is a reference database to lookup matching address and location information. Accordingly, we investigate the …
Inequities in spatial access to health services in Ghanaian cities
Consideration of health equity is fundamental to enhancing the health of those who are economically/socially disadvantaged. A vital characteristic of health equity and therefore health disparity is the level of spatial access to health services and its distribution among populations. Adequate knowledge of health disparity is critical to enhancing the optimal allocation of resources, identification of underserved populations and improving the effi…
Inefficient allocation of paratransit service terminals and routes in Ghana
Rising incidence and risks of floods in urban Ghana
Characterising the structural pattern of urban road networks in Ghana using geometric and topological measures
Road networks are an integral part of any human settlement, facilitating the movement of people, goods, and information. The structural arrangement of a road network can have a profound impact on its performance, mobility and access to critical infrastructure. This study takes advantage of a computational network science approach to examine the structural configuration of road networks using geometric and topological descriptions in districts cov…
Urban sprawl and green space depletion
The case of Paratransit - ‘Trotro’ service data as a credible location addressing of road networks in Ghana
Assessing social vulnerability to biophysical hazards in the Kumasi metropolis, Ghana
Rising incidence and risks of floods in urban Ghana
The case of Paratransit - ‘Trotro’ service data as a credible location addressing of road networks in Ghana
Urban expansion and livelihood dynamics in peri-urban Tamale, Ghana
At the heart of this paper are concerns for food security and sustainability-two challenges of wide relevance for geographers. Our work focuses specifically on the Guinea northern savanna ecological zone of Ghana, where poverty is grim and livelihood opportunities are limited and the intersection of urban expansion and livelihood dynamics is not well understood. This study analysed trends in and effects of urban expansion on farmers' livelihoods …
Characterising the structural pattern of urban road networks in Ghana using geometric and topological measures
Road networks are an integral part of any human settlement, facilitating the movement of people, goods, and information. The structural arrangement of a road network can have a profound impact on its performance, mobility and access to critical infrastructure. This study takes advantage of a computational network science approach to examine the structural configuration of road networks using geometric and topological descriptions in districts cov…
Assessing social vulnerability to biophysical hazards in the Kumasi metropolis, Ghana
Urban sprawl and green space depletion
The case of Paratransit - ‘Trotro’ service data as a credible location addressing of road networks in Ghana
Characterising the structural pattern of urban road networks in Ghana using geometric and topological measures
Road networks are an integral part of any human settlement, facilitating the movement of people, goods, and information. The structural arrangement of a road network can have a profound impact on its performance, mobility and access to critical infrastructure. This study takes advantage of a computational network science approach to examine the structural configuration of road networks using geometric and topological descriptions in districts cov…
Rising incidence and risks of floods in urban Ghana
Access to paratransit bus terminals in Ghana
In Sub-Saharan Africa, paratransit is the primary means of mobility where accessibility to its bus terminals offers access to diverse societal opportunities. This study accounts for the capacity of bus terminals, population demand, the geographic separations between demand and supply locations, and pedestrian response to congestion in the Greater Kumasi area of Ghana. We found that access to bus terminals is low averaging 0.5 bus terminals per 10…
Characterizing the geography of potential healthcare accessibility in informal settlements in the Greater Kumasi area of Ghana
Characterizing accessibility to healthcare is complex, requiring the consideration of geography, socioeconomic and cultural factors. The Three-Step Floating Catchment Area (3SFCA) was used to account for population demand, the capacity of health facilities, and the geographic separations between locations of demand and supply in the Greater Kumasi, Ghana. The results show that accessibility to healthcare is low, about 2.34 physicians per 10,000 p…
The case of electoral polling station data for geocoding in facilitating accessibility to social, economic and cultural opportunities in Ghana
It is widely acknowledged that geographic data in Ghana and most of Sub-Sahara Africa is patchy, and lack geographic coverage and detail. This has implications for mobility and access to socioeconomic, and cultural opportunities which require address and location data typically provided through geocoding. A critical component of geocoding is a reference database to lookup matching address and location information. Accordingly, we investigate the …
Inequities in spatial access to health services in Ghanaian cities
Consideration of health equity is fundamental to enhancing the health of those who are economically/socially disadvantaged. A vital characteristic of health equity and therefore health disparity is the level of spatial access to health services and its distribution among populations. Adequate knowledge of health disparity is critical to enhancing the optimal allocation of resources, identification of underserved populations and improving the effi…
Inefficient allocation of paratransit service terminals and routes in Ghana
Equity of spatial access to polling stations in selected regions in Ghana
Equity of access to electoral polling stations (EPS) is a key to enhancing the legitimacy of elections in democratic governance. A crucial characteristic of this equity is the level of spatial access to EPS and its distribution among populations and related socio-economic determinants. This study investigates the disparities of access to EPS for four selected regions in Ghana. The findings show that economic status and access to EPS are inversely…
Do informal urban communities in Ghana qualify as a 15-Minute City based on access to socioeconomic activities
Access to services is a keystone of the 15-Minute City, an urban setup where residents can access basic services within 15-minutes of active transport from their homes. Whether Informal Urban Communities (IUCs) which are usually associated with negative connotations can qualify as a 15-Minute City is unknown. We investigated the extent to which IUC in Ayigya, Ghana satisfies this access condition. The findings show shorter travel durations and di…
Estimating baseline vehicular emissions for paratransit modes in sub-Saharan African cities
Road transport for cities in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is dominated by paratransit, whose GHG emissions are not often included in the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) – the climate action plans made to cut emissions and adapt to climate impacts. Paratransit services are fraught with several challenges, making it difficult to provide reliable inventories of their traffic emissions. Accordingly, this study presents the baseline estimation …
Urban expansion and livelihood dynamics in peri-urban Tamale, Ghana
At the heart of this paper are concerns for food security and sustainability-two challenges of wide relevance for geographers. Our work focuses specifically on the Guinea northern savanna ecological zone of Ghana, where poverty is grim and livelihood opportunities are limited and the intersection of urban expansion and livelihood dynamics is not well understood. This study analysed trends in and effects of urban expansion on farmers' livelihoods …
We live in fear and face endless physical and emotional health problems
Urban flooding significantly affects the health and well-being of populations, yet its health impacts remain underexplored in Ghana and sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This paper investigates the health effects of recurring floods on households in Greater Kumasi through a qualitative study involving 55 purposively selected household heads. The findings reveal substantial negative health consequences, including immediate and medium-term issues such as i…
Disparities of Electoral Violence in Ghana
Electoral violence is a critical challenge in democratic governance, particularly in Africa. Crucial knowledge for its mitigation, including spatial dissimilarity, disparities, and identification of specific socio-demographic and political characteristics as potential predictors of electoral violence, is limited in Africa. Accordingly, this study investigates the geographical disparities of electoral violence and its linkages to socio-demographic…
Geography (12 works) · Business (9 works) · Urban Transport and Accessibility (9 works) · Population (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Economic growth (5 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Paratransit (5 works) · Socioeconomics (5 works)