Dr. Michael Osei Asibey

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Dept: Planning
Room 312
New Block
Department of Planning
Faculty of Built Environment
College of Art and Built Environment
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Research Areas/Interests

Greenspace Planning; E-waste and circular economy; Climate Change Governance and Resilience; Urban Studies and their implications for Sustainable Deve...~more

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Publications

    PEER-REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

    1. Blija, D.K., Amponsah, E., Amponsah, O., Poku-Boansi, M., Amoako, C., Ungruhe, C. & Asibey, M.O. (2026). Subjective or objective ideal housing? Determinants of housing choice of translocal migrants in the Ghanaian urban context. Cities, 168, January 2026, 106448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2025.106448

    2. Asibey, M.O.*, Appiah, C.A., Okyere, E.A.B & Bilson, M.A. (2025). Nature where we live: Receptivity to context-sensitive nature-based solutions in African cities. Cities, 167, December 2025, 106375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2025.106375
    3. Asibey, M.O.* & Cobbinah, P.B. (2025). Dialogues on nature-based solutions and informal e-waste management. Journal of Environmental Management, 392, 126697. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126697
    4. Kissiedu, N.E., Asibey, M.O.*, Asare, O.A. & Asare, E.T-M. (2025). Wetland transformation and the implications for ecological resilience in peri-urban Ghana, Land Use Policy, 157 (October 2025), 107671. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107671.
    5. Asibey, M.O.*, Budu-Arthur, E., Blija, D.K. & Adu Boateng, E. (2025). The governance of urban green spaces in Kumasi, Ghana. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 112, October 2025, 128926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2025.128926

    6. Amponsah, E., Kwame Blija, D., Asibey, M. O., Poku-Boansi, M., & Amoako, C. (2025). Mobility dynamics of transmigrants and their implications on socioeconomic development: insights from the Nkoranza South municipality of Ghana. African Geographical Review, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2025.2555851

    7. Babalola, T. O., Akogun, O., Ajayi, O. M., Asibey, M. O., Essien, E., & Popoola, A. A. (2025). Farmland abandonment risks among smallholder farmers in Ibadan, Nigeria. Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems, 10, e70018. https://doi.org/10.1002/uar2.70018

    8. Asibey, M.O.*, Awudu Haruna, H., Appau, P.K. & Yeboah, V. (2025). Empowering communities, protecting ecosystems: Climate resilience of urban socio-ecological systems. Journal of Environmental Management, 375, February 2025, 124376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124376
    9. Liwur, S.B., Adam, A.R., Tagnan, J.N., Sadique, S., Asibey, M.O., Takyi, S.A. & Amponsah, O. (2025). For or against sustainable development? A geospatial analysis of the state of green space ecosystems in West Gonja, Ghana, Land Use Policy, 151, 107480. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107480.
    10. Wormenor, S.D. & Asibey, M.O.* (2025). Digital technologies for climate-induced disaster risk reduction and management in Ghana: Applicability and operational challenges. Land Use Policy (150), March 2025, 107459. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107459
    11. Agyei, F., Asibey, M.O.* & Cobbinah, P.B. (2025). Uncertain climate futures: Cultivating 3?A resilience in urban Ghana. Environmental Science & Policy, 163, 103952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103952
    12. Nani, E.O., Camynta-Baezie, G., Anbazu, J., Antwi, N.S., Blija, D., Adabor, E. & Asibey, M.O. (2025). A burgeon in informal economic activities along highways in urbanizing cities: Implications for Sustainable Development. Transportation in Developing Economies, 11, 5 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40890-024-00222-0
    13. Asibey, M.O.*, Abdul-Salam, J.A, Iddrisu, Z., Blija, D.K., Adutwum, I.O., Tagnan, J.N., Kpeebi, Y. & Tornyeviadzi, P. (2025). Incremental housing and compliance with development control in urban Ghana. Journal of Urban Affairs, 47(1), 177-194. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2022.2160337
    14. Poku-Boansi, M., Blija, B.K., Anin-Yeboah, O.Y.A., Asibey, M.O. & Amponsah, O. (2024). The place of translocal networks in inclusive city development: A systematic review. Urban Governance. 4 (4), 340-350 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ugj.2024.11.002
    15. Amekudzi, E., Amponsah, E., Poku-Boansi, M., Anin-Yeboah, O.Y.A. and Asibey, M.O.* (2024). Decarbonizing Ghanaian cities through the lens of sustainable transportation planning: Policy and institutional response. African Transport Studies, 2, 100013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aftran.2024.100013.
    16. Asibey, M.O.* & Yeboah, V. (2024). Investigating climate change adaptation strategies among informal residents in Kumasi through the lenses of the social action and social control theories. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 114, 104963. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104963
    17. Asibey, M.O.*, Akakpo, E. & Kpeebi, Y. (2024). Revisiting the garden city concept and urban green infrastructure discourse in sustainable city planning in sub-Saharan Africa. Local Environment, 29(12), 1538-1552. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2024.2386966
    18. Asibey, M.O.*, Osei, D.A., Doe, B. & Agyei, F. (2024). Rethinking the implications of sprawl for sustainable urban development: Insights from the Ejisu Municipality of Ghana between 2003 and 2023. Habitat International 152 (2024) 103161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103161
    19. Fordjour, G., Anbazu, J., Serwaa Antwi, N., Usman Adam, M., & Asibey, M. O. (2024). Self-help and spontaneous heroism in urban service delivery in Ghana’s informal neighbourhoods: a case study of Moshie Zongo. Local Environment, 29(10), 1384-1410. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2024.2376563
    20. Adarkwa, K.K., Nanor, M.A., Asibey, M.O.* & Atta, G.A.S. (2024). The contribution of cargo tricycles to the urban economy of Ghanaian cities; A case study of greater Kumasi metropolitan area. African Transport Studies, 2, 2024, 100005. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aftran.2024.100005
    21. Opoku-Boateng, E., Agyei, F., Asibey, M.O.* & Mintah, F. (2024). Climate change resilience and social capital: Insights from informal urban neighbourhoods in Kumasi, Ghana. Cities, 152, September 2024, 105234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2024.105234
    22. Okyere, E.A.B & Asibey, M.O.* (2024). Vacillant planning for creating green cities: The empirics of urban greenery in Kumasi, Ghana. Cities, 152, 105177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2024.105177
    23. Poku-Boansi, Asibey, M.O.*. & Adom-Asamoah, G. (2024). Public transport reliability in growing cities: the case of Asokore Mampong, Ghana. African Geographical Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2024.2357642
    24. Kotani, J.S., Takyi, S.A., Asibey, M.O.*., Amponsah, A., Quagraine, V.K. & Liwur, S.B. (2024). Planning in Ghana: analysis of the various forms of professional misconduct from the perspective of professional planners. Planning Practice & Research, 39(4), 683-702. https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2024.2358274
    25. Agyekum, S. & Asibey, M.O.* (2024). Co-producing disaster-resilient urban settlements in Ghana: Case of Ahensan, Kumasi. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 108 (2024) 104498. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104498
    26. Bimpong, F.K.A., Asibey, M.O.* and Inkoom, D.K.B. (2024). Ghana’s recently introduced e-waste regulatory policy: A hope for a better e-waste sector? Waste Management & Research, 42(11), 1031-1041. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734242X231204457
    27. Abdul Somed, A., Adam, A.R. & Asibey, M.O.* (2024). Rethinking the implications of sprawl to building sustainable secondary cities; case of Tamale, Ghana. Local Environment, 29(6), 806-822. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2024.2330408
    28. Eshun, M. & Asibey, M.O.* (2024). Green streetism precarity in Kumasi, Ghana. Urban Governance, 4(1), 91-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ugj.2024.01.006
    29. Poku-Boansi, M., Bosu, M., Amoako, C., Asibey, M.O., & Adom-Asamoah, G. (2024). Transport investments and the changing space economy in Kumasi, Ghana. Case Studies on Transport Policy 15 (2024) 101162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2024.101162
    30. Adarkwa, K.K., Asibey, M.O.* & Tornyeviadzi, P. (2024). Urban planning responses to the tweaking of approved residential subdivisions by developers in urban Ghana: Case of Kodiekrom, Kumasi. Cities, 148, May 2024, 104909. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2024.104909
    31. Asibey, M.O.*, Appiah-Kusi F., Kissiwaa, N.A., Bilson, M.A & Abdulai, A.J. (2024). Local multilevel governance arrangements for climate change planning and management in Kumasi, Ghana. Environmental Science & Policy, 153, March 2024, 103680. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103680
    32. Blija, D.K., Asibey, M.O.*, Ababio, P.N., Amponsah, O., Poku-Boansi, M. & Amoako, C. (2024). A view of migrant women's “right to the city” through the lens of translocality. Cities 146 (2024) 104722. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104722
    33. Appau, P.K., Asibey, M.O.* & Grant, R. (2024). Enabling asset-based community development solutions: Pro-poor urban climate resilience in Kumasi, Ghana. Cities 145 (2024) 104723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104723
    34. Poku-Boansi, M., Tuffour, J.P. & Asibey, M.O. (2024). A life-course approach to assessing residential mobility dynamics in selected immigrant communities in Kumasi, Ghana. Habitat International, 143 (January 2024), 102971. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2023.102971
    35. Quagraine, V., Asibey, M.O.* & Mosner-Ansong, K.F. (2024). Factors that influence user patronage and satisfaction of urban parks in Ghanaian cities: case of the Rattray Park in Nhyiaeso, Kumasi. Local Environment. 29(2), 224-244. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2023.2282064
    36. Liwur, S.B., Takyi, S.A., Asibey, M.O.* & Amponsah, O. (2024). Sustainable functional roles of ecologically sensitive areas in the Greater Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana: exploring local perceptions and attitudes from a socio?economic purview. Urban Ecosystems, 27, 85–99. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-023-01422-z
    37. Adu-Gyamfi, A., Poku-Boansi, M., Darpoh, L., Asibey, O. & Owusu-Ansah, J.K. (2023). Rainfall challenges and strategies to improve housing construction in Sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Ghana, Housing Studies, 38(7), 1155-1190. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2021.2014412
    38. Asibey, M.O.*, Asamoah, C.O., Yeboah, V., Poku?Boansi, M., Adutwum, I.O., Takyi, S.A. and Amponsah, O. (2023). Building resilience to food risks via green space planning in urban Ghana. SN Social Sciences (2023) 3:188. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-023-00777-6
    39. Doe, B., Sarfo, A.K., Oduro, C.Y. & Asibey, M.O. (2023). Spatial assessment of intermediate urban towns in Ghana using geospatial technologies: a case study of urbanization and sustainability. SN Social Sciences, 3, 179 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-023-00771-y
    40. Appiah-Opoku, S., Manu, K.K., Asibey, M.O. & Amponsah, O. (2023). Tragedy of urban green spaces depletion in selected sub-Sahara African major cities. Journal of African Studies and Development, 15(3), 46-61. DOI: 10.5897/JASD2023.0682
    41. Quagraine, K.A., Quagraine, V., Asibey, M.O. (2023). User Satisfaction with the Conditions of Road Transit Terminals in Cape Coast, Ghana. Transportation in Developing Economies. 9, 16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40890-023-00186-7
    42. Kaamah, A.F., Doe, B. & Asibey, M.O.* (2023). Policy and practice: Stakeholders’ satisfaction with conventional and participatory land use planning in Ghana. Urban Governance, 4(3), 278-291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ugj.2023.06.002
    43. Cobbinah, P.B., Asibey, M.O.*, & Azumah, A.D. (2023). Urban forest and the question of planning-sustainability inadequacy. Cities, 140 (September 2023), 104453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104453
    44. Amponsah, E., Poku-Boansi, M., Amoako, C. & Asibey, M.O.* (2023). Transportation–Translocality Nexus in Sub?Saharan Africa and the Implications for Sustainable Livelihoods and Development: A Systematic Review. Transportation in Developing Economies (2023) 9:12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40890-023-00182-x
    45. Dosu, B., Asibey, M.O. & Abubakari, M. (2023). Cultural meanings of water to source water protection in rural Ghana. Sustainable Water Resources Management (2023) 9:92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40899-023-00864-9
    46. Takyi, S.A., Opoku, F., Asibey, M.O.* & Amponsah, O. (2023). Creating eco-consciousness from the perspective of students: an assessment of the level of environmental literacy among students in Kumasi. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 32(4), Pages 323-338. https://doi.org/10.1080/10382046.2023.2200200
    47. Adjetey, L.D., Takyi, S.A., Asibey, M.O.* & Amponsah, O. (2023). The fate of urban green spaces: Assessment of the ownership, availability and conditions of parks in Accra, Ghana. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 82 (April 2023), 127897. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2023.127897
    48. Adu Boateng, E., Asibey, M.O.*, Cobbinah, P.B., Adutwum, I.O. & Blija, D.K. (2023). Enabling nature-based solutions: Innovating urban climate resilience. Journal of Environmental Management, 332 (2023), 117433. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117433
    49. Amponsah, E., Takyi, S.A., Asibey, M.O. & Amponsah, O. (2023). Achieving sustainable cities: analysis of the factors that influence compliance with telecommunication masts siting standards in Ghana. Urban, Planning and Transport Research 11(1), 2159511 https://doi.org/10.1080/21650020.2022.2159511
    50. Ntim, J.A., Anokye, P.A. & Asibey, M.O.* (2023). City Challenge: User Perception on the Governance and Quality of Parking Spaces in Central Business District of Kumasi, Ghana. Transportation in Developing Economies, 9 (4), https://doi.org/10.1007/s40890-022-00174-3.
    51. Asibey, M.O.*, King, R.S., Lykke, A.M., Inkoom, D.K.B & Darko, G. (2023). Workers perception of and coping with the health risks of informal electronic waste recycling in Ghana. Local environment, 28(3), 379-395. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2022.2145601
    52. Plange-Rhule, D., Asibey, M.O.*, Takyi, S.A. & Amponsah, O. (2023). Urban parks under siege: the politics and factors influencing park rezoning and decline in urban Ghana. Urban Governance. 3(1), 22-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ugj.2022.11.003
    53. Yeboah, M., Adom-Asamoah, G., Asibey, O.* and Poku-Boansi, M. (2022). The tussle for freight parking in seaport cities; the case of Tema. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 10(4), 2464-2475. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2022.11.012
    54. Mensah, A.A., Adei, D., Kuubagr, G., Duah, S.O. and Asibey, M.O. (2022). Operation and sustainability of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in schools: Evidence from a vulnerable and deprived area in Ghana, Cogent Public Health, 9(1), 2140478. https://doi.org/10.1080/27707571.2022.2140478
    55. Asibey, M.O.*, Mintah, F., Adutwum, I.O., Wireko-Gyebi, R.S., Tagnan, J.N., Yevugah, L.L., Agyeman, K.O. and Abdul-Salam, J.A. (2022). Beyond rhetoric: urban planning-climate change resilience conundrum in Accra, Ghana. Cities 131 (2022) 103950. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2022.103950
    56. Asibey, M.O.*, King, R.S., Lykke, A.M., Inkoom, D.K.B, & Wireko-Gyebi, R.S (2022). Informal electronic waste recycling in Ghanaian cities: environmental risks awareness and attitudes. SN Social Sciences, (2022). https://doi.org/1007/s43545-022-00419-3
    57. Addaney, M., Akugudua, J.A., Asibey, M.O., Akaateba, M.A. & Kuusaanad, E.D. (2022). Changing land tenure regimes and women’s access to secure land for cocoa cultivation in rural Ghana. Land Use Policy, 20 (2022), 106292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106292
    58. Amaglo, J.N., Takyi, S.A., Asibey, M.O.*, Amponsah, O. and Mensah, H. (2022). The dilemma of food occurrence in Accra: climate change or poor land use planning and practices? SN Soc Sci (2022) 2:121. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-022-00438-0
    59. Hakeem, V., Takyi, S.A., Asibey, M.O.* & Amponsah, O. (2022). From informal settlements to environmentally sustainable communities: Lessons from Kumasi. SN Social Sciences, (2022) 2:104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-022-00402-y
    60. Wireko-Gyebi, R.S., Asibey, M.O.* & Baah-Ennumh, T.Y. (2022). Planning for the effective and sustainable management of Ghana’s artisanal small-scale gold mining industry. Resources Policy, 76 (2022) 102576. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2022.102576
    61. Adu-Gyamfi, A., Owusu-Addo, E., Inkoom, D.K.B. & Asibey, M.O.* (2022). Peri-urban interface: An alternative residential location of low-income migrants in Kumasi, Ghana, Cities, 123 (2022) 103570. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2022.103570
    62. Asibey, M.O.*, Lykke, A.M. & King, R.S. (20222). Understanding the factors for increased informal electronic waste recycling in Kumasi, Ghana. International Journal of Environmental Health Research. 32(2), 305-320. https://doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2020.1755016
    63. Amponsah, E., Takyi, S.A., Asibey, M.O.* & Amponsah, O. (2022). Assessing the level of compliance of telecommunication masts to locational planning standards towards harmonious and orderly city growth. Cities and Health, 6(4), 777-790. https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2021.1956837
    64. Cobbinah, P.B., Asibey, M.O.*, Boakye, A.A. & Addaney, M. (2022). The myth of urban poor climate adaptation idiosyncrasy. Environmental Science and Policy 128 (2022), 336–346 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.12.008
    65. Addaney, M., Asibey, M.O., Cobbinah, P.B. & Akudugu, A.J. (2021). Climate change in rural Ghana: perceptions and adaptive responses. Local Environment, 26 (12), 1461-1479. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2021.1978411
    66. Asibey, M.O.*, Poku-Boansi, M. & Adutwum, I.O. (2021). Residential segregation of ethnic minorities and sustainable city development. Case of Kumasi, Ghana. Cities, 116 (103297) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2021.103297
    67. Adom-Asamoah, G., Asibey, M.O.* & Nyarko, S. (2021). Rethinking or Affirming the “Affordability” Debate on the Efficiency of Urban Public Transport Usage: Case of Kumasi, Ghana. Transportation in Developing Economies, 7 (2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40890-021-00131-6
    68. Yeboah, V., Asibey, M.O.* and Abdul-Salam, J.A. (2021). Slum upgrading approaches from a social diversity perspective in the global south: Lessons from the Brazil, Kenya and Thailand cases. Cities (113) 103164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2021.103164
    69. Cobbinah, P.B., Asibey, M.O.*, Zuneidu, M.A. & Erdiaw-Kwasie, M.O. (2021). Accommodating green spaces in cities: perceptions and attitudes in slums. Cities 111 (2021), 103094. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.103094
    70. Asibey, M.O.*, Ocloo, K.A. & Amponsah, O. (2021). Gender differences and productive use of energy fuel in Ghana’s rural non-farm economy. Energy. 215 (Part B), 15 January 2021, 119068. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.119068
    71. Asibey, M.O.*, King, R.S., Lykke, A.M. & Inkoom, D.K.B. (2021). Urban Planning trends on electronic waste management in Ghanaian cities. Cities, 108 (2021), 102943. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.102943
    72. Cobbinah, P.B., Asibey, M.O.*, & Gyau, N.B. (2020). Resonating the ‘culture’ debate in urban planning. City, Culture and Society. 23, 100269 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccs.2020.100369
    73. Wireko-Gyebi, R.S., Asibey, M.O., Amponsah, O., King, R.S., Braimah, I., Darko, G. & Lykke, A.M. (2020). Perception of Small-Scale Miners on Interventions to Eradicate Illegal Small-Scale Mining in Ghana. SAGE Open (2020) 10(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244020963668
    74. Cobbinah, P.B., Asibey, M.O.*, & Gyedu-Pensang, Y.A. (2020). Urban land use planning in Ghana: Navigating complex coalescence of land ownership and administration. Land Use Policy, 99 (2020), 105054 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.105054
    75. Niine, S.N., Takyi, S.A., Asibey, M.O.* & Amponsah, O. (2020). Garden City without parks: An assessment of the availability and conditions of parks in Kumasi. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 55 (2020) 126819. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2020.126819
    76. Asibey, M.O.*, Agyeman, K.O., Amponsah, O. & Ansah, T. (2020). Patterns of land use, crop and forest cover change in the Ashanti Region, Ghana. Journal of Sustainable Forestry, 39(1), 35-60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10549811.2019.1608453
    77. Yeboah, V. & Asibey, M.O.* (2019). Transport and historical changes in Kumasi’s growth and form. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 7 (4), 802–813. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2019.08.001
    78. Asibey, M.O.*, Dosu, B. & Yeboah, V. (2019). The roles and attitudes of urbanites towards urban water insecurity. Case of the New Juaben Municipality, Ghana. Sustainable Water Resources Management, 5(4), 2023-2036. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40899-019-00349-8
    79. Asibey, M.O., Abubakari, M. & Peprah, C. (2019). Vulnerability and urban farming: Coping with price volatility in Ejisu-Juaben Municipality, Ghana. Cogent Food & Agriculture, 5(1), 1-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2019.1594504
    80. Cobbinah, P.B., Asibey, M.O.*, Opoku-Gyamfi, M. & Peprah, C. (2019). Urban planning and climate change in Ghana. Journal of Urban Management, 8(2), 261-271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jum.2019.02.002
    81. Cobbinah, P.B., Amoako, C. & Asibey, M.O. (2019). The changing face of Kumasi Central, Ghana. Geoforum, 101 (2019), 49–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2019.02.023
    82. Asibey, M.O.*, Yeboah, V., Poku-Boansi, M. & Bamfo, C. (2019). Exploring the use, behaviour and role of urbanites towards management and sustainability of Kumasi Rattray Park, Ghana. Journal of Urban Management 8 (2), 182-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jum.2018.12.003
    83. Asibey, M.O.*, Amponsah, O. & Yeboah, V. (2019). Solid Waste Management in Informal Urban Neighbourhoods. Occupational Safety and Health Practices among Tricycle Operators in Kumasi, Ghana. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 29(6), 702-717. https://doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2019.1569211
    84. Asibey, M.O.*, Adabor, E. & Yeboah, V. (2018). Palm Biomass Waste as Supplementary Source of Electricity Generation in Ghana: Case of the Juaben Oil Mills. Energy & Environment, 29(2), 165–183. https://doi.org/10.1177/0958305X17744079
    85. Asibey, M.O.*, Agyeman, K.O. & Yeboah, V. (2017). Cultural Values and Development of the Cultural Industry: Case of the Kente Textile Industry in Adanwomase of the Kwabre East District, Ghana. Journal of Human Values, 23(3), 200-217. https://doi.org/10.1177/0971685817713282
    86. Braimah, I., Amponsah, O. & Asibey, M.O.* (2016). The effectiveness of the local management systems of rural water facilities for sustainable service delivery: a case study of the Sekyere East District, Ghana. Sustainable Water Resources Management, 2(4), 405-418. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40899-016-0070-7

     

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    1. Tornyeviadzi, P. & Asibey, M.O.* (2025). Climate change, sea level rises and planning responses in coastal communities. In. Patrick Brandful Cobbinah and Michael Addaney  (Eds.). Handbook on Planning and Climate Change Adaptation. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803926926, 394 pages; pp. 182-194
    2. Asibey, M.O.* & Cobbinah, P.B. (2025). Planning education for climate change management in African cities. In. Patrick Brandful Cobbinah and Michael Addaney  (Eds.). Handbook on Planning and Climate Change Adaptation. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803926926, 394 pages; pp. 289-306
    3. Adutwum, I.O., Poku-Boansi, M., Agyei, F., Bimpong, F.A.K. & Asibey, M.O.* (2025). Inclusionary zoning and planning for resilient city development in urban Ghana. In. Diko, S.K., Asare Okyere, S., Leonard Mensah, S., & Kusi Frimpong, L. (Eds.). Planning for Resilient Small and Medium-Sized Cities in Ghana (1st ed.). Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003641612. pp. 21
    4. Akaateba, M.A., Asibey, M.O. & Avogo, F.A. (2025). Navigating hybrid planning landscapes: Practices in urban land development in Ghana. In. Christian Rosen, Nina Gribat (Eds). Hybrid Urbanisms in Secondary Cities of the Global South: Insights from Urban Planning and Infrastructure Delivery in Ghana and Peru. Routledge, ISBN 9781032840864. 194 Pages, pp 35-48
    5. Amponsah, E., Blija, D., Asibey, M.O., Amoako, C., Poku-Boansi, M. (2024). Transportation and Translocality in the Era of Climate Change and Sustainable Development. In: Adinyira, E., Amoako, C., Kwofie, T.E., Aigbavboa, C., Agyekum, K., Addy, M. (eds) Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure Development in Africa's Changing Climate. ICIDA 2023. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-69606-0_7. pp 115–127
    6. Asibey, M.O.* (2024). Contextualizing Electronic Waste for Effective Management in Ghanaian Cities: Local perspectives and experience. In. Sunil Kumar (ed.) Electronic Waste Management: Policies, Processes, Technologies, and Impact. John Wiley & Sons, 24 Jan 2024 - Science - 368 pages. pp. 13-23. https://books.google.com.gh/books?hl=en&lr=lang_en&id=wBTqEAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA13&ots=E4EU6stKVB&sig=VqdD9wBpyVXzCwxmIU0FBGNUKCY&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
    7. Asibey, M.O.*, Abdul-Salam, J.A., Dosu, B. & Tornyeviadzi, P. (2023). The future of e-waste in the circular economy of Ghana; implications for urban planning, environmental and human health risks In: Singh, P., Verma, P., Singh, R., Ahamad, A., Batalhão, A.C.S. (eds). Waste Management and Resource Recycling in the Developing World. Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherland, pp. 309-325. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90463-6.00012-9
    8. Poku-Boansi, M. & Asibey, M.O (2022). Pricing Transport Services in Urban Ghana—The Politics and Socio-Spatial Conflicts Between Transport Operators and the State. In: Acheampong, R.A., Lucas, K., Poku-Boansi, M., Uzondu, C. (eds) Transport and Mobility Futures in Urban Africa. The Urban Book Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17327-1_13, pp 199–215
    9. Poku-Boansi, M., Asibey, M.O. & Azerigyik, R.A. (2022). Contextualising Urban Transport Systems and Livelihoods in Developing Countries: The case of Bus Rapid Transit project: In Nunan, F., Clare, B., & Sukanya, K. (Eds.). The Routledge Handbook on Livelihoods in the Global South (1st ed.). Routledge, London, pp 425-434. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003014041.
    10. Asibey, M.O.* & Cobbinah P.B. (2022) The Evidence for Climate Change on Our Planet. In: Brinkmann R. (eds). The Palgrave Handbook of Global Sustainability. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38948-2_23-1

     

    ONLINE ARTICLES

    1. Asibey, M.O. (2022). CCE Country Profile (Ghana). Monitoring and Evaluating Climate Communication and Education (MECCE) Project - Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM Report), UNESCO. Available at https://mecce.ca/country_profiles/cce-country-profile-ghana/
    2. Cobbinah P.B. & Asibey M.O. (2022) Urban Green Space in Accra’s Informal Settlements: Slum Residents’ Perceptions. Published by URBANET on July 28, 2022. https://www.urbanet.info/urban-green-space-in-accra/

     

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