Abubakari Ahmed
Biographic Data
| ID | 3728404 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abubakari Ahmed |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abubakari |
| FAMILY NAME | Ahmed |
| SIGNATURE | AHMED A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University for Development Studies |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5574-614X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 73 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Global Forest Carbon Dynamics Reveal Regional Heterogeneity and Mitigation Thresholds
Forest carbon stocks constitute a central component of global climate mitigation, although temporal–spatial heterogeneity in forest‐carbon relationships remains insufficiently understood. This study quantifies global forest‐carbon dynamics across 235 countries over 1992–2020 using comprehensive panel econometric methods. Global forest carbon stocks declined 0.95% (297 to 294 Gt C) despite 3.83% forest area losses, with forest‐carbon elasticity ap…
Urban agriculture-climate change-food security nexus: Does climate-smart agriculture offer hope
Transformative Systems Integration for Sustainable Agriculture: A Quantitative Framework for Optimizing Production, Consumption, and Environmental Outcomes Across Smallholder Typologies
Traditional approaches focus on singular interventions without addressing system complexity or farmer heterogeneity. This study advances agricultural development methodology by creating the first quantitative framework integrating farmer typology analysis with comprehensive scenario planning to optimize intervention combinations under uncertainty. Using cluster analysis of survey data from 240 farming households across three Northern regions, the…
Spatio-temporal dynamics of tree cover change in semi-arid Ghana: Evidence from Sentinel-2 time series data
Trees provide vital ecosystem services, yet anthropogenic activities have continued to reduce tree cover (TC) globally, leading to disparities in the distribution of ecosystem services at various scales. Similarly, empirical analysis of indicators that measure variations in TC at various temporal and spatial scales is limited in the semi-arid regions where global environmental challenges such as climate change are already affecting TC distributio…
Energy Poverty and the Proliferation of Heterogeneous Infrastructure Configurations in Accra: Implications for Urban Energy Governance in African Cities
Spatial analysis and predictive modeling of energy poverty: Insights for policy implementation
Urban water-energy-food nexus in the kitchen and social practices of diet and cooking: Implications for household sustainability
Measuring access to health facilities in Ghana: Implications for implementation of health interventions and the Sustainable Development Goal 3
Urban livestock rearing and the paradox of sustainable cities and urban governance in West Africa: Empirical evidence from Wa, Ghana
Although inner-city livestock rearing provides households with food security and cash income opportunities, urban farmers and planners face challenges balancing urban livestock rearing with sustainable cities’ development. Literature on the interface of inner-city rearing, sustainable cities and urban planning dilemma is limited in African cities. Using the city of Wa in Ghana as a case, this study seeks to understand cattle-rearing practices, dr…
Drivers of ineffective environmental sanitation bye-laws in Ghana: Implications for environmental governance
Historically, many national governments of Sub-Saharan African countries, including Ghana, have devolved the responsibility of environmental sanitation to local government authorities to enact bye-laws within their catchment areas. Sanitation bye-laws are context-specific rules of the game aimed at shaping human-environment relationships at the local level. Yet, few studies have assessed their effectiveness in addressing environmental sanitation …
Patterns and determinants of multidimensional poverty in secondary cities: Implications for urban sustainability in African cities
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…
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Framing climate change and gender intersect from the perspective of masculinity
From Ampesie to French fries: Systematising the characteristics, drivers and impacts of diet change in rapidly urbanising Accra
Nexus disrupted: Lived realities and the water-energy-food nexus from an infrastructure perspective
In recent years, the water-energy-food nexus gained traction in science and policy debates to address the relationships between water, energy and food sectors. Inspired by Political Ecology thinking, we advocate for a nexus understanding that acknowledges the political nature of the concept and points to lived and experienced nexus realities. We draw on literature from heterogeneous infrastructures, giving attention to the socio-material entangle…
Fulani herders and indigenous strategies of climate change adaptation in Kpongu community, North-Western Ghana: Implications for adaptation planning
The literature on indigenous adaptation strategies has generally focused on food crop farming with limited perspectives on livestock production, particularly in Africa. This study draws on qualitative data to identify and categorize the various indigenous adaptation strategies of herdsmen in cattle production. The results reveal multiple indigenous strategies of climate change adaptation in cattle herding among the Fulani. These include mobility-…
Governing Ourselves for Sustainability: Everyday Ingenuities in the Governance of Water Infrastructure in the Informal Settlements of Dar es Salaam
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…
Are local development plans mainstreaming climate-smart agriculture? A mixed-content analysis of medium-term development plans in semi-arid 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…
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…
Biofuel feedstock plantations closure and land abandonment in Ghana: New directions for land studies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Reconfiguration of land politics in community resource management areas in Ghana: Insights from the Avu Lagoon CREMA
Of waste facility siting and relational geographies of place: Peri-urban landfills, community resistance and the politics of land control in Ghana
The role of chiefs in large-scale land acquisitions for jatropha production in Ghana: Insights from agrarian political economy
Nexus disrupted: Lived realities and the water-energy-food nexus from an infrastructure perspective
In recent years, the water-energy-food nexus gained traction in science and policy debates to address the relationships between water, energy and food sectors. Inspired by Political Ecology thinking, we advocate for a nexus understanding that acknowledges the political nature of the concept and points to lived and experienced nexus realities. We draw on literature from heterogeneous infrastructures, giving attention to the socio-material entangle…
Labelling large-scale land acquisitions as land grabs: Procedural and distributional considerations from two cases in Ghana
City profile: Wa, Ghana
Patterns and determinants of multidimensional poverty in secondary cities: Implications for urban sustainability in African cities
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
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…
Biofuel feedstock plantations closure and land abandonment in Ghana: New directions for land studies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Of waste facility siting and relational geographies of place: Peri-urban landfills, community resistance and the politics of land control in Ghana
Towards a classification of the drivers of jatropha collapse in Ghana elicited from the perceptions of multiple stakeholders
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…
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Slums in Semi-Arid Regions: An Analysis of the Vulnerability and Coping Strategies of Selected Neighbourhoods in the Wa Municipality, Ghana
This study investigates the vulnerability of slum dwellers and the resulting coping strategies of three spontaneous neighbourhoods in the Wa Municipality of Ghana. The study relied on mixed methods with questionnaire administration as its main data collection technique focusing on the social, economic and environmental dimensions of slums. It found that, even among slum close neighbourhoods, the overall degree of vulnerability varies thereby repr…
Coping with the Challenges of Urbanization in Low Income Areas: An Analysis of the Livelihood Systems of Slum Dwellers of the Wa Municipality, Ghana
In Ghana, unplanned and spontaneous urbanization has trapped many in slum dwellings with its attendant poverty, insecurity, and poor housing and general environmental conditions. Slum dwellers’ choices of livelihood activities are restricted under various socio-economic and planning constraints. Using mixed methods, this paper explored the conditions under which slum dwellers can maximize the prospects of their environment and minimize the challe…
Towards a classification of the drivers of jatropha collapse in Ghana elicited from the perceptions of multiple stakeholders
The role of chiefs in large-scale land acquisitions for jatropha production in Ghana: Insights from agrarian political economy
Land dispossessions and water appropriations: Political ecology of land and water grabs in Ghana
Labelling large-scale land acquisitions as land grabs: Procedural and distributional considerations from two cases in Ghana
Reconfiguration of land politics in community resource management areas in Ghana: Insights from the Avu Lagoon CREMA
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
Fulani herders and indigenous strategies of climate change adaptation in Kpongu community, North-Western Ghana: Implications for adaptation planning
The literature on indigenous adaptation strategies has generally focused on food crop farming with limited perspectives on livestock production, particularly in Africa. This study draws on qualitative data to identify and categorize the various indigenous adaptation strategies of herdsmen in cattle production. The results reveal multiple indigenous strategies of climate change adaptation in cattle herding among the Fulani. These include mobility-…
Governing Ourselves for Sustainability: Everyday Ingenuities in the Governance of Water Infrastructure in the Informal Settlements of Dar es Salaam
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…
Are local development plans mainstreaming climate-smart agriculture? A mixed-content analysis of medium-term development plans in semi-arid 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…
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…
Biofuel feedstock plantations closure and land abandonment in Ghana: New directions for land studies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Framing climate change and gender intersect from the perspective of masculinity
From Ampesie to French fries: Systematising the characteristics, drivers and impacts of diet change in rapidly urbanising Accra
Nexus disrupted: Lived realities and the water-energy-food nexus from an infrastructure perspective
In recent years, the water-energy-food nexus gained traction in science and policy debates to address the relationships between water, energy and food sectors. Inspired by Political Ecology thinking, we advocate for a nexus understanding that acknowledges the political nature of the concept and points to lived and experienced nexus realities. We draw on literature from heterogeneous infrastructures, giving attention to the socio-material entangle…
Measuring access to health facilities in Ghana: Implications for implementation of health interventions and the Sustainable Development Goal 3
Urban livestock rearing and the paradox of sustainable cities and urban governance in West Africa: Empirical evidence from Wa, Ghana
Although inner-city livestock rearing provides households with food security and cash income opportunities, urban farmers and planners face challenges balancing urban livestock rearing with sustainable cities’ development. Literature on the interface of inner-city rearing, sustainable cities and urban planning dilemma is limited in African cities. Using the city of Wa in Ghana as a case, this study seeks to understand cattle-rearing practices, dr…
Drivers of ineffective environmental sanitation bye-laws in Ghana: Implications for environmental governance
Historically, many national governments of Sub-Saharan African countries, including Ghana, have devolved the responsibility of environmental sanitation to local government authorities to enact bye-laws within their catchment areas. Sanitation bye-laws are context-specific rules of the game aimed at shaping human-environment relationships at the local level. Yet, few studies have assessed their effectiveness in addressing environmental sanitation …
Patterns and determinants of multidimensional poverty in secondary cities: Implications for urban sustainability in African cities
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…
Economics (27 works) · Geography (25 works) · Business (20 works) · Political science (18 works) · Economic growth (17 works) · Environmental planning (14 works) · Ecology (12 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (11 works) · Agriculture (9 works) · Sociology (9 works)