Refereed Journal Articles

 

    1. Boafo, Y. A., Sackey, E. K., & Lartey, D. L. (2026). ‘We live on borrowed land’: coastal erosion, place-based loss, and community adaptation in Ghana’s Volta Region. African Geographical Review, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/19376812.2026.2630635

    2. Carvalho, P., Akhtar, Z., Nowbuth, M., Boafo, Y.A., Amankwaa, E.F., Spataru, C. et al. (2025). A collaborative taxonomy of social media indicators for localised disaster response. Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 17(2), a1839. https://doi.org/10.4102/jamba.v17i2.1839

    3. Lartey, D. L., Boafo, Y. A., Owusu, E. H., & Akrofi, M. (2025). Urban and rural households’ awareness and willingness to adopt biomass briquettes in Ghana. Discover Sustainability, 6, 1034. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-025-01853-y

    4. Boafo, Y. A., Manteaw, B., Antwi-Agyei, P., Adade-Williams, P., Klutse, N. A. B., Asare, K., Lartey, D. L., & Ayittah, B. (2025). Future climate risks and sectoral vulnerabilities shaping resilience in the Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana. Discover Cities, 2(78). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44327-025-00114-x

    5. Boafo, Y. A., Lah, G. S., & Manteaw, B. O. (2025). Wetlands as nature-based solutions to climate-induced coastal hazards: Institutional perspectives from the Keta Lagoon Complex, Ghana. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 33, 60. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-025-10073-0

    6. Boafo, Y. A., Enu, K. B., Agyei, K. D., & Kolog, J. D. (2025). Citizen-led initiatives and hydro-meteorological risks reduction: Who is implementing nature-based solutions? Nature-Based Solutions, 7, 100234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbsj.2025.100234

    7. Boafo, Y. A., Amankwaa, E. F., Spataru, C., Carvalho, P., & Obeku, K. (2025). Drought perceptions, experiences, and adaptive governance in semi-arid Ghana. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 105515. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105515

    8. Manteaw, B. O., Boafo, Y. A., Owusu, E. H., Enu, K. B., & Amoah, A. B. (2025). Transgressive pedagogies in a climate-constrained Africa: Grounding climate change education and sustainability learning in local communities. Frontiers in Education, 10, 1519914. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2025.1519914

    9. Hagan, S., Darkwah, E., Boafo, Y. A., Agyemang, C. B., & Ekem-Ferguson, G. (2025). Climate change impacts and mental health in poor urban coastal communities in Ghana. PLOS Mental Health, 2(4), e0000284. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmen.0000284

    10. Akagla, S., & Boafo, Y. A. (2025). Analyses of house-owners’ awareness and compliance with urban greenery regulations in Madina, Ghana. Discover Environment, 3(12). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44274-025-00195-w

    11. Boafo, Y. A., Amankwaa, E. F., Spataru, C., & Carvalho, P. (2025). “It is getting too hot lately”: Urban households’ knowledge, experiences and governance of extreme heat events in Accra, Ghana. Urban Climate, 59, 102287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102287

    12. Amankwaa, E. F., Boafo, Y. A., Spataru, C., & Carvalho, P. (2024). ‘Don’t call us vulnerable!’: Rethinking flood vulnerability and community-led governance. Journal of Urban Affairs, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2024.2401885

    13. Boafo, Y. A., Boakye-Danquah, J., Boakye-Danquah, E., Lartey, D. L., & Obeng-Odoom, A. (2024). Perceptions and enablers of sustainable development: A comparative study of Ghanaian university students’ engagement with the SDGs. Higher Education, 1–30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-024-01274-2

    14. Boafo, Y. A., Ohemeng, F., Ayivor, J., Ayitiah, J. A., Yirenya-Tawiah, D., Mensah, A., et al. (2024). Unraveling diarrheal disease knowledge, understanding, and management practices among climate change vulnerable coastal communities in Ghana. Frontiers in Public Health, 12, 1352275. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1352275

    15. Enu, K. B., Zingraff-Hamed, A., Boafo, Y. A., Rahman, M. A., & Pauleit, S. (2024). Citizens’ acceptability and preferred nature-based solutions for mitigating hydro-meteorological risks in Ghana. Journal of Environmental Management, 352, 120089. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120089

    16. Boampong, M. S., Boakye-Danquah, J., Boafo, Y. A., Appiagyei, K., Tweneboah-Koduah, D., & Antwi, E. K. (2024). Experiences of inequality in international collaborative research – Perspectives from environmental and sustainability scholars from Ghana, West Africa. Environmental Science & Policy, 152, 103661. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2023.103661

    17. Baidoo, C., Manteaw, B. O., & Boafo, Y. A. (2023). Assessing the potential benefits and challenges of cocoa agroforestry adoption in Ghana’s Western-North Region. Journal of Sustainable Development, 16(5), 1–47. https://doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v16n5p47

    18. McDougall, H. A., & Boafo, Y. A. (2022). Vernacularizing sustainability in post-colonial Ghana. Fordham Environmental Law Journal, 34(1), 1–39. https://ssrn.com/abstract=4675259

    19. Akanwake, J. B., Atinga, R. A., & Boafo, Y. A. (2022). Effect of climate change on cerebrospinal meningitis morbidities and mortalities: A longitudinal and community-based study in Ghana. PLOS Climate, 1(8), e0000067. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000067

    20. Puplampu, D. A., & Boafo, Y. A. (2021). Exploring the impacts of urban expansion on green spaces availability and delivery of ecosystem services in the Accra Metropolis. Environmental Challenges, 5, 100283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2021.100283

    21. Browne, A. N., Owusu, K., & Boafo, Y. A. (2020). Projected temperature increases over northern Ghana. Discover Applied Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-020-3095-3

    22. Jarzebski, M. P., Ahmed, A., Boafo, Y. A., et al. (2020). Food security impacts of industrial crop production in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review of the impact mechanisms. Food Security, 12(1), 105–135. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-019-00988-x

    23. Owusu, K., Asiedu, A. B., Yankson, P. W. K., & Boafo, Y. A. (2019). Impacts of Ghana’s Bui dam hydroelectricity project on the livelihood of downstream non-resettled communities. Sustainability Science, 14(2), 487–499. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-018-0588-8

    24. Boafo, Y. A., Balde, B. S., Saito, O., Gasparatos, A., Lam, R. D., Ouedraogo, N., Chamba, E., & Moussa, Z. P. (2018). Stakeholder perceptions of the outcomes of reforms on the performance and sustainability of the cotton sector in Ghana and Burkina Faso: A tale of two countries. Cogent Food & Agriculture, 4(1), 1477541. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2018.1477541

    25. Nsioh, M. N., Saito, O., Sato, A., Boafo, Y. A., & Jasaw, G. S. (2018). Traditional and local knowledge practices for disaster risk reduction in Northern Ghana. Sustainability, 10(3), 825. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10030825

    26. Owusu, V., & Boafo, Y. A. (2018). Opportunities and challenges for multi-level stakeholder participation in community-based ecotourism development: The case of the Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary, Ghana. Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea, 21(1), 53–68. https://doi.org/10.23841/egsk.2018.21.1.53

    27. Jasaw, G. S., Saito, O., Gasparatos, A., Shoyama, K., Boafo, Y. A., & Takeuchi, K. (2017). Ecosystem services trade-offs from high fuelwood use for traditional shea butter processing in semi-arid Ghana. Ecosystem Services, 27(A), 127–138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.09.003

    28. Lam, R. D., Boafo, Y. A., Degefa, S., Gasparatos, A., & Saito, O. (2017). Assessing the food security outcomes of industrial crop expansion in smallholder settings: Insights from cotton production in Northern Ghana and sugarcane production in Central Ethiopia. Sustainability Science, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-017-0449-x

    29. Oteng-Yeboah, A., Dunbar, W., Boafo, Y. A., & Ichikawa, K. (2016). Securing biodiversity and ecosystem services in Africa: Notes from the 2015 Satoyama Initiative Regional Workshop in Accra, Ghana. Bothalia, 46(1), 2030. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/abc.v46i1.2030

    30. Boafo, Y. A., Saito, O., Jasaw, G. S., Otsuki, K., & Takeuchi, K. (2016). Provisioning ecosystem services-sharing as a coping and adaptation strategy among rural communities in Ghana's semi-arid ecosystem. Ecosystem Services, 19, 92–102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.05.002

    31. Boafo, Y. A., Saito, O., Kato, S., Kamiyama, C., Takeuchi, K., & Nakahara, M. (2015). The role of traditional ecological knowledge in ecosystem services management: The case of four rural communities in Northern Ghana. International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management, 12(1–2), 24–38. https://doi.org/10.1080/21513732.2015.1124454

    32. Antwi, E. K., Boakye-Danquah, J., Owusu, A. B., Loh, S. K., Mensah, R., Boafo, Y. A., & Apronti, P. T. (2015). Community vulnerability assessment index for flood prone savannah agroecological zone: A case study of Wa West District, Ghana. Weather and Climate Extremes, 10, 56–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2015.10.008

    33. Antwi, K., Otsuki, K., Saito, O., Obeng, F., Gyekye, A. G., Boakye-Danquah, J., Boafo, Y. A., et al. (2014). Developing a community-based resilience assessment model with reference to Northern Ghana. Journal of Integrated Disaster Risk Management, 4(1), 73–92.

    34. Boafo, Y. A., Saito, O., & Takeuchi, K. (2014). Provisioning ecosystem services in rural savanna landscapes of Northern Ghana: Assessment of supply, utilization and drivers of change. Journal of Disaster Research, 9(4), 501–515.

    35. Boafo, Y. A., Asiedu, A. B., Addo-Appeaning, K., Antwi, E. K., & Boakye-Danquah, J. (2014). Assessing landcover changes from coastal tourism development in Ghana: Evidence from the Kokrobite-Bortianor coastline, Accra. Journal of Civil and Environment Research, 6(6), 9–19.

    36. Boafo, Y. A., Jasaw, G. S., & Dayour, F. (2014). Exploring some social dimensions to the practice and sustainability of traditional conservation agriculture in semi-arid Ghana. Journal of Environment and Earth Science, 4(10), 47–58.

    37. Jasaw, G. S., Boafo, Y. A., & Lolig, V. (2014). Factors influencing the adoption of Mucuna pruriens as a land conservation strategy: Evidence from Northern Ghana. Journal of Science, Technology and Environment, 4(1), 1–11.

Refereed Book Chapters

  1. Owusu, V., Atanga, R.A., Boafo, Y.A., Gyabaah, K., Boateng, R. (2023). The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Small-Scale Hospitality and Tourism Businesses in Coastal Communities in Ghana. In: Dube, K., Mensah, I., Chapungu, L. (eds) COVID-19, Tourist Destinations and Prospects for Recovery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24655-5_2)
  2. Owusu, V., Boafo, Y. A., Adjei, M., & Boateng, R. (2022). The COVID-19 Pandemic and Coastal Fishery Livelihood Systems: Socio-economic Implications for Small-Scale Fisherfolk in Winneba, Ghana. In COVID-19 and a World of Ad Hoc Geographies (pp. 1657-1678). Springer, Cham.)
  3. Boafo Y.A., Saito, O., Jasaw. G.S., Yiran G.A.B., Dam R.L., Mohan, G.& Kranjac-Berisavljevic G. (2020) Perceived Community Resilience to Floods and Droughts Induced by Climate Change in Semi-arid Ghana. In: Gasparatos A. et al. (eds) Sustainability Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa I. Science for Sustainable Societies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4458-3_6
  4. Jarzebski M.P. Ahmed A. Boafo, Y.A .et al. (2020) Linking Industrial Crop Production and Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Local, National and Continental Perspectives. In: Gasparatos A. et al. (eds) Sustainability Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa I. Science for Sustainable Societies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4458-3_3
  5. Saito O., Boafo Y.A., Abe M. (2020) Synthesis: Can Sharing Enhance the Sustainability and Resilience of Our Society? In: Saito O. (eds) Sharing Ecosystem Services. Science for Sustainable Societies. Springer, Singapore
  6. Boafo, Y.A., Lam, D.R., Denabo B, J, & Saito, O., (2019) The role of sustainability science in addressing Africa’s sustainable development challenges and priorities: A bibliometric survey. In C. Aguirre-Bastos, J. Chaves-Chaparro and S. Aricò, (eds) Co-Designing Science in Africa: First steps in assessing the sustainability science approach on the ground. Paris, UNESCO. ISBN:978-92-3-100319-6 Available here: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000368900?posInSet=1&queryId=1985b200-cde3-4d10-87f9-1707638a1ff6
  7. Saito O., Boafo Y.A., Jasaw G.S. (2018). Toward Enhancing Resilience to Climate and Ecosystem Changes in Semi-Arid Africa: Evidence from Northern Ghana. In: Saito O., Kranjac-Berisavljevic G., Takeuchi K., A. Gyasi E. (eds) Strategies for Building Resilience against Climate and Ecosystem Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa. Science for Sustainable Societies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4796-1_1
  8. Saito O. Boafo Y.A., Jasaw G.S et al. (2018). The Ghana Model for Resilience Enhancement in Semiarid Ghana: Conceptualization and Social Implementation. In: Saito O., Kranjac-Berisavljevic G., Takeuchi K., A. Gyasi E. (eds) Strategies for Building Resilience against Climate and Ecosystem Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa. Science for Sustainable Societies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4796-1_2
  9. Saito O., Boafo Y.A. et al. (2018). Internationalization and Localization of the Ghana Model: Lessons Learned, Opportunities for Upscaling, and Future Directions. In: Saito O., Kranjac-Berisavljevic G., Takeuchi K., A. Gyasi E. (eds) Strategies for Building Resilience against Climate and Ecosystem Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa. Science for Sustainable Societies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4796-1_18
  10. Boafo Y.A, Ichikawa, K. Dunbar, W., & Manago, C. (2016). Understanding current status, trends and efforts at revitalization of socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes in Africa. Chapter 1 in Yaw Agyeman Boafo & Kaoru Ichikawa, (eds), Socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS) in Africa, United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, Tokyo, ISBN (Hardcopy) 978-92-808-4569-3 (eBook) 978-92-808-4564-8. Pp. 1-11. Available online at http://satoyama-initiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SEPLS-in-Africa_FINAL_lowres_web.pdf
  11. Boafo, Y.A. Ziem R, & Alhassan, A., (2016). Compound farming systems in semi-arid Ghana: a socio-ecological production landscape in decline. Chapter 6 in Boafo. Y.A. & Ichikawa, K. (eds), Socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS) in Africa, United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, Tokyo, ISBN (Hardcopy) 978-92-808-4569-3 (eBook) 978-92-808-4564-8. Pp. 44-51. Available online at http://satoyama-initiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SEPLS-in-Africa_FINAL_lowres_web.pdf

Global Assessment Reports

    12. Shin, Y. J., Arneth, A., Roy Chowdhury, R., Midgley, G.F., Leadley, P., Agyeman Boafo, Y., Basher, Z., Bukvareva, E., Heinimann, A., Horcea-Milcu, A. I., Kindlmann, P., Kolb, M., Krenova, Z., Oberdorff, T., Osano, P., Palomo, I., Pichs Madruga, R., Pliscoff, P., Rondinini, C., Saito, O., Sathyapalan, J. and Yue, T. 2019. Chapter 4: Plausible futures of nature, its contributions to people and their good quality of life IN: Global assessment report of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Brondizio, E. S., Settele, J., Diaz, S., Ngo, H. T. (eds). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. 168 pages. Doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3832074

Published Conference Papers

  1. Dam Lam, R., Boafo, Y.A., Degefa, S., and Saito, O., (2016). Food Security and Gender Equality under Industrial Crop Expansion in Ethiopia and Ghana. Environmental System Research Paper Lecture Collection/Civil Engineering Society, 44:2016. 159-164, ISSN 1345-9589

Published Evaluation Reports

Others (News, Web, Blogs)

  1. Boafo. Y.A. (2016). Disseminating Research Findings through Community Theatre in Ghana., United Nations University. Available at http://ias.unu.edu/en/news/news/disseminating-research-findings-through-community-theatre-in-ghana.html
  2. Coastal Community Resilience to Climate Change and Diarrhoea (C2R-C2D) https://www.c2rcdproject.com/#:~:text=The%20Coastal%20Communities%20Resilience%20to,socio%2Dcultural%20determinants%20of%20diarrhoea
  3. Food Security Impacts of Industrial Crop Expansion in Sub-Sahara Africa https://supportoffice.jp/ficessa/#:~:text=Superficially%20local%20food%20security%20should,aftermath%20of%20IC%20project%20collapses