Dr. Lawrence Guodaar

Lecturer


Dept: Geography and Rural Development
Faculty of Social Sciences
Second Floor (SF 11F), New Block
KNUST, Kumasi
Email: lguodaar@knust.edu.gh


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Research Areas/Interests

Lawrence's primary research revolves around climate change and adaptation, agricultural systems' vulnerability and resilience, food security and indig...~more

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Publications

    • Guodaar, L., Kabila, A., Afriyie, K., Segbefia, A.Y. and Addai, G. (2023). Farmers’ perceptions of severe climate risks and adaptation interventions in indigenous communities in northern Ghana. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 95, p.103891
    • Kpenekuu, F., Antwi-Agyei, P., Nimoh, F., Osei, M.A. and Guodaar, L. (2023). Understanding drought risk management in vulnerable communities in dryland farming systems: Evidence from northwest Ghana. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, p.104186
    • Boafo, J., Yeboah, T., Guodaar, L., Yamoah, S., & Nyantakyi-Frimpong, H. (2023). Understanding non-economic loss and damage due to climate change in Ghana. Climate and Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2023.2183074
    • Antwi Agyei, P., Atta Aidoo, J., Guodaar, L., & Dougill, A. (2023). Building climate resilience through crop residue utilization: Experiences of Ghanaian smallholder farmers. Climate Resilience and Sustainability, e255.
    • Guodaar, L. & Appiah, D.O. (2022). Evolving farm-level adaptation to climate variability and change risks in the forest-savanna transitional zone of Ghana. Environmental Challenges, 9, p.100654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2022.100654
    • Appiah, D.O. & Guodaar, L. (2022). Smallholder farmers’ perceptions and knowledge on climate variability and perceived effects in vulnerable rural communities in the Offinso Municipality, Ghana. Environmental Development, 42 (100691), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2021.100691
    • Guodaar, L. Bardsley, D.K. & Suh J. (2021). Indigenous adaptation to climate change risks in northern Ghana. Climatic Change, 166(1), pp.1-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-021-03128-7
    • Guodaar, L., Bardsley, D.K. & Suh J. (2021). Integrating local perceptions with scientific evidence to understand climate change variability in northern Ghana: A mixed-methods approach. Applied Geography, 130(102440). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2021.102440
    • Guodaar, L. & Bardsley, D.K. (2021). Problematizing Indigeneity in sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for natural resource management. Geoforum, 127, pp.222-233 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2021.11.009
    • Abass, K., Buor, D., Afriyie, K., Dumedah, G., Segbefia, A.Y., Guodaar, L., Garsonu, E.K., Adu-Gyamfi, S., Forkuor, D., Ofosu, A., Mohammed, A. & Gyasi, R.M. (2020). Urban sprawl and green space depletion: Implications for flood incidence in Kumasi, Ghana. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 51(101915). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101915
    • Asante, F., Guodaar, L. & Arimiyaw, S. (2021). Climate change and variability awareness and livelihood adaptive strategies among smallholder farmers in semi-arid northern Ghana. Environmental Development, 100629, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2021.100629
    • Guodaar L., Asante, F., Eshun, G, Abass, K., Afriyie, K., Appiah, D.O., Gyasi, R., Atampugre, G., Addai, P. & Kpenekuu, F. (2020). How do climate change adaptation strategies result in unintended maladaptive outcomes? Perspectives of tomato farmers, International Journal of Vegetable Science, 26(1), pp.15-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/19315260.2019.1573393
    • Ayumah, R., Asante, F., Guodaar, L. & Eshun, G. (2020). How do climate and nonclimatic variables influence the production of agricultural staple crops in vulnerable rural communities in the Bawku Municipality of Northern Ghana? Advances in Agriculture, 2020(6484019), pp.1-13. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/6484019
    • Guodaar, L. & Asante, F. (2018). Using a factor analysis to understand climate adaptation barriers impeding smallholder tomato farmers in the Offinso North District, Ghana, Cogent Food and Agriculture, 4(1), pp.1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2018.1504507
    • Guodaar, L., Beni, A. & Benebere, P. (2017). Using a mixed-method approach to explore the spatiality of adaptation practices of tomato farmers to climate variability in the Offinso North District, Ghana, Cogent Social Sciences3(1), pp.1-13 https://doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2016.1273747

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