George Owusu

George Owusu

University of Ghana

H-index: 28

Africa-Ghana

About George Owusu

George Owusu, With an exceptional h-index of 28 and a recent h-index of 24 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Ghana, specializes in the field of urban geography, urban planning, urbanization.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Large-scale urban road corridors development and urban sprawl in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana

Urbanization effects on urban vegetable farmers adaptation: Evidence from Ghana

Persistent, pragmatic and prolific: Urban master planning in Accra, Dar es Salaam and Lilongwe

Tracking urban health policies: a conceptual framework with special focus on air pollution in African cities

Phenotyping urban built and natural environments with high-resolution satellite images and unsupervised deep learning

Geospatial modelling and socioeconomic inequalities of transportation, human, and nature-based sounds in Accra, Ghana

Beyond here and now: Evaluating pollution estimation across space and time from street view images with deep learning

Identifying deprived “slum” neighbourhoods in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area of Ghana using census and remote sensing data

George Owusu Information

University

Position

Professor of Urban Geography

Citations(all)

3731

Citations(since 2020)

2127

Cited By

2588

hIndex(all)

28

hIndex(since 2020)

24

i10Index(all)

56

i10Index(since 2020)

51

Email

University Profile Page

University of Ghana

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George Owusu Skills & Research Interests

urban geography

urban planning

urbanization

Top articles of George Owusu

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Large-scale urban road corridors development and urban sprawl in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana

International Development Planning Review

Kofi Kekeli Amedzro

Rosina Sheburah Essien

Musah Aziba Issah

George Owusu

2024/1/15

Urbanization effects on urban vegetable farmers adaptation: Evidence from Ghana

Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems

Michael Tuffour

George Owusu

Daniel Bruce Sarpong

2024

Persistent, pragmatic and prolific: Urban master planning in Accra, Dar es Salaam and Lilongwe

Land Use Policy

Sylvia Croese

Jennifer Robinson

Kofi Kekeli Amedzro

Philip Harrison

Wilbard Kombe

...

2023/10/1

Tracking urban health policies: a conceptual framework with special focus on air pollution in African cities

Pierpaolo Mudu

Heather Adair-Rohani

Priyanka deSouza

Sophie Gumy

Thiago Hérick de Sá

...

2023

Phenotyping urban built and natural environments with high-resolution satellite images and unsupervised deep learning

Science of The Total Environment

A Barbara Metzler

Ricky Nathvani

Viktoriia Sharmanska

Wenjia Bai

Emily Muller

...

2023/10/1

Geospatial modelling and socioeconomic inequalities of transportation, human, and nature-based sounds in Accra, Ghana

ISEE Conference Abstracts

Sierra N Clark

Majid Ezzati

James Bennett

Raphael Arku

Abosede S Alli

...

2023/9/21

Beyond here and now: Evaluating pollution estimation across space and time from street view images with deep learning

Science of The Total Environment

Ricky Nathvani

D Vishwanath

Sierra N Clark

Abosede S Alli

Emily Muller

...

2023/12/10

Identifying deprived “slum” neighbourhoods in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area of Ghana using census and remote sensing data

World development

Robert MacTavish

Honor Bixby

Alicia Cavanaugh

Samuel Agyei-Mensah

Ayaga Bawah

...

2023/7/1

Strangers in a strange land: Mapping household and neighbourhood associations with improved wellbeing outcomes in Accra, Ghana

Cities

Alicia C Cavanaugh

Jill C Baumgartner

Honor Bixby

Alexandra M Schmidt

Samuel Agyei-Mensah

...

2023/12/1

High-resolution patterns and inequalities in ambient fine particle mass (PM2. 5) and black carbon (BC) in the Greater Accra Metropolis, Ghana

Science of the Total Environment

Abosede S Alli

Sierra N Clark

Jiayuan Wang

James Bennett

Allison F Hughes

...

2023/6/1

Nitrogen oxides (NO and NO2) pollution in the Accra metropolis: Spatiotemporal patterns and the role of meteorology

Science of the Total Environment

Jiayuan Wang

Abosede Sarah Alli

Sierra Clark

Allison Hughes

Majid Ezzati

...

2022/1/10

Characterization of urban built and natural environments with high-resolution satellite images and unsupervised deep learning

ISEE Conference Abstracts

Antje Barbara Metzler

Ricky Nathvani

Viktoriia Sharmanska

Wenjia Bai

Emily Muller

...

2022/9/21

Synthesizing the links between secure housing tenure and health for more equitable cities

Jill Baumgartner

Judith Rodriguez

Frans Berkhout

Yvonne Doyle

Majid Ezzati

...

2022

Characterisation of urban environment and activity across space and time using street images and deep learning in Accra

Scientific Reports

Ricky Nathvani

Sierra N Clark

Emily Muller

Abosede S Alli

James E Bennett

...

2022/11/28

Spatial heterogeneity in drinking water sources in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA), Ghana

Population and Environment

Jacob Doku Tetteh

Michael R Templeton

Alicia Cavanaugh

Honor Bixby

George Owusu

...

2022/9

Quantifying within-city inequalities in child mortality across neighbourhoods in Accra, Ghana: a Bayesian spatial analysis

BMJ open

Honor Bixby

James E Bennett

Ayaga A Bawah

Raphael E Arku

Samuel K Annim

...

2022/1/1

Cities and global health: fragmented housing policies increase health risks for vulnerable people

bmj

Yvonne G Doyle

Bethlehem D Solomon

George Owusu

2022/11/1

Sachet water in Ghana: A spatiotemporal analysis of the recent upward trend in consumption and its relationship with changing household characteristics, 2010–2017

Plos one

Simon Moulds

Anson CH Chan

Jacob D Tetteh

Honor Bixby

George Owusu

...

2022/5/26

Spatial modelling and inequalities of environmental noise in Accra, Ghana

Environmental Research

Sierra N Clark

Abosede S Alli

Majid Ezzati

Michael Brauer

Mireille B Toledano

...

2022/11/1

Crime and safety in urban public spaces: Experiences of Ghanaian women traders in the Makola market in Accra, Ghana

The Geographical Journal

Charlotte Wrigley‐Asante

George Owusu

Jane B Amu

Tracy S Commodore

2022/3

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Co-Authors

H-index: 49
Ernest Aryeetey

Ernest Aryeetey

University of Ghana

H-index: 32
Katherine Gough

Katherine Gough

Loughborough University

H-index: 31
Martin Oteng-Ababio

Martin Oteng-Ababio

University of Ghana

H-index: 31
Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe

Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe

University of Ghana

H-index: 27
Samuel Agyei-Mensah

Samuel Agyei-Mensah

University of Ghana

H-index: 25
Robert Darko Osei

Robert Darko Osei

University of Ghana

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