Seth Appiah-Opoku

Dr. Appiah-Opoku is an Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Alabama where he teaches environmental management, planning, and land use regulation at both the undergraduate and graduate level. His research interests include urban and regional planning, environmental planning, and Africa. In 2005, he published his first book, The Need for Indigenous Knowledge in Environment Impact Assessment: The Case of Ghana. He recently edited a book titled Environmental Land Use Planning. Appiah-Opoku has served on the international editorial board of the journal Environmental Impact Assessment Review since 2003. He has also received numerous awards, including the Young Canadian Researcher’s award from the International Development Research Center (Ottawa, Ontario); a Rural Research Development Award from the University of Guelph; and academic merit awards from both the University of Waterloo and Ryerson Polytechnic University. In addition to his current duties as teacher and researcher, Appiah-Opoku serves on the mediation committee at the University of Alabama, where he advises university officials on how to resolve high-level internal conflicts.