News

2024.08.05

New paper out on flood screening in Accra

The results from the hydrologic screening indicate that the developed screening tool provides an efficient and simple alternative to using advanced hydrodynamic software for identifying flood-prone locations

2024.07.23

Project completion

Links to popular science description and additional conference presentations are available

2024.05.22

New paper on flood emergency responders

This paper adds to the existing knowledge about flood management in Accra and contributes with insights into emergency responses to major flood events in a geospatial context

2024.04.03

New paper on flood implications for mobility

The paper evaluates the vulnerability of roads to flooding in certain neighbourhoods in Accra, both urban and peri-urban

2024.02.27

New paper on flood risk reduction and resilient city growth

Peripheral "auto-constructed" neighborhoods such as Santa Maria are often neglected by planning officials and currently facing unregulated urbanization and increasing flood risk

2024.01.29

Policy Briefs

Implications of flooding for intra-urban mobility

2023.12.07

Dissemination and Outreach Workshop Report is now available

Stakeholders, including researchers, community leaders, local political interest groups, and planners, discussed the project's findings

2023.10.31

New paper on flood impacts on urban mobility

GIS-based network models are used to analyse how daily mobility may be disrupted or constrained due to the flooding of road infrastructure

2023.10.17

Final Workshop in Accra on 15. November

Participants of the workshop are encouraged to ponder upon the main findings of the project and contribute to the recommendations proposed by the CLIMACCESS team. Click here to sign up

2023.09.13

Flood adaptation in Glefe

New Master Thesis explores explores adaptation strategies, challenges, and possibilities for future development

2023.06.07

Efficient routes for emergency response

New report online: A geospatial approach to the study of flood risk hotspots and emergency response services in four peripheral areas of Accra

2023.03.29

Presentation of research results

Project participants provide a comprehensive view on climate change, urban flooding, mobility disruptions and livelihoods at the AAG conference

2023.03.29

Equitable partnerships in development research projects

Project partners Dr. Richard Kofie and A.Prof Gerald Yiran reflect on this import topic at the DFC Science Engagement Day seminar in Arusha, 28-29 March

2023.02.07

New PhD Thesis

Prince Martin Gyekye's PhD thesis offers new insight into the impacts of floods on soil erosion and urban land use

2022.11.29

"Build-in" flood risk

New Climaccess paper focuses on the intertwinement of unregulated urban expansion processes and flood risk

2022.11.23

Fieldwork and flooding

A round of follow-up interviews with residents are conducted in late November 2022

2022.11.17

Encroachment upon ecologically sensitive areas intensifies flood hazards

Climaccess research uncovers the drivers and consequences of unregulated urban expansion processes.

2022.11.15

New insight into women's mobility in Accra

Research by Climaccess participants contributes to book on Transport and Mobility Futures in Urban Accra

2022.11.02

CLIMACCESS sessions at AAG 2023

Research results from the CLIMACCESS project will be presented and discussed at dedicated sessions at the AAG 2023 conference (March 23-27)

2022.10.26

New Climaccess paper published

Fragile infrastructure and increased urban flooding create mobility disruptions for urban residents

2022.08.17

Workshop in Accra

A CLIMACCESS workshop on the role of emergency response/responders during floods in Accra yielded new insight

2022.07.29

New Paper on Flood Risk Vulnerability

New scientific paper out on flood risk vulnerability

2021.08.15

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…

2021.02.16

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.

2020.12.20

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,…

2020.12.18

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…

2020.12.03

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.

2020.11.30

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.

2020.11.24

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…

2020.11.13

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.

2020.08.20

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.

2020.06.24

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.

2020.06.20

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.

2020.05.15

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…

2020.05.04

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.

2020.04.01

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.

2020.03.15

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.

2020.01.30

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…

2019.11.15

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…

2019.10.15

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…

2019.08.30

Third PhD student is formally enrolled

Stephen Yao has begun the 4 year PhD program at the University of Ghana. After his first year of mandatory courses Stephen will frame his work within the work package C (GIS). Welcome!

2019.08.15

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…

2019.06.21

Video visually documents the hazards of flooded roads and houses

As part of the DFC portrait of Dr. Richard Kofie in Accra, photographer Jørgen Laurvig documented the flooding that took place during his visit, as well as some of the CLIMACCESS project activities in the Glefe…

2019.06.20

DFC Enreca documentation project

Long-time collaboration partner Dr. Richard Kofie, CSIR-INSTI, is portrayed in the new DFC video on the merit of Danida-funded research capacity building in developing countries. The video includes references to…

2019.06.15

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…

2019.03.15

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…

2019.01.30

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…

2019.01.25

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…

2018.11.28

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,…

2018.11.26

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.

2018.10.18

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…

2018.09.20

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.

2018.08.25

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…

2018.08.17

New presentation: Blue-spot modeling in Accra

This presentation by Thomas Balstrøm details the methodology and initial work towards modeling the flood prone urban areas of Accra based on the city-wide Airbus elevation model (10m cells).

2018.08.15

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.

2018.06.27

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...

2018.06.26

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.

2018.04.18

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…

2018.03.01

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…