Clifford Amoako

Biographic Data

ID3061591
NAMEClifford Amoako
GIVEN NAMESClifford
FAMILY NAMEAmoako
SIGNATUREAMOAKO C
AFFILIATIONSKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
ORCID0000-0001-9751-3037
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS35
TOTAL CITATIONS114
AUTHOR COUNT35
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX6

  • Housing as an Expression of Migration Possibilities, Status and Belonging

    Daniel Kwame Blija, Emmanuel Amponsah et al.ARTICLEHousing Theory and Society2026

    Drawing on data from multiple methods, including 443 household heads, 71 transmigrants, and five key informant interviews, this paper unpacks the effects of translocal householding on rural housing transformation in Nkoranza South Municipality, Ghana. We report that housing constitutes a site through which translocal networks are enacted, negotiated, and materially expressed. Three distinct mechanisms underpin this process: (i) financial transfer…

  • Pedestrian Footbridges and the Production of Socio-Economic Spaces in African Cities – Reflections from Kumasi, Ghana

    Open AccessClifford Amoako, Edward Ayebeng Botchway et al.ARTICLEUrban Forum2026

  • Exploring the street economy in African cities

    Barnabas Addi, Clifford Amoako et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Affairs2026

    This paper explores the governance and resilience of the urban street economy in Ghanaian cities as a reflection of the operational features of informality in African cities. The paper draws on a comprehensive review of secondary documents to explore the practices, policy regulation, urban governance challenges, and resilience of the street economy in urban Ghana. Findings show that eviction, relocation, harassment, and merchandise confiscation a…

  • Mobility dynamics of transmigrants and their implications on socioeconomic development

    Emmanuel Amponsah, Daniel Kwame Blija et al.ARTICLEAfrican Geographical Review2025

    Migration is a key livelihood strategy for many households globally. Despite numerous studies on migration in Ghana, there is limited research on the dynamics of transmigration and its socioeconomic impacts. This paper addresses this gap by examining transmigration in the Nkoranza South Municipality, Ghana. The study employed a mixed-methods approach with a survey of 477 migrant households and key informant consultations. The data obtained were a…

  • A fuzzy synthetic evaluation of transportation satisfaction among translocal migrants across Ghana’s urban spaces

    Emmanuel Amponsah, Daniel Kwame Blija et al.ARTICLEAfrican Geographical Review2025

    Using the concept of translocality, this study examines how translocal migrants perceive and experience transport systems, specifically, service and infrastructure, as well as confidence in transport-related institutions. Adopting an explanatory sequential mixed-methods approach, data were obtained from 438 translocal migrants from Nkoranza South Municipality of Ghana living in Kumasi through the ‘follow the migrant approach’ after a reconnaissan…

  • A Room in the City, a House in the Village

    Open AccessDaniel Kwame Blija, Emmanuel Amponsah et al.ARTICLEAfrica Spectrum2025References: 78

    Access to decent and affordable housing is a major source of distress for migrants in many cities in Africa. For translocal migrants, there are limited housing pathways, further constrained by various socio-cultural practices. Using translocal migrants in Kumasi as a case, we posed and answered three key questions: (i) What housing pathways do translocal migrants pursue? (ii) How do they access and finance them? and (iii) What socio-cultural supp…

  • Future-proofing cities against negative city mobility and public health impacts of impending natural hazards

    Open AccessLeandro Martin Totaro Garcia, Leandro Garcia et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet Planetary Health2025Cited by: 1

  • Subjective or objective ideal housing? Determinants of housing choice of translocal migrants in the Ghanaian urban context

    Open AccessDaniel Kwame Blija, Emmanuel Amponsah et al.ARTICLECities2025Cited by: 1References: 3

    Housing choices are unique to different population groups and ignoring the distinctions in planning and supply can result in a mismatch between the housing delivered and the user's needs. Thus, identifying the determinants of housing choices of translocal migrants is a needed, yet under-studied area in housing scholarship. This paper investigates these factors among translocal households in Nkoranza South Municipality and their translocal migrant…

  • Urban governance and the implementation of major infrastructure projects in Kumasi, Ghana

    Clifford Amoako, Bernard Adjei-Poku et al.ARTICLEAfrican Geographical Review2024

    This paper explores power dynamics among stakeholders in the Kejetia/Central Market Redevelopment Project in Kumasi, Ghana. It adopts a case study approach and draws on multiple qualitative data collection methods, including in-depth interviews of 62 representatives of evicted traders and project officials. The study reveals the use of participatory approaches that ignored many informal stakeholders of the project. These stakeholders also adopted…

  • Shades of informality

    Clifford Amoako, Akosua Baah Kwarteng Amaka-Otchere et al.ARTICLEAfrican Geographical Review2024

    Urban informal economic activities in the developing world have not been fully understood by city authorities. These viable economic activities are seen as a nuisance and are brutally treated. Using the case of Kumasi, Ghana’s second city, this study draws on multiple qualitative methods to explore the production, form, and dynamics of urban informality. Respondents were selected among street hawkers, market traders, shop owners, city officials a…

  • Locational factors for local revenue mobilisation in a Peri-urban municipal area around Accra, Ghana

    Open AccessClifford Amoako, Ronald Adamtey et al.ARTICLECity Culture and Society2024

  • A view of migrant women's “right to the city” through the lens of translocality

    Open AccessDaniel Kwame Blija, Michael Osei Asibey et al.ARTICLECities2024Cited by: 2References: 78

  • Flood Responses and Attachment to Place Within Low-Income Neigbourhoods in Kumasi, Ghana

    Clifford Amoako, Benjamin Doe et al.ARTICLEAfrican Geographical Review2023

    This study examines the determinants of place attachment among flood victims in the two low-income communities of Aboabo and Asawase in Kumasi, Ghana. It draws on empirical evidences from 203 households and key informants to explore the enduring communal mobilisation and social capital exhibited by victims during and after floods. The study reveals context-specific structural and non-structural coping strategies, shaped by intense local knowledge…

  • Survival now, sustainability later

    Open AccessClifford Amoako, Kwasi Kwafo Adarkwa et al.ARTICLEEnvironment Development and…2023

  • Informality and the politics of urban flood management

    Open AccessPatrick Brandful Cobbinah, Clifford Amoako et al.ARTICLEEnvironment and Planning C…2023References: 18

    This paper explores reasons for unproductive urban flood management agendas in informal settlements. Does geography of informal settlements inform city-led flood management agendas? And in what ways have residents of informal settlements responded to city-led flood management approaches? The paper argues that the supposed city managers – both state institutions and professional bodies – have consistently acted in their own interest while successf…

  • Customary land ownership and land use change in Kumasi

    Open AccessBernard Adjei-Poku, Samuel K Afrane et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2023References: 38

  • Compliance, resistance and innovations

    Philipa Birago Akuoko, Clifford Amoako et al.ARTICLEAfrican Geographical Review2022

    This study explores the various pathways adopted by informal traders to resist displacement during major infrastructure construction in Kumasi, Ghana. Using case design and rooted in state governance and informal agency thinking, the study draws on multiple qualitative methods, including in-depth interviews of affected traders, city officials and customary authorities; focus group discussions; document reviews and field observations. The study fi…

  • Planning Corruption or Corrupting Planning

    Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah, Watson et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Planning…2022

    Problem, research strategy, and findings Here we illuminate the often overlooked, yet pernicious impacts of corruption in planning. We used a sequential mixed-methods approach, inclusive of a survey of 82 planning practitioners in Ghana and semistructured interviews with 17 of these survey respondents, to investigate planners’ experiences of corruption. We found that incentives for corrupt behaviors, structured by the particularities of planning …

  • Spatial expansion and patterns of land use/land cover changes around Accra, Ghana – Emerging insights from Awutu Senya East Municipal Area

    Open AccessBenjamin Doe, Clifford Amoako et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2022Cited by: 2References: 12

  • The politics of artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASM) in the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area of Ghana

    Clifford Amoako, Kwasi Kwafo Adarkwa et al.ARTICLEJournal of Contemporary African…2022References: 15

    This paper explores the power relations and institutional arrangements that shape Ghana's artisanal small-scale gold mining industry. Using the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area in the Eastern region as a case, the paper relies on in-depth interviews of key informants including officials of relevant local government institutions, members of the traditional authority and selected small-scale miners, to gather evidence of socio-political relationships…

  • Fire risks management in emerging Ghanaian cities

    Open AccessClifford Amoako, Ronald Adamtey et al.ARTICLEGeoJournal2021Cited by: 1References: 1

  • The fate of urban wetlands in Kumasi

    Open AccessFrank Mintah, Clifford Amoako et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2021Cited by: 2References: 20

  • Becoming Vulnerable to Flooding

    Clifford Amoako, Emmanuel Frimpong BoamahARTICLEPlanning Theory & Practice2020

    Assemblage thinking has emerged over the last two decades as an important theoretical framework to interrogate emerging complex socio-material phenomenon in cities. This paper deploys the assemblage lens to unpack the vulnerability of informal communities to flood hazards in an African city. Focusing on Agbogbloshie and Old Fadama, the largest informal settlements in Accra, Ghana, this paper employs multiple methods including archival analysis, i…

  • Spaces of market politics

    Open AccessEmmanuel Frimpong Boamah, Nadine Shaanta Murshid et al.ARTICLEApplied Geography2020

  • The geography of urban poverty in Kumasi, Ghana

    Open AccessMichael Poku‐boansi, Michael Poku-Boansi et al.ARTICLEHabitat International2020Cited by: 3References: 27