Mr. Jerry Chati Tasantab is currently a PhD Building Candidate in the School of Architecture and Built Environment. Mr. Tasantab's current research focuses on adaptation to flood risk and resilience in urban informal settlements.
Keywords
Disaster Resilience
Disaster Risk Management
Disaster Risk Reduction
Flood risk management
Land Use Planning
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
Languages
English (Fluent)
Fields of Research
Code
Description
Percentage
120504
Land Use and Environmental Planning
50
040604
Natural Hazards
50
Professional Experience
Professional appointment
Dates
Title
Organisation / Department
1/11/2015 - 31/3/2017
Project Coordinator (Research and Evaluation)
Training, Research and Networking for Development (TREND) Group Ghana
Teaching appointment
Dates
Title
Organisation / Department
1/9/2013 - 31/5/2014
Graduate Assistant
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Faculty of Built Environment Ghana
1/9/2014 - 31/5/2015
Graduate Assistant
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Faculty of Built Environment Ghana
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Journal article (3 outputs)
Year
Citation
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Link
2020
Tasantab JC, Gajendran T, von Meding J, Maund K, 'Perceptions and deeply held beliefs about responsibility for flood risk adaptation in Accra Ghana', International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 11 631-644 (2020) [C1]
Tasantab JC, 'Beyond the plan: How land use control practices influence flood risk in Sekondi-Takoradi', Jàmbá : Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 11 (2019) [C1]
Tasantab JC, 'Building Permit as a Tool for Development Control: Evidence from Sekondi-Takoradi', Journal of Environment and Earth Science, 6 149-159 (2016)
Other (3 outputs)
Year
Citation
Altmetrics
Link
2018
Tasantab JC, von Meding J, Maund K, Gajendran T, 'Ghana must move from coping with floods , to adapting for them', ( pp.1-3) (2018)
2018
Okyere SA, Tasantab JC, Abunyewah M, 'Accra s informal settlements are easing the city s urban housing crisis', ( pp.1-3) (2018)
2018
Tasantab J, Von Meding J, Maund K, Gajendran T, 'Ghana must move from coping with floods, to adapting for them', (2018) [O1]
Tasantab J, Tasantab JC, An insight into development control in urban centres of Ghana; a study of Sekondi-Takoradi, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (2015)