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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…

New CLIMACCESS report on regional climate change

The report details the expected influence of climate change on the future precipitation pattern in the Accra region of Ghana. While flooding in Accra is caused by many factors including urban development practices, the…

Joint field work activities in Accra

Project partners from Accra and Copenhagen have scouted the four selected settlements, Santa Maria, Pokuase, Adenta and Glefe and conducted extensive interviews with key persons about local mobility, flooding and…

Linking to the VEWEC project

Paul Yankson and Lasse Møller-Jensen participated in final workshop of the project: Vulnerability to Extreme Weather Events in Cities: Implications for Infrastructure and Livelihoods (financed by the British Academy,…

CLIMACCESS News coverage

Thomas Balstrøm is interviewed about the flood screening methodology under development and its planned application in Accra as part of the CLIMACCESS project in the Danish paper Jyllands Posten.

CLIMACCESS workshop at CSIR-INSTI

Undertaking the role of a partner in an internationally funded research and capacity building project is a relatively new and promising role for CSIR-INSTI. The aim of the workshop was to increase the general knowledge…

CLIMACCESS presentation at Open-Day (CSIR-INSTI)

The overall objectives, work packages and methodologies of the project was successfully presented to participants at the annual Open-Day event at CSIR-INSTI.

Two PhD students are enrolled

Two of the expected three students have been enrolled for the 4 year PhD program at the University of Ghana. The project partners welcome Abubakari Abdallah who will focus primarily on work package A and Prince Gyekye…

Partner meeting in Copenhagen

The first regular partner meeting has been held in Copenhagen. On the agenda were general discussions and plans for the way forward, the final selection of field sites and initial methodological training activities.

Kick-off/Inception workshop in Accra

The Kick-off workshop was organized by the Ghanaian partners. It took place at the Alisa Hotel in Accra with participation from a number of stake holders and all project partners. Click to read more...

Partner meeting and excursions in Accra

In connection with the Inception workshop, all partners met in Accra for project meetings and excursions to flood prone areas.

Project web site and data repositories established

Project activities and outcomes will be documented at a web site hosted by the University of Copenhagen. A shared OneDrive repository will be used to facilitate exchange and dissemination of project material between the…

CLIMACCESS project initiation

All participants from the three partner institutions are ready to start working. Preparations for the Kick-off/Inception workshop takes place in Accra and Copenhagen. Click to read more about the planned activities of…