Prof. (Mrs.) Sylvana Rudith King

Associate Professor

Dept: Centre for Settlement Studies
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Research Areas/Interests

include monitoring and evaluation, gender, energy planning and policy, governance and rights related issues, urban and rural livelihoods strategies f...~more

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Publications

    1. Osei Asibey, M., Rudith Sylvana King. Anne Mette Lykke, Daniel Kweku Baah Inkoom, 2021. ‘Urban Planning Trends on E-waste Management in Ghanaian Cities’. In JCIT.
    2. Osei Asibey, M.  A. M. Lykke & S.K. King, 2020. “Understanding the factors for increased informal electronic waste recycling in Kumasi, Ghana”. International Journal of Environmental Health Research ISSN: 0960-3123 (Print) 1369-1619 (Online) Journal homepage: https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cije20
    3. Sullo, C. R.S. King, Gordon Yenglier Yiridomoh & Kizito Doghle, 2020. “Indigenous Knowledge Indicators in Determining Climate Variability”. In Rural Ghana”. In Rural Society. ISSN: 1037-1656 (Print) 2204-0536 (Online) Journal homepage: https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rrso20Wireku-Gyebi, R. S., King, Imoro Braimah, and Anne Mette Lykke, 2020. ‘Perception of Small-Scale Miners on Interventions to Eradicate Illegal Small-Scale Mining in Ghana’. In SAGE Journals, Journal homepage: https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244020963668
    4. Wireko-Gyebi R. S., Rudith Sylvana King, Imoro Braimah, and Anne Mette Lykke, 2020.  ‘Local knowledge of risks associated with artisanal small-scale mining in Ghana’. In International Journal of Safety and Ergonomics (JOSE). PMID: 32660370, DOI: 10.1080/10803548.2020.1795374
    5. Wireku-Gyebi, R., R. S. King and Ahadzie, D. K. 2017. “Community-Based Approach in Managing Artisinal Small Scale Gold Mining in Developing Countries”. Published in Ayarkwa, J. et al, (eds). Journal of International Conference on Infrastructure Development (ICIDA), College of Art and Built Environment. ISSN 2026-6650
    6. Ahadzie, D. K., King, R.S. Dinye, I. and Dinye, R.D. 2017. “Towards developing a Community based resilience conceptual framework for flood risk management in Ghana”. Published in Ayarkwa, J. et al, (eds). Journal of International Conference on Infrastructure Development (ICIDA), College of Art and Built Environment. ISSN 2026-6650
    7. Doghle, K., Rudith Sylvana King, P. B. Akaabre, 2018. ‘Legal Establishments and Gendered Access to Land in Patriarchal Societies of North-Western Ghana’. In African Journal of Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, Vol. 1 No. 3
    8. Osei Asibey, M., King, R. S., and Ahadzie, D. K. 2017. “Local Knowledge and response to the risks of heavy metal and xenobiotic pollution from informal e-waste activities in Ghana – A theoretical Evaluation”. Published in Ayarkwa, J. et al, (eds). Journal of International Conference on Infrastructure Development (ICIDA), College of Art and Built Environment. ISSN 2026-6650
    9. King, S. R., Imoro Braimah and Alison Brown, 2015. “Formalising the Informal Sector through Associations: The Case of Kumasi Informal Bakers’ Association”. In Journal of Sustainable Development, Vol. 8, No. 2; ISSN 1913-9063, E-ISSN 1913-9071. Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education.
    10. King, R. S., and D. K. Sumbo, 2015. “Implications of Compulsory Land Acquisition and Compensation in Ghana: A Case Study of Land Acquisition for The Suame-Buoho Road Reconstruction in Kumasi”. In Journal of Science and Technology (JUST), Vol. 35, No. 2.
    11. Braimah, I., R. S. King and D. M. Sulemana, 2014. “Community-based participatory irrigation management at local government level in Ghana”. In Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance Issue 15: June 2014 http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/ojs/index.php/cjlg
    12. King, Rudith, Amponsah Owusu and Imoro Braimah, 2013. “Social Accountability for Local Governments in Ghana” in Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, Issue 13/14, ISSN 1836-0394, http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/ojs/index.php/cjlg
    13. Bobobee, E.Y.H1., Okyere, J.B1., Agyare, W.A1, Amponsah, R.S., King, Aveyire, J1., and Sarkodie-Addo, J, 2013. “Performance Evaluation of Prototype Mechanical Cassava Harvester in Three Agro-ecological Zones in Ghana”. Journal of Agricultural Science, Vol. 48.
    14. King, R. S. and O. Amponsah, 2012. “The Role of City Authorities in Contributing to the Development of Urban Slums in Ghana”. Journal of Construction Project Management and Innovation, Vol. 2, No. 1., pp. 285-313, South Africa, ISSN 2223-7852.
    15. King, R. S., O. Amponsah and D. A. Quansah, 2012. “Productive uses of Energy in Enterprises in Slums in Ghana” in IJSST, Vol. 1, Issue 5, Manuscript Id. 546.
    16. Solomon-Ayeh, B. E.; R. S. King; and I. Nelson-Decardi. 2011. “Street Vending and the use of Urban Public Space in Kumasi, Ghana.” In Ghana Surveyor. Volume 4, No. 1, 2011, ISBN 0855-9538.
    17. Solomon-Ayeh, B. E., Rudith S. King, I. Dercadi-Nelson (2010). “Operational and Locational Characteristics of Street Vending in Kumasi Metropolis (Ghana).” In Journal of Applied Science and Technology, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 1 & 2.
    18. King, Sylvana Rudith, 2010. The Role of Urban Market Women in Local Development Processes. Implication for Policy. Germany; Lambert Academic Publishing, 2010
    19. King, Rudith and Braimah Imoro (2007). “Planning and Implementation”. In Brew Hammond, Abeeku and Francis Kemausuor (Eds.). Energy Crisis in Ghana: Drought, Technology or Policy. KNUST, Kumasi, University Press. ISBN 9988-8377-2-0 
    20. Imoro Braimah and Rudith S. King (2006). “Reducing the Vulnerability of Youth in Terms of Employment in Ghana through the ICT Sector.” In International Journal of Education and Development using Informal and Communication Technology (IJEDICT), 2006, Vol. 2, Issue 3, pp. 23-32  (See ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/include/getdoc.php?id=1345&article=185)
    21. King, R. 2006. “Fulcrum of the Urban Economy: Governance and Street Livelihoods in Kumasi, Ghana”. In Brown, A. Contested Space: Street Trading, Public Space and Livelihoods in Developing Cities. ISBN 1-85339-630-3.
    22. Institute of Alternative Policy (IAP), 2005. “Community Voices”. Chairperson of the technical team that provided technical direction for the study that led to this publication.
    23. Ahiadeke, C. King, R. Plange, M. and Amokwandoh, E. 2003. A Study of the Status of AIDS Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Ghana, 2003. Sponsored by Ghana Aids Commission and UNDP, Accra.
    24. Dune, M. and King, R. 2003. “Out of Theory: An Exploration of the links between Education and Work for Ghanaian Market Traders”. In Journal of Education and Work, Vol. 16 No. 1.
    25. King, R. 2002. “Urban Governance and Poverty: The Case of Kumasi”. In Dinye,
    26. D., and Offei Aboagye, E. 2002. Reducing Poverty through Improved Governance: The Experience of Ghana. Published by Department of Book Industry, College of Art, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi.
    27. King, R. and Oppong, A. 2000. “Influencing Policy – Urban Market Women and the Kumasi Central Market”. In Tsikata, D. and Kerr, J. 2000. Demanding Dignity: Women Confronting Economic Reforms in Africa. Published by North-South Institute, Toronto and Third World Network, Accra, Ghana.
    28. King, R. Inkoom, D. and Mensah-Abrampah, K. 2001. “Urban Governance, Partnership to Poverty.  A Case Study of Kumasi”. Commissioned by DFID and published as Working Paper, Issue No. 23. Published by International Development Department, School of Public Policy, The University of Birmingham, UK. ISBN 0704422190, 9780704422193 (See also www.bham.ac.uk/IDD/activities/urban).
    29. King, R, and Saemann. K. 1996. "Assessment of Institutional Capacity for implementing District Development Projects in Dangme West District, Ghana".  In SPRING Research Series: Decentralizing Development Planning in Ghana, Vol.10. SPRING Programme. Kumasi: University Press, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi.
    30. King, R. 1995. "Gender Issues in the Urban Informal Building Construction Industry. Case Study of Kumasi, Ghana."  In A Journal for Planning and Building in the Third World (Trialog), Vol. 12. 1 Quartal, No. 44.

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