Yaw Agyeman Boafo
Biographic Data
| ID | 3483386 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yaw Agyeman Boafo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yaw Agyeman |
| FAMILY NAME | Boafo |
| SIGNATURE | BOAFO Y A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ghana |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1430-7655 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Pre-resource curse and suspended futures
The green energy transition and advances in technology have intensified demand for critical minerals, triggering a global race to expand mining, processing and secure supply chains. Africa is estimated to hold 30 percent of the world’s critical minerals, making the continent a key focus in the evolving geopolitics of energy transition. Since 2019, several African countries have entered into agreements on critical minerals with countries and regio…
Relational Losses and Ecosystem Service Decline in a Ghanaian Mining Landscape
Environmental degradation associated with mining activities is not merely a biophysical disruption; it reconfigures community relationships with nature, erodes governance trust, and dislocates cultural meanings. This study examines how communities in Ghana’s Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality perceive mining-related changes in ecosystem services (ES), drawing on a justice-oriented framework integrating ES theory with political ecology. Using a mixed-meth…
‘We live on borrowed land’
This paper examines how sea level rise and coastal erosion are reshaping emotional geographies, cultural attachments, and grassroots adaptation strategies in two frontline communities – Fuveme and Atiteti – in Ghana’s eastern coast. While prior research has documented the physical and socio-economic impacts of erosion in West Africa, less attention has been paid to how coastal change is emotionally experienced, gendered, and narrated by communiti…
Gendered (im)mobilities and everyday adaptation in Accra’s informal settlements
Climate-induced mobility in African cities is often portrayed as a rational adaptive response to environmental stress, a framing that obscures the gendered, spatial, and institutional forces shaping who moves, who stays, and who is left behind. Using feminist and participatory methods, this study examines women’s experiences in four climate-vulnerable informal settlements in Accra: Agbogbloshie, Chorkor, Glefe, and Odawna. Insights from gender-se…
Transgressive pedagogies in a climate-constrained Africa
Introduction Despite global recognition of the climate crisis, higher education often remains rooted in traditional, theory-focused paradigms emphasizing economic growth, thereby hindering necessary structural transformations. This study argues for an urgent shift towards practical and experiential learning in higher education, particularly in sustainability learning and climate change education, by adopting transgressive pedagogies and place-bas…
Drought perceptions, experiences, and adaptive governance in semi-arid Ghana
Perceptions and enablers of sustainable development
Unraveling diarrheal disease knowledge, understanding, and management practices among climate change vulnerable coastal communities in Ghana
Introduction: Diarrheal disease is a global public health concern, particularly in low-income countries. In Ghana, widespread issues like inadequate sanitation, unsafe drinking water, malnutrition, and poor hygiene practices contribute to the high incidence of diarrhea. Climate change exacerbates these challenges by increasing the frequency and severity of conditions that spread diarrheal diseases. This study explores households' knowledge, under…
Experiences of inequality in international collaborative research – Perspectives from environmental and sustainability scholars from Ghana, West Africa
Don’t call us vulnerable!’
Traditional views on flood vulnerability often present a simplistic government-community relationship, portraying communities as passive recipients of aid. This perspective overlooks the dynamic agency of urban residents in shaping their own governance structures. Recent research challenges this binary thinking by revealing how communities actively manage flood risks. However, the intricate interplay between government absence and community-led a…
Impacts of Ghana's Bui dam hydroelectricity project on the livelihood of downstream non-resettled communities
Assessing the food security outcomes of industrial crop expansion in smallholder settings
Impacts of Ghana's Bui dam hydroelectricity project on the livelihood of downstream non-resettled communities
Assessing the food security outcomes of industrial crop expansion in smallholder settings
Experiences of inequality in international collaborative research – Perspectives from environmental and sustainability scholars from Ghana, West Africa
Assessing the food security outcomes of industrial crop expansion in smallholder settings
Impacts of Ghana's Bui dam hydroelectricity project on the livelihood of downstream non-resettled communities
Unraveling diarrheal disease knowledge, understanding, and management practices among climate change vulnerable coastal communities in Ghana
Introduction: Diarrheal disease is a global public health concern, particularly in low-income countries. In Ghana, widespread issues like inadequate sanitation, unsafe drinking water, malnutrition, and poor hygiene practices contribute to the high incidence of diarrhea. Climate change exacerbates these challenges by increasing the frequency and severity of conditions that spread diarrheal diseases. This study explores households' knowledge, under…
Experiences of inequality in international collaborative research – Perspectives from environmental and sustainability scholars from Ghana, West Africa
Don’t call us vulnerable!’
Traditional views on flood vulnerability often present a simplistic government-community relationship, portraying communities as passive recipients of aid. This perspective overlooks the dynamic agency of urban residents in shaping their own governance structures. Recent research challenges this binary thinking by revealing how communities actively manage flood risks. However, the intricate interplay between government absence and community-led a…
Transgressive pedagogies in a climate-constrained Africa
Introduction Despite global recognition of the climate crisis, higher education often remains rooted in traditional, theory-focused paradigms emphasizing economic growth, thereby hindering necessary structural transformations. This study argues for an urgent shift towards practical and experiential learning in higher education, particularly in sustainability learning and climate change education, by adopting transgressive pedagogies and place-bas…
Drought perceptions, experiences, and adaptive governance in semi-arid Ghana
Perceptions and enablers of sustainable development
Pre-resource curse and suspended futures
The green energy transition and advances in technology have intensified demand for critical minerals, triggering a global race to expand mining, processing and secure supply chains. Africa is estimated to hold 30 percent of the world’s critical minerals, making the continent a key focus in the evolving geopolitics of energy transition. Since 2019, several African countries have entered into agreements on critical minerals with countries and regio…
Relational Losses and Ecosystem Service Decline in a Ghanaian Mining Landscape
Environmental degradation associated with mining activities is not merely a biophysical disruption; it reconfigures community relationships with nature, erodes governance trust, and dislocates cultural meanings. This study examines how communities in Ghana’s Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality perceive mining-related changes in ecosystem services (ES), drawing on a justice-oriented framework integrating ES theory with political ecology. Using a mixed-meth…
‘We live on borrowed land’
This paper examines how sea level rise and coastal erosion are reshaping emotional geographies, cultural attachments, and grassroots adaptation strategies in two frontline communities – Fuveme and Atiteti – in Ghana’s eastern coast. While prior research has documented the physical and socio-economic impacts of erosion in West Africa, less attention has been paid to how coastal change is emotionally experienced, gendered, and narrated by communiti…
Gendered (im)mobilities and everyday adaptation in Accra’s informal settlements
Climate-induced mobility in African cities is often portrayed as a rational adaptive response to environmental stress, a framing that obscures the gendered, spatial, and institutional forces shaping who moves, who stays, and who is left behind. Using feminist and participatory methods, this study examines women’s experiences in four climate-vulnerable informal settlements in Accra: Agbogbloshie, Chorkor, Glefe, and Odawna. Insights from gender-se…
Climate change (4 works) · Corporate governance (4 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Environmental resource management (4 works) · Environmental Science (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Biology (3 works) · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (3 works)