Collins Adjei Mensah
Biographic Data
| ID | 4192341 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Collins Adjei Mensah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Collins Adjei |
| FAMILY NAME | Mensah |
| SIGNATURE | MENSAH C A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Coast |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5371-6940 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Trading urban green spaces for brown space development in African cities
Africa is projected to experience rapid urbanisation in the next three decades. This therefore requires integration of green spaces to make urban areas liveable and sustainable. This paper analyzed the inter-decadal replacement of green spaces with brown spaces in the quest for urbanisation from 1991 to 2021 in Accra, Ghana. The support vector machine learning algorithm was used to classify Landsat satellite images into greens and browns represen…
‘The new geriatric giants’
Social isolation and loneliness have been linked to adverse health outcomes such as depression in old age. However, limited data exist on the association of loneliness and social isolation with probable depression (PD) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), while psychosocial mediators are largely unknown. This study investigates the individual and joint associations of social isolation and loneliness with PD among older adults in Ghana. It…
Indicator-based assessment of the liveability of communities in the Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana
Local knowledge of spatiotemporal patterns of liveability is vital for choosing where to live and where revitalisation efforts must concentrate. We employed transdisciplinary learning to identify 12 liveability indicators and applied them to assess the liveability of 81 communities of Accra, Ghana. The results show that crime and rent are the top two most important liveability indicators. The least three indicators are the availability of jobs, e…
Changes in urban green spaces in coastal cities and human well‐being
Green spaces are fast depleting in many urban areas across the world. This contributes to carbon dioxide emissions and affects the local climate and well‐being of city residents. Yet, there is limited empirical research on the spatio‐temporal patterns of change in urban green spaces and linkages to human well‐being, especially in coastal cities where urban green spaces additionally act as critical flood controls. This paper assesses the changing …
Power Struggles on Urban Green Spaces in Kumasi, Ghana
Benefits and barriers to women’s participation in ecotourism development within the Kakum Conservation Area (Ghana)
Women's participation in community development projects is now essential as it helps to promote inclusive development and decentralized development planning. This paper assesses the perceived benefits and barriers to women's participation in ecotourism development and their implications for community planning at the Kakum Conservation Area (KCA). Using questionnaires, a total of 169 women from four selected communities within the KCA were sampled…
Urban green spaces in growing oil cities
Crude oil is often argued to be a natural resource that holds the prospect of accelerated economic development, although the results are mixed. This paper explores how the discovery of crude oil is impacting on urban development, focusing in particular on urban green spaces in Sekondi-Takoradi, a growing oil city in Ghana. Representatives from institutions associated with the management of green spaces, opinion leaders, farmers and residents of t…
Community Participation in Urban Planning
Juggling Administrative Institutions
Urban green spaces in growing oil cities
Crude oil is often argued to be a natural resource that holds the prospect of accelerated economic development, although the results are mixed. This paper explores how the discovery of crude oil is impacting on urban development, focusing in particular on urban green spaces in Sekondi-Takoradi, a growing oil city in Ghana. Representatives from institutions associated with the management of green spaces, opinion leaders, farmers and residents of t…
Changes in urban green spaces in coastal cities and human well‐being
Green spaces are fast depleting in many urban areas across the world. This contributes to carbon dioxide emissions and affects the local climate and well‐being of city residents. Yet, there is limited empirical research on the spatio‐temporal patterns of change in urban green spaces and linkages to human well‐being, especially in coastal cities where urban green spaces additionally act as critical flood controls. This paper assesses the changing …
Benefits and barriers to women’s participation in ecotourism development within the Kakum Conservation Area (Ghana)
Women's participation in community development projects is now essential as it helps to promote inclusive development and decentralized development planning. This paper assesses the perceived benefits and barriers to women's participation in ecotourism development and their implications for community planning at the Kakum Conservation Area (KCA). Using questionnaires, a total of 169 women from four selected communities within the KCA were sampled…
Juggling Administrative Institutions
Community Participation in Urban Planning
Urban green spaces in growing oil cities
Crude oil is often argued to be a natural resource that holds the prospect of accelerated economic development, although the results are mixed. This paper explores how the discovery of crude oil is impacting on urban development, focusing in particular on urban green spaces in Sekondi-Takoradi, a growing oil city in Ghana. Representatives from institutions associated with the management of green spaces, opinion leaders, farmers and residents of t…
Benefits and barriers to women’s participation in ecotourism development within the Kakum Conservation Area (Ghana)
Women's participation in community development projects is now essential as it helps to promote inclusive development and decentralized development planning. This paper assesses the perceived benefits and barriers to women's participation in ecotourism development and their implications for community planning at the Kakum Conservation Area (KCA). Using questionnaires, a total of 169 women from four selected communities within the KCA were sampled…
Power Struggles on Urban Green Spaces in Kumasi, Ghana
Indicator-based assessment of the liveability of communities in the Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana
Local knowledge of spatiotemporal patterns of liveability is vital for choosing where to live and where revitalisation efforts must concentrate. We employed transdisciplinary learning to identify 12 liveability indicators and applied them to assess the liveability of 81 communities of Accra, Ghana. The results show that crime and rent are the top two most important liveability indicators. The least three indicators are the availability of jobs, e…
Changes in urban green spaces in coastal cities and human well‐being
Green spaces are fast depleting in many urban areas across the world. This contributes to carbon dioxide emissions and affects the local climate and well‐being of city residents. Yet, there is limited empirical research on the spatio‐temporal patterns of change in urban green spaces and linkages to human well‐being, especially in coastal cities where urban green spaces additionally act as critical flood controls. This paper assesses the changing …
Trading urban green spaces for brown space development in African cities
Africa is projected to experience rapid urbanisation in the next three decades. This therefore requires integration of green spaces to make urban areas liveable and sustainable. This paper analyzed the inter-decadal replacement of green spaces with brown spaces in the quest for urbanisation from 1991 to 2021 in Accra, Ghana. The support vector machine learning algorithm was used to classify Landsat satellite images into greens and browns represen…
‘The new geriatric giants’
Social isolation and loneliness have been linked to adverse health outcomes such as depression in old age. However, limited data exist on the association of loneliness and social isolation with probable depression (PD) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), while psychosocial mediators are largely unknown. This study investigates the individual and joint associations of social isolation and loneliness with PD among older adults in Ghana. It…
Geography (6 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Environmental planning (4 works) · Urban Agriculture and Sustainability (4 works) · Metropolitan area (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)