Stephen Appiah Takyi

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Stephen Appiah Takyi is a scholar working on Urban Studies, Global and Planetary Change and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Appiah Takyi has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Urban Studies, 20 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 15 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Stephen Appiah Takyi's work include Urban and Rural Development Challenges (38 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (16 papers) and Urban Agriculture and Sustainability (15 papers). Stephen Appiah Takyi is often cited by papers focused on Urban and Rural Development Challenges (38 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (16 papers) and Urban Agriculture and Sustainability (15 papers). Stephen Appiah Takyi collaborates with scholars based in Ghana, Canada and Zambia. Stephen Appiah Takyi's co-authors include Owusu Amponsah, Charles Peprah, Gideon Abagna Azunre, Imoro Braimah, Raphael Anammasiya Ayambire, Henry Mensah, Michael Osei Asibey, Divine Kwaku Ahadzie, Godfred Darko and Benedicta Y. Fosu-Mensah and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, World Development and Land Use Policy.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Appiah Takyi

57 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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A review of the role of urban agriculture in the sustainable city discourse

2019 191 citations Gideon Abagna Azunre, Owusu Amponsah et al. Cities profile →

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Alexander Follmann Germany

Imoro Braimah Ghana

Federico Martellozzo Italy

Didit Okta Pribadi Indonesia

Amy M. Lerner United States

Ines Grigorescu Romania

Elena Domene Spain

Clifford Amoako Ghana

Collins Adjei Mensah Ghana

Nikolas C. Heynen United States

Alexander Follmann Germany

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Amponsah, Owusu, et al.. (2025). Securing the future of urban agriculture: Legislative reform and planning for sustainability in sub-Saharan African cities. Habitat International. 166. 103591–103591.

Takyi, Stephen Appiah, et al.. (2025). Capital city functions and sustainable city nexus: Sustainability analysis of major regional capital cities in Ghana. 5(3). 372–385.

Perrotti, Daniela, et al.. (2025). The application of a data framework to assess the contribution of nature-based solutions to urban metabolism in informal settlements of Kumasi, Ghana. SN Social Sciences. 5(12).

Amponsah, Owusu, et al.. (2025). Why are ecologically sensitive areas (ESAs) in African cities encroached on? Unveiling the encroachers' outlook. Cities. 159. 105761–105761. 2 indexed citations

Asibey, Michael Osei, et al.. (2025). For or against sustainable development? A geospatial analysis of the state of green space ecosystems in West Gonja, Ghana. Land Use Policy. 151. 107480–107480. 1 indexed citations

Takyi, Stephen Appiah, et al.. (2025). Situating the compliance with land use regulations within the context of sustainable city development: Lessons from Ho Municipality of Ghana. 5(1). 79–93. 3 indexed citations

Takyi, Stephen Appiah, et al.. (2025). Non-compliance with planning regulations and their implication for the achievement of the sustainable development goals: insights from physical planners in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. SN Social Sciences. 5(4).

Cobbinah, Patrick Brandful, et al.. (2024). Problematizing street vending: The uncanniness of a disembodied urban policy. Journal of Urban Affairs. 48(3). 856–874. 1 indexed citations

Amoako, Clifford, et al.. (2024). Exploring the street economy in African cities: A review of practices, regulatory policies, and challenges of urban governance in Ghana. Journal of Urban Affairs. 48(2). 515–534. 2 indexed citations

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Amponsah, Owusu, et al.. (2024). Investigating the purposefulness of development planning in Ghana through a political economy lens. SN Social Sciences. 4(3).

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Amponsah, Owusu, et al.. (2024). Correction to: Investigating the purposefulness of development planning in Ghana through a political economy lens. SN Social Sciences. 4(4).

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Takyi, Stephen Appiah, et al.. (2024). Urban sprawl, urban form, and urban land use pattern: examining urban planning response to the causes and effects of urban sprawl in Kumasi, Ghana. African Geographical Review. 45(1). 79–93. 2 indexed citations

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Takyi, Stephen Appiah, et al.. (2023). Space use in Central Business District of emerging economies: Regulation or rationale?. 3(4). 315–329. 2 indexed citations

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Takyi, Stephen Appiah, et al.. (2023). 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(1). 85–99. 11 indexed citations

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Takyi, Stephen Appiah, et al.. (2023). Rethinking sustainable urban management: Effects of urbanization on the socio-spatial structure of the Tamale Metropolis. 3(4). 292–303. 11 indexed citations

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Asibey, Michael Osei, et al.. (2022). Urban parks under siege: the politics and factors influencing park rezoning and decline in urban Ghana. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 22–34. 10 indexed citations

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Darko, Godfred, et al.. (2021). Urbanizing with or without nature: pollution effects of human activities on water quality of major rivers that drain the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 194(1). 38–38. 38 indexed citations

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Mensah, Henry, et al.. (2021). Resilience to climate change in Ghanaian cities and its implications for urban policy and planning. SN Social Sciences. 1(5). 21 indexed citations

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Takyi, Stephen Appiah, et al.. (2020). Garden city without parks: an assessment of the availability and conditions of parks in Kumasi. Urban forestry & urban greening. 55. 126819–126819. 56 indexed citations

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Takyi, Stephen Appiah, et al.. (2020). Spatial planning in the digital age: the role of emerging technologies in democratising participation in spatial planning in Ghana. International Planning Studies. 26(2). 117–129. 4 indexed citations

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