Collins Adjei Mensah

Cape Coast, Ghana

Collins Adjei Mensah is a Principal Research Assistant at the Department of Geography and Regional Planning, University of Cape Coast (UCC), Ghana. He holds a MPhil degree in Geography (Urban Planning) and bachelor’s honours in Social Science (Geography and Economics) from the same university (UCC). He recently obtained his PhD degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Birmingham, UK. Over the past five years, Adjei Mensah has held many teaching and research positions both in Ghana and UK. This, together with his educational background in Geography, Economics, and Urban and Regional Planning, has made him well versed in issues affecting urban development such as urban poverty, informal settlements, environmental degradation, inefficient governance systems, and inadequate community participation, which are paramount to sustainable urbanisation. He is a strong advocate for sustainable urban development, especially integrating natural vegetation into the physical landscape of cities. This has made him contribute a number of policy papers and peer reviewed articles on Africa’s urban green spaces, and also appear on many international platforms (seminars and conferences) to campaign for environmental sustainability in cities, particularly in the context of Africa.