Justice Kufour Owusu-Ansah is an Associate Professor in the Department of Planning at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Kumasi. He has a Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) degree and PhD in Architecture and Planning from The University of Melbourne, Australia and a Postgraduate Diploma from the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, Rotterdam. He worked as a Senior Tutor from 2005 and 2008 and joined the Department of Planning. KNUST in May 2009 where he held the position of Director of Postgraduate Programs between 2012 and 2016. His publications have centered on spatial analyses and land use planning, housing, infrastructure planning and lately socio-spatial inclusion of marginal communities. He has consulted for a number of organizations including Spatial Solutions, National Population Council and Spatial Dimensions. Dr. Owusu-Ansah can be reached at koansah@msn.com