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Scopus Author ID: 57218141618
Scopus Author ID: 57218141618
ResearcherID: HMO-6302-2023

Keywords

Urban planning, Urban sustainability, Urban green spaces, Climate change, Urban studies

Countries

Ghana

Biography

Nelson Nyabanyi N-yanbini is currently a doctoral student in Urban Studies at Lingnan University, Hong Kong and a lecturer in urban planning at SD Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies, Ghana. Nelson holds an MPhil in Planning and a Bachelor of Science in Human Settlement Planning both from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). He previously worked as a Project Coordinator in Family Support Lifeline (NGO) and as a Teaching and Research Assistant at the Department of Planning, KNUST. Nelson’s areas of research interest are urban planning, urban sustainability, urban greening, climate change adaptation and land governance. He has published widely in leading urban and environmental journals. His current research focuses on land tenure-urban sprawl interactions and its impacts on the sustainability of urban green spaces.

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Employment (5)

Lingnan University: Hong Kong, HK

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SD Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies: Wa, Upper West Region, GH

2023-10-06 to present | Lecturer (Urban Design and Infrastructure Studies)
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Nelson Nyabanyi N-yanbini

Simon Diedong Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies: Wa, Upper West, GH

2021-10-06 to 2023-10-31 | Assistant Lecturer (Department of Urban Design and Infrastructure Studies)
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Family Support Lifeline: Kumasi, Ashanti, GH

2020-08-01 to 2021-09-30 | Project Coordinator (Project Planning and Management)
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Nelson Nyabanyi N-yanbini

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology: Kumasi, Ashanti, GH

2017-09-01 to 2018-08-31 | Teaching and Research Assistant (Department of Planning)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Lingnan University: Hong Kong, HK

2024-09-01 to present | PhD Student (School of Graduate Studies)
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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology: Kumasi, +233, GH

2018-08-24 to 2021-02-01 | MPhil Planning (Department of Planning)
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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology: Kumasi, Ashanti, GH

2013-09-24 to 2017-06-01 | BSc. Human Settlement Planning (Department of Planning)
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Professional activities (2)

Network for Land Governance and Administration(NELGA): Kumasi, Ghana, GH

2018-10-01 | 2018/2019 Scholar (Department of Planning)
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Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology: Kumasi, Ashanti, GH

2013-09-24 to 2017-06-01 | First Class (Hons)-2017 (Department of Planning)
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Funding (2)

Hong Kong PhD Fellowship-24/25

2024-09 to present | Award
Research Grant Council (RGC) of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, HK)
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Nelson Nyabanyi N-yanbini

In-Country/In-Region Scholarship Programme SLGA, 2018 (57432578)

2018-10 to 2020-09 | Award
German Academic Exchange Service (Bonn, DE)
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Works (13)

Upshots and responses: mapping spat-temporal growth patterns inn peri-urban areas, Ghana

Remote Sensing and GIS in Peri-Urban Research: Perspectives on Global Change, Sustainability and Resilience
2025 | Book chapter | Author
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-15832-2.00028-9
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Part of ISBN: 9780443158322
Contributors: Alfred TOKU; Nelson Nyabanyi N-yanbini; Anthony Kwabena SARFO
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Lingnan University

Mapping Access to Urban Green Spaces in Secondary Cities through Geographic Information System

Heliyon
2025-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e42949
Contributors: Nelson Nyabanyi N-yanbini; Jacob Nchagmado Tagnan; Maxwell Okrah; Anthony Kwabena Sarfo; Alfred Toku; Emmanuel Nliwola Bowan
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Exploring agro-ecological implications and gendered adaptation to climate change in Northern Ghana

Environment, Development and Sustainability
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-023-03484-7
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2-s2.0-85162028373

Part of ISSN: 15732975 1387585X
Contributors: N-yanbini, N.N.; Toku, A.; Osumanu, I.K.; Sarfo, A.K.
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Nelson Nyabanyi N-yanbini via Scopus - Elsevier
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Geographically induced and the spatially differentiated dimension of flood vulnerability in Greater Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana

International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/19463138.2024.2321218
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2-s2.0-85187432472

Part of ISSN: 19463146 19463138
Contributors: Sarfo, A.K.; Owusu-Sekyere, E.; Toku, A.; N-Yanbini, N.N.
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Exploring the potentials of urban crop farming and the question of environmental sustainability

City and Environment Interactions
2024-12 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1016/j.cacint.2024.100167
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Contributors: Alfred TOKU; Samuel Twumasi AMOAH; Nelson Nyabanyi N-yanbini
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Analysis of land-use and livelihood transformations in peri-urban areas: Insights from North-Western Ghana

Heliyon
2024-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e38467
Contributors: Alfred Toku; Samuel Twumasi Amoah; Nelson Nyabanyi N-yanbini; Anthony Kwabena Sarfo; Prosper Tornyeviadzi
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Women's land access and gendered outcomes in Northern Ghana

Journal of land and rural studies
2024-07 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1177/23210249241237033
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Contributors: Nelson Nyabanyi N-yanbini; Justice Kuffour OWUSU-ANSAH
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Lingnan University
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Governing Urban Green Spaces in the Context of Climate Change in Ghana

Climate Change in Africa
2023 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-30050-9_8
Contributors: Nelson Nyabanyi N-yanbini
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Contemporary Flood Vulnerability Discourse: A Framework for Identification of Geographically-Induced Flood Susceptible Zones in Kumasi, Ghana

SSRN
2022 | Other
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4031642
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2-s2.0-85179533795

Part of ISSN: 15565068
Contributors: Sarfo, A.K.; Owusu-Sekyere, E.; Toku, A.; N-Yanbini, N.N.
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Nelson Nyabanyi N-yanbini via Scopus - Elsevier

Are we Planning Gender Inclusive Land Policies? Documentary Analysis and Expert Opinions

African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences
2021-10-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.48346/IMIST.PRSM/AJLP-GS.V4I4.25614
Contributors: Nelson Nyabanyi N-Yanbini
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Ecotourism Glocalization: An Analysis of Policy and Expert Perspectives

Tourism Planning & Development
2020-07-15 | Journal article
DOI: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21568316.2020.1792540
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Nelson Nyabanyi N-yanbini
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Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Ghana: The Spatial Planning Dimension

The Geography of Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Africa
2019 | Book chapter
Part of DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-04873-0_15
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2-s2.0-85080026320

ISBN: 9783030048730 9783030048723
Contributors: Cobbinah, P.B.; N-Yanbini, N.N.
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Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Ghana: The Spatial Planning Dimension

The Geography of Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Africa
2019-12-30 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-04873-0_15
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Nelson Nyabanyi N-yanbini

Peer review (9 reviews for 3 publications/grants)

Review activity for International journal of sustainability in higher education. (2)
Review activity for Journal of urban affairs. (5)
Review activity for PloS one. (2)
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