Elias Danyi Kuusaana
Biographic Data
| ID | 276259 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elias Danyi Kuusaana |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elias Danyi |
| FAMILY NAME | Kuusaana |
| SIGNATURE | KUUSAANA E D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University for Development Studies |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5364-7380 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 144 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Exploring Ethnic Cosmopolitanism as a Catalyst for Sustainable Peacebuilding in Northern Ghana
Many scholars often refer to the instrumentality of cosmopolitan values and ideals in fostering inclusivity across societies of the world. Yet relatively little academic attention has been given to exploring how cosmopolitan ideals could be leveraged as a tool for sustainable peacebuilding in multicultural and multi‐ethnic communities. This study aimed to address this gap by connecting cosmopolitanism, ethnic pluralism, ethnic conflict and sustai…
Social Exclusion and Radicalisation in the Context of Resource Conflicts: Evidence from Central Ghana
Existing research on farmer-herder conflicts across the Sahel has predominantly focused on their causes or consequences as well as the broader economic, security, and social implications. However, a significant gap remains in understanding how these conflicts prompt exclusionary practices which can foster radicalisation among both smallholders and Fulbe herders. This study employs a narrative design, utilising interviews and focus group discussio…
Gendered rights and challenges of women’s ownership, access, and investment in land and shea trees in selected peri-urban communities of Ghana
This study examined the gendered rights and challenges of ownership, access, and investments in land and shea trees in Ghana. It mainstreams women into policies regarding land and shea tenures. A qualitative approach through focus group discussions and in-depth interviews with key stakeholders was used. From the study, women do not own land or shea trees, but they can exploit them. The loss of farmlands and shea trees through urbanisation worsens…
Ethnic cosmopolitanism, cultural identity and conflict dynamics in the Kusaug Traditional Area of Northern Ghana
This study investigates the perceptions of ethnicity and their impact on conflict dynamics and cultural identity with the aim of proposing a pathway towards the building of an ethnic cosmopolitan worldview for peaceful coexistence. The research adopted a qualitative methodological approach with interviews and focus group discussions involving 50 purposively sampled participants from the Kusaasi, Mamprusi, Mossi, Busanga, and Hausa ethnic groups r…
Farmer–herder conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa: Drivers, impacts, and resolution and peacebuilding strategies
Resource scarcity and insecurity due to climate change, coupled with ethnic, religious, and identity politics, have strained peaceful coexistence between farmers and herders in West and Central Africa over the last few decades. Violent farmer–herder clashes now pose a significant threat to security and stability in the Sahelian and savannah dryland regions. Despite the large and increasing literature on these conflicts in recent decades, no compr…
When Does Dispute Resolution Hold? Lessons from Three Ghanaian Case-Studies
Conflicts relating to chieftaincy succession are recurrent among some monarchies in Ghana, and scholars have extensively debated their causes, resolution, and peacebuilding approaches. There have, however, been limited studies into the role that local actors' acceptance or rejection of the selected method of dispute resolution plays in the resolution of chieftaincy disputes. This study fills this gap by using a multiple case study design involvin…
Toward sustainable urbanization: Understanding the dynamics of urban sprawl and food (in)security of indigenous households in peri-urban Wa, Ghana
This study responds to the limited literature on the effects of urban sprawl on food security in Ghanaian cities. As the study sought to understand the characteristics, drivers, and challenges of urban sprawl and the threat it poses to the urban food security of indigenous peri-urban households, we drew evidence from peri-urban Wa, Ghana. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected from 261 randomly sampled indigenous household heads an…
Housing Finance Strategies for Low-Income Households in Secondary Cities: Contextualization Under Customary Tenure in Ghana
High mortgage repayment-to-income ratios and unavailability of adequate and secured collateral are major setbacks for low-income households in accessing housing finance. This notwithstanding, few studies have examined housing finance strategies that are available to low-income households within a secondary city context amidst the complexities of customary land tenure. This study examined the housing finance strategies adopted by low-income househ…
Changing land tenure regimes and women’s access to secure land for cocoa cultivation in rural Ghana
Spatial Justice and Inner-City Development in Secondary Cities of Ghana: Implications for New Urban Agenda in the Global South
The process of urban change does not only occur on the outskirts of the city but also in the inner cities in the form of infilling and alterations to existing housing. An observed trend in most cities of the Global South is the concentration and development within the city centres. Using the Wa Municipality as case study, this study seeks to examine the dynamics of inner-city developments. The data was collected through a questionnaire survey and…
Characterisation and typology of urban wetlands in Ghana: Implications for the governance of urban commons in secondary cities in Africa
Urban wetlands continue to provide essential ecosystem services to the urban populace and are largely seen as urban commons that need to be managed properly for continuous wise use of wetlands. Yet fewer studies have highlighted the characteristics as basis for the development of a typology to make it easy for differentiated and appropriate spatial, management and policy planning interventions. The study draws on urban commons and resource access…
Cattle Ranching and Farmer-herder Conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa: Exploring the Conditions for Successes and Failures in Northern Ghana
To address the prevalence of farmer-herder conflicts, Ghana has recently adopted a national cattle ranching project to establish ranches. Through a qualitative approach, this study examines the performance of existing ranches in addressing farmer-herder conflicts and the feasibility of ranches under complex land tenure arrangements. In Northern Ghana, identity, perceptions of land grab, and dynamics of access to animal feed and water sources migh…
Of waste facility siting and relational geographies of place: Peri-urban landfills, community resistance and the politics of land control in Ghana
Collaborative customary land governance: Motivations and challenges of forming land management committees (LMCs) in the upper west region of Ghana
City profile: Wa, Ghana
Land dispossessions and water appropriations: Political ecology of land and water grabs in Ghana
The role of chiefs in large-scale land acquisitions for jatropha production in Ghana: Insights from agrarian political economy
Impacts of large-scale land holdings on Fulani pastoralists’ in the Agogo Traditional Area of Ghana
The Practice of Defect Liability Period in the Real Estate Industry in Ghana
A study on the dynamics of the defect liability period (DLP) in Ghana is lacking, notwithstanding the fact that it is a common practice in the real estate industry. This study examines the practice of the DLP in Ghana’s real estate industry. The study adopts a combination of simple random and stratified sampling techniques to select 29 members of the Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA) and 58 homeowners in Accra. We employ binary and…
Land consolidation, customary lands, and Ghana's Northern Savannah Ecological Zone: An evaluation of the possibilities and pitfalls
Legal implications of allocation papers in land transactions in Ghana—A case study of the Kumasi traditional area
As the city grows, where do the farmers go? Understanding Peri-urbanization and food systems in Ghana - Evidence from the Tamale Metropolis
Land conflicts between smallholders and Fulani pastoralists in Ghana: Evidence from the Asante Akim North District (Aand)
Customary land allocation, urbanization and land use planning in Ghana: Implications for food systems in the Wa Municipality
Land consolidation, customary lands, and Ghana's Northern Savannah Ecological Zone: An evaluation of the possibilities and pitfalls
Land conflicts between smallholders and Fulani pastoralists in Ghana: Evidence from the Asante Akim North District (Aand)
Customary land allocation, urbanization and land use planning in Ghana: Implications for food systems in the Wa Municipality
The role of chiefs in large-scale land acquisitions for jatropha production in Ghana: Insights from agrarian political economy
Legal implications of allocation papers in land transactions in Ghana—A case study of the Kumasi traditional area
Impacts of large-scale land holdings on Fulani pastoralists’ in the Agogo Traditional Area of Ghana
City profile: Wa, Ghana
Cattle Ranching and Farmer-herder Conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa: Exploring the Conditions for Successes and Failures in Northern Ghana
To address the prevalence of farmer-herder conflicts, Ghana has recently adopted a national cattle ranching project to establish ranches. Through a qualitative approach, this study examines the performance of existing ranches in addressing farmer-herder conflicts and the feasibility of ranches under complex land tenure arrangements. In Northern Ghana, identity, perceptions of land grab, and dynamics of access to animal feed and water sources migh…
Land dispossessions and water appropriations: Political ecology of land and water grabs in Ghana
When Does Dispute Resolution Hold? Lessons from Three Ghanaian Case-Studies
Conflicts relating to chieftaincy succession are recurrent among some monarchies in Ghana, and scholars have extensively debated their causes, resolution, and peacebuilding approaches. There have, however, been limited studies into the role that local actors' acceptance or rejection of the selected method of dispute resolution plays in the resolution of chieftaincy disputes. This study fills this gap by using a multiple case study design involvin…
Changing land tenure regimes and women’s access to secure land for cocoa cultivation in rural Ghana
Collaborative customary land governance: Motivations and challenges of forming land management committees (LMCs) in the upper west region of Ghana
Characterisation and typology of urban wetlands in Ghana: Implications for the governance of urban commons in secondary cities in Africa
Urban wetlands continue to provide essential ecosystem services to the urban populace and are largely seen as urban commons that need to be managed properly for continuous wise use of wetlands. Yet fewer studies have highlighted the characteristics as basis for the development of a typology to make it easy for differentiated and appropriate spatial, management and policy planning interventions. The study draws on urban commons and resource access…
Of waste facility siting and relational geographies of place: Peri-urban landfills, community resistance and the politics of land control in Ghana
Toward sustainable urbanization: Understanding the dynamics of urban sprawl and food (in)security of indigenous households in peri-urban Wa, Ghana
This study responds to the limited literature on the effects of urban sprawl on food security in Ghanaian cities. As the study sought to understand the characteristics, drivers, and challenges of urban sprawl and the threat it poses to the urban food security of indigenous peri-urban households, we drew evidence from peri-urban Wa, Ghana. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected from 261 randomly sampled indigenous household heads an…
As the city grows, where do the farmers go? Understanding Peri-urbanization and food systems in Ghana - Evidence from the Tamale Metropolis
Land conflicts between smallholders and Fulani pastoralists in Ghana: Evidence from the Asante Akim North District (Aand)
Customary land allocation, urbanization and land use planning in Ghana: Implications for food systems in the Wa Municipality
Land consolidation, customary lands, and Ghana's Northern Savannah Ecological Zone: An evaluation of the possibilities and pitfalls
Legal implications of allocation papers in land transactions in Ghana—A case study of the Kumasi traditional area
The Practice of Defect Liability Period in the Real Estate Industry in Ghana
A study on the dynamics of the defect liability period (DLP) in Ghana is lacking, notwithstanding the fact that it is a common practice in the real estate industry. This study examines the practice of the DLP in Ghana’s real estate industry. The study adopts a combination of simple random and stratified sampling techniques to select 29 members of the Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA) and 58 homeowners in Accra. We employ binary and…
The role of chiefs in large-scale land acquisitions for jatropha production in Ghana: Insights from agrarian political economy
Impacts of large-scale land holdings on Fulani pastoralists’ in the Agogo Traditional Area of Ghana
Land dispossessions and water appropriations: Political ecology of land and water grabs in Ghana
Of waste facility siting and relational geographies of place: Peri-urban landfills, community resistance and the politics of land control in Ghana
Collaborative customary land governance: Motivations and challenges of forming land management committees (LMCs) in the upper west region of Ghana
City profile: Wa, Ghana
Spatial Justice and Inner-City Development in Secondary Cities of Ghana: Implications for New Urban Agenda in the Global South
The process of urban change does not only occur on the outskirts of the city but also in the inner cities in the form of infilling and alterations to existing housing. An observed trend in most cities of the Global South is the concentration and development within the city centres. Using the Wa Municipality as case study, this study seeks to examine the dynamics of inner-city developments. The data was collected through a questionnaire survey and…
Characterisation and typology of urban wetlands in Ghana: Implications for the governance of urban commons in secondary cities in Africa
Urban wetlands continue to provide essential ecosystem services to the urban populace and are largely seen as urban commons that need to be managed properly for continuous wise use of wetlands. Yet fewer studies have highlighted the characteristics as basis for the development of a typology to make it easy for differentiated and appropriate spatial, management and policy planning interventions. The study draws on urban commons and resource access…
Cattle Ranching and Farmer-herder Conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa: Exploring the Conditions for Successes and Failures in Northern Ghana
To address the prevalence of farmer-herder conflicts, Ghana has recently adopted a national cattle ranching project to establish ranches. Through a qualitative approach, this study examines the performance of existing ranches in addressing farmer-herder conflicts and the feasibility of ranches under complex land tenure arrangements. In Northern Ghana, identity, perceptions of land grab, and dynamics of access to animal feed and water sources migh…
Housing Finance Strategies for Low-Income Households in Secondary Cities: Contextualization Under Customary Tenure in Ghana
High mortgage repayment-to-income ratios and unavailability of adequate and secured collateral are major setbacks for low-income households in accessing housing finance. This notwithstanding, few studies have examined housing finance strategies that are available to low-income households within a secondary city context amidst the complexities of customary land tenure. This study examined the housing finance strategies adopted by low-income househ…
Changing land tenure regimes and women’s access to secure land for cocoa cultivation in rural Ghana
Farmer–herder conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa: Drivers, impacts, and resolution and peacebuilding strategies
Resource scarcity and insecurity due to climate change, coupled with ethnic, religious, and identity politics, have strained peaceful coexistence between farmers and herders in West and Central Africa over the last few decades. Violent farmer–herder clashes now pose a significant threat to security and stability in the Sahelian and savannah dryland regions. Despite the large and increasing literature on these conflicts in recent decades, no compr…
When Does Dispute Resolution Hold? Lessons from Three Ghanaian Case-Studies
Conflicts relating to chieftaincy succession are recurrent among some monarchies in Ghana, and scholars have extensively debated their causes, resolution, and peacebuilding approaches. There have, however, been limited studies into the role that local actors' acceptance or rejection of the selected method of dispute resolution plays in the resolution of chieftaincy disputes. This study fills this gap by using a multiple case study design involvin…
Toward sustainable urbanization: Understanding the dynamics of urban sprawl and food (in)security of indigenous households in peri-urban Wa, Ghana
This study responds to the limited literature on the effects of urban sprawl on food security in Ghanaian cities. As the study sought to understand the characteristics, drivers, and challenges of urban sprawl and the threat it poses to the urban food security of indigenous peri-urban households, we drew evidence from peri-urban Wa, Ghana. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected from 261 randomly sampled indigenous household heads an…
Gendered rights and challenges of women’s ownership, access, and investment in land and shea trees in selected peri-urban communities of Ghana
This study examined the gendered rights and challenges of ownership, access, and investments in land and shea trees in Ghana. It mainstreams women into policies regarding land and shea tenures. A qualitative approach through focus group discussions and in-depth interviews with key stakeholders was used. From the study, women do not own land or shea trees, but they can exploit them. The loss of farmlands and shea trees through urbanisation worsens…
Ethnic cosmopolitanism, cultural identity and conflict dynamics in the Kusaug Traditional Area of Northern Ghana
This study investigates the perceptions of ethnicity and their impact on conflict dynamics and cultural identity with the aim of proposing a pathway towards the building of an ethnic cosmopolitan worldview for peaceful coexistence. The research adopted a qualitative methodological approach with interviews and focus group discussions involving 50 purposively sampled participants from the Kusaasi, Mamprusi, Mossi, Busanga, and Hausa ethnic groups r…
Exploring Ethnic Cosmopolitanism as a Catalyst for Sustainable Peacebuilding in Northern Ghana
Many scholars often refer to the instrumentality of cosmopolitan values and ideals in fostering inclusivity across societies of the world. Yet relatively little academic attention has been given to exploring how cosmopolitan ideals could be leveraged as a tool for sustainable peacebuilding in multicultural and multi‐ethnic communities. This study aimed to address this gap by connecting cosmopolitanism, ethnic pluralism, ethnic conflict and sustai…
Social Exclusion and Radicalisation in the Context of Resource Conflicts: Evidence from Central Ghana
Existing research on farmer-herder conflicts across the Sahel has predominantly focused on their causes or consequences as well as the broader economic, security, and social implications. However, a significant gap remains in understanding how these conflicts prompt exclusionary practices which can foster radicalisation among both smallholders and Fulbe herders. This study employs a narrative design, utilising interviews and focus group discussio…
Economics (20 works) · Geography (18 works) · Political science (17 works) · Business (14 works) · Economic growth (12 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (12 works) · Land Rights and Reforms (11 works) · Agriculture (10 works) · Land use (10 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (9 works)