Dr. Michael Osei Asibey

Lecturer

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. Osei-Siaw, N.K.A., Quaye, I. & Asibey, M.O.* (2026). Sanctuary or strain: Spatial planning dilemma of places of worship in Kumasi, Ghana. Cities, 170, March 2026, 106719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2025.106719

    2. Issah, M.A., Asibey, M.O.*, Adam, M.U. & Liwur, S.B. (2026). Everyday urbanism: Informal pathways to mixed-use and compact development in Kumasi, Ghana. Land Use Policy, 161, February 2026, 107868. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107868

    3. 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

    4. Njimine, M., Blija, D. K., & Asibey, M. O. (2025). Leveraging on urban ecological citizenship to create sustainable Ghanaian cities. Local Environment, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2025.2593240

    5. Asibey, M.O., Ahadzitse, N., Tomei, J., and Quansah, D. A. (2025). Community Participation Models in Solar Energy Projects in Ghana. Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) Programme Policy Brief Series. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.11329.01126. Available at https://climatecompatiblegrowth.com/wp-content/uploads/Policy-Brief_Community-Participation-Models-In-Solar-Energy-Projects-In-Ghana_251209-1.pdf

    6. Esperon-Rodriguez, M., Arndt, S., Asibey, M.O., Augustinus, B.A., Bach, A., Ballinas, M., Barradas, V.L., Barton, D.N., Bauhus, J., Beaumont, L., Bissonnette, J., Brookhouse, M., Calaza?Martínez, P., Calfapietra, C., Lourenço, T.C., Cariñanos, P., Clemente, M., Conway, T., De Hoogh, K., De Pauw, K., Dendoncker, M., Dobbs, C., Duinker, P., Ejaz, U., Eleuterio, A.A., Endreny, T., Esperon?Rodriguez, D., Farrell, C., Gallagher, R.V., Gates, T., Guo, Z., Gwedla, N., Hauer, R., Hermy, M., Jeffries, P., Juno, E., Knudten, R., Lee, G., Litvak, E., Livesley, S., Love, N., Manoli, G., Marchin, R.M., Martin, A.J.F., Masselot, P., Mcdonald, R.I., McPhearson, T., Messier, C., Messier, J., Morgain, R., Nagendra, H., Nieuwenhuijsen, M., Olson, L.G., Östberg, J., Pataki, D., Pfautsch, S., Power, S.A., Rahman, M.A., Randrup, T., Reich, P.B., Russo, A., Rymer, P.D., Schifanella, R., Sen, P., Shackleton, C., Sharmin, M., Shooter, M., Siclari, D., Sivarajah, S., Sjöman, J.D., Sjöman, H., Solfjeld, I., St?Denis, A., Susskind, J., Svenning, J., Szota, C., Toledo?Garibaldi, M., Villemaire?Côté, O., Vogt, J., Wagenknecht, A., Wan, M., Wen, L., Wijeratne, S.A., Williams, G., Williams, N., Wood, S., Wu, H., Yan, P., Zhou, Y., Ziter, C., Zoungrana, B.J., Tjoelker, M.G. (2025). Urban forests as essential infrastructure for climate resilience and biodiversity: A call to policymakers. Plants People Planet ppp3.70125. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.70125

    7. 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
    8. 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
    9. 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.
    10. 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

    11. 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

    12. 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

    13. 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
    14. 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.
    15. 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
    16. 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
    17. 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
    18. 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
    19. 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
    20. 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.
    21. 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
    22. 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
    23. 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
    24. 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
    25. 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
    26. 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
    27. 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
    28. 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
    29. 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
    30. 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
    31. 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
    32. 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
    33. 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
    34. 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
    35. 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
    36. 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
    37. 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
    38. 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
    39. 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
    40. 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
    41. 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
    42. 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
    43. 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
    44. 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
    45. 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
    46. 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
    47. 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
    48. 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
    49. 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
    50. 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
    51. 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
    52. 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
    53. 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
    54. 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
    55. 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.
    56. 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
    57. 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
    58. 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
    59. 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
    60. 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
    61. 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
    62. 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
    63. 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
    64. 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
    65. 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
    66. 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
    67. 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
    68. 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
    69. 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
    70. 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
    71. 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
    72. 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
    73. 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
    74. 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
    75. 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
    76. 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
    77. 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
    78. 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
    79. 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
    80. 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
    81. 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
    82. 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
    83. 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
    84. 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
    85. 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
    86. 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
    87. 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
    88. 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
    89. 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
    90. 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
    91. 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

     

    CONTRIBUTION TO BOOK CHAPTERS

    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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