News about Geography

New Paper on Flood Risk Vulnerability

New scientific paper out on flood risk vulnerability

290 million new city dwellers benefit China's climate balance

Contrary to popular belief, China’s massive emigration from rural areas to cities has been shown to have a positive effect on China's carbon stocks. Urbanization can even play a role in attaining climate neutrality. Thi…

Survey succesfully completed

The WP-A household mobility survey was conducted in July-August 2021 by a team of 10 persons led by Martin Oteng Ababio and Maya Møller-Jensen. The collected survey data include information on 1053 households and 2104…

New technical report - Processing of UAV data

A new report on methods for processing UAV-based Lidar and RGB data from Accra has been published on the website. Click to read.

New technical Report - GIS

New technical report on GIS methodology published on the web site. The report describes how to perform GIS-based analysis to estimate the importance of each road in facilitating the mobility of urban residents and,…

Four settlement profile reports have been completed

A collective effort to produce profile reports for the four selected settlements based on interviews, statistics, spatial data sets, field surveys and other sources has now been completed. Click to read more and access…

New detailed maps of city-wide flood risk

Extensive mapping of city-wide flood risk has been documented and published. The maps can now be explored from the web map portal.

New flood validation data collected in Adenta and Legon

Richard and Allotey collected additional data for evaluation of the local flood models in Adenta, Legon and Okponglo. Click to see maps and photos from the survey locations.

A mapping challenge: Decentralization and fragmentation of administrative regions characterize GAMA

As part of the ongoing effort to describe urban development in the four localities selected for the CLIMACCESS Survey, both South and North partners have been involved in the non-trivial task of mapping the…

Researchers put human mobility into new formula

Researchers at DTU and the University of Copenhagen have developed a model that provides new knowledge about how we move around in our everyday life and bridges a gap in the scientific understanding of mobility.

More ground truth data collected in Santa Maria

Members of the south partner teams conducted additional field work in Santa Maria for field validation of the UAV/LIDAR-based mapping of local, flood prone areas.

All project meetings are currently on zoom

Due to Corona restrictions, all project meetings take place on the virtual platform zoom for continued coordination and research collaboration.

CLIMACCESS survey tested at Legon

The south partners carried out a pilot test of the CLIMACCESS survey at the Legon Campus, University of Ghana. Click to read more and access the survey questions.

PhD study stays in Copenhagen

A planned period of three month study stay in Copenhagen for PhD students Abuba and Prince was extended to more than four and a half month (2. February - 19. June) due to the Corona lock-down. Click to read more.

CLIMACCESS provides framework for teaching

The background and relevance for the CLIMACCESS project, as well as it specific research objectives and methodologies, have been used in several teaching activities at the University of Copenhagen. These include…

CLIMACCESS project covered by Ghanaian television

Richard Kofie and Albert Allotey from partner CSIR-INSTI take part in a broadcast from GBC about the hazards and challenges of flooded roads and infrastructure in Accra.

Survey postponed due to Corona

The extensive survey planned for the four settlements and scheduled and prepared to run in Maj-June have been postponed due to Corona virus restrictions.

Work on the CLIMACCESS survey has begun

After the last round of fieldwork in November, we have now begun formulating the questions for the CLIMACCESS survey and plan the data collection strategy. Click to read more.

New scientific paper on the spatial extension of the Accra agglomeration

Data on the size and extension of Accra is important for assessing the mobility and accessibility consequences of flooding. This CLIMACCESS paper compares different estimates from literature, discusses the differences i…

Joint fieldwork and project meetings in Accra

Manja teamed up with the South Partners for two weeks of extensive surveying, mapping and interviews in the four settlement areas. Jytte and Lasse joined and also participated in final design and planning of the main…

CLIMACCESS presentation at Geomatic and Geospatial Technology

Preliminary results concerning the suitability of methods for urban spatial mapping and for analyzing how flooding of individual roads may impact daily commuting from the fringe areas of Accra areas was presented at the…

UAV/Drone-based Lidar data collection in Accra

UAV-based Lidar data collection has taken place as planned in three selected areas for a period of 10 days following extensive preparations involving equipment, training, location scouting and legal aspects. The joint…

Partner meeting in Copenhagen

Project coordination and plans for the August and December field work was in focus for the meetings during a productive week. All project participants including the PhD students took part in the discussions. Additional…

Two new spatial datasets established

A topologically corrected transport network map of the Accra agglomeration area has been established based on OpenStreetMap data using the OMX package and a detailed, spatial population model covering the Accra…