Dr. Inkoom

• Neutral landscape models and cellular automaton integration
• Spatial planning and ecosystem service integration and practical implementation
• Ecosystem services and flows
• Land use planning and environmental systems
• Ecosystem policy and planning dynamics
• Spatial Data Analysis
• Spatial Statistics
• Spatial metrics and indicator assessment
• Climate change driver assessment through integrated framework approaches
• Sustainable and resilient landscape assessment
• Land use approaches to uncovering migration patterns and dynamics
• Spatial Data Science, Data Management and Administration and Integration, Web-mapping
• PostGIS, PostGRESQL, SQL, Python, R, Java, Oracle Database

AUSBILDUNG

• Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) (Geography, Planning and Landscape Ecology) – University of Bonn, Department of Geography, Bonn, Germany; June, 2013 – November, 2018

DOCTORAL THESIS TOPIC: Spatial Interaction of Agricultural Land Uses and their Impacts on Ecosystem Service Provision at the Landscape Scale

• Diploma – Oracle Professional Database Certifications Oracle Certified Associate. (Certificate)January, 2013

• Master of Philosophy (Geography and Planning) – University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana; August, 2009 – July, 2012 (Graduated)

• Database Administrator – Microsoft Access & Microsoft SQL Server 2008; April, 2009 (Certificate Acquired)

• Bachelor of Art (Geography and Sociology) – University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana; August, 2003 – July, 2008 (Graduated)

ARBEITSERFAHRUNG

• Scientist, Institute for Geosciences and Geography, Dept. Sustainable Landscape Development, Project MIGRAWARE : Rural-urban and cross-border MIGRAtion in West-Africa – an integrated assessment framework of drivers, processes  and sustainable REsponses;

• Senior Research/Consultant on Spatial Planning, Department of Geography and Regional PlanningUniversity of Cape Coast, Ghana

• Executive Director, Spatial Data Infrastructure Management and Services (SpIMS), Ghana. Cape Coast, Ghana

• Kankam, S., Inkoom, J.N., Koo, H. et al. Envisioning alternative futures of cultural ecosystem services supply in the coastal landscapes of Southwestern Ghana, West Africa. Socio Ecol Pract Res 3, 309-328 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42532-021-00090-7   

• Inkoom, J. N., Frank, S., Greve, K., Fürst, C., 2018. A framework to assess landscape structural capacity to provide regulating ecosystem services in West Africa. Journal of Environmental Management, 209C, pp. 393-408. Available from    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.12.027   

• Inkoom, J. N., Frank, S., Fürst, C., 2017. Challenges and opportunities of ecosystem service integration into land use planning in West Africa – an implementation framework. International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management. Vol. 13, Iss. 2. Available from http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21513732.2017.1296494   

• Inkoom, J. N., Frank, S., Greve, K., Fürst, C., 2017. Designing neutral landscapes for data scarce regions in West Africa. Ecological Informatics, Vol. 42, 1-13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2017.08.003   .

• Kleemann, J., Inkoom, J. N., Thiel, M., Shankar, S., Lautenbach, S., Fürst, C., 2017. Peri-urban land use pattern and its relation to land use planning in Ghana, West Africa. Landscape and Urban Planning, Vol. 165, 280-294.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.02.004   

• Inkoom, J. N., Nyarko, B. K., Antwi, K. B., 2017. Explicit Modeling of Spatial Growth Patterns in Shama, Ghana: an Agent-Based Approach. Journal of Geovisualization and spatial analysis. 1(7). Available from https://doi.org/10.1007/s41651-017-0006-2   

• Adu – Boahen, K., Barima, A. K., Inkoom, J. N., Mensah, A. E., and Kissah-Korsah, K.  2014.  Assessment of management attitudes on corporate social responsibility in Ghana: a case of some selected companies in the Tema metropolis.  European Journal of Business and Social Sciences, 11 (Vol. 2) :12 .

• Cripps, C., Effah, E., Inkoom, J. N., Ntiri, E., Rubinoff, P., and Stevens, H.  2013.  A Climate Change and Natural Hazards Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan for Akwidaa and Ezile Bay, Ahanta West District.

• Kankam, S., Robadue, D., Stevens, H., Inkoom, J. N., Adupong, R., Fenn, M. 2013.  Adaptive Capacity for Resilient Coastal Communities: Climate Change and Natural Hazards Issues in Coastal Districts of Ghana’s Western Region.

• Stevens, H., Cripps, C., Kankam, S., and Inkoom, J. N., 2013. A Climate Change and Natural Hazards Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan for Dixcove, Ahanta West District.

• Wang, Y.Q., Damon, C., Archetto, G., Inkoom, J. N.,  Robadue, D., Stevens, H., and Agbogah, K. 2013.  Quantifying a Decade of Land Cover Change in Ghana’s Amanzule Region, 2002-2012.

• Wang, Y.Q., Damon, C., Archetto, G., Inkoom, J. N., Robadue, D., Stevens, H., and Agbogah, K. 2013. Quantifying a Decade of Land Cover Change in Ghana’s Amanzule Region, 2002-2012: Map Book.

• Adupong, R., Boachie-Yiadom, T., Kankam, S., and Inkoom, J. N. 2011. Vulnerability and Resilience Issues Profile of Jomoro District-Western Region, Ghana.