[HTML][HTML] Socioeconomic and gendered inequities in travel behaviour in Africa: mixed-method systematic review and meta-ethnography

L Foley, A Brugulat-Panés, J Woodcock, I Govia… - Social Science & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Travel has individual, societal and planetary health implications. We explored
socioeconomic and gendered differences in travel behaviour in Africa, to develop an …

Active travel and paratransit use in African cities: Mixed-method systematic review and meta-ethnography

L Randall, A Brugulat-Panés, J Woodcock… - Journal of Transport & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Active travel, as a key form of physical activity, can help offset noncommunicable diseases
as rapidly urbanising countries undergo epidemiological transition. In Africa a human …

Social, commercial and economic diversity. Poverty and expectations among street vendors in Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia

J Peláez-Higuera, G Calderón-Hernández… - Cities, 2023 - Elsevier
In Colombia, over 50% of the working population is employed in the informal economy,
including street vending. This research aimed to analyze the socioeconomic conditions of …

Everyday contours and politics of infrastructure: Informal governance of electricity access in urban Ghana

EF Amankwaa, KV Gough - Urban Studies, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This article contributes to shaping the discourse on unequal geographies of infrastructure
and governance in the global South, opening up new ways of thinking through politics …

[HTML][HTML] Urban Growth and Land Artificialization in Secondary African Cities: A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Ho (Ghana) and Kpalimé (Togo)

T Sondou, KR Anoumou, CC Aholou, J Chenal… - Urban Science, 2024 - mdpi.com
While many studies have used Earth observations to quantify urbanization in Africa, there is
still a lack of empirical evidence on the role of secondary cities in the fastest urbanizing …

Limits to blue economy: challenges to accessing fishing livelihoods in Ghana's port communities

RK Ayilu - Maritime Studies, 2023 - Springer
The blue economy concept has drawn global attention to the maritime economy, recognising
expanding maritime industries such as shipping as crucial drivers of economic growth. In …

'We are at the mercy of the floods!': Extreme weather events, disrupted mobilities, and everyday navigation in urban Ghana

EF Amankwaa, KV Gough - Singapore Journal of Tropical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This paper examines how extreme weather events affect the mobility of low‐income urban
residents in Ghana. Bringing together scholarship on extreme weather and mobilities, it …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive analysis and future projection of land use and land cover dynamics in a fast-growing city: A case study of Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis …

E Biney, EK Forkuo, M Poku-Boansi, YM Asare… - Scientific African, 2024 - Elsevier
Sekondi-Takoradi is the most urbanized metropolis in the Western region of Ghana. Over the
past two decades, it has experienced rapid shifts in both population density and land cover …

Migration, housing and attachment in urban gold mining settlements

KV Gough, PWK Yankson, J Esson - Urban Studies, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Mining settlements are typically portrayed as either consisting of purpose-built housing
constructed by mining companies to house their workers, or as temporary makeshift shelters …

[HTML][HTML] “This place is (now) my own home. It is my home till my death”: Older adults (re) creating home through daily rhythms and kinning in formal care settings

N Pazhoothundathil, A Bailey - Geoforum, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper, based on a qualitative study, explores the home-making activities of older adults
living in a non-profit, welfare-based institutional care home in Kerala, India. We employed in …