Informality-sustainable city nexus: The place of informality in advancing sustainable Ghanaian cities

GA Azunre, O Amponsah, SA Takyi… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Economic and spatial informality dominates the cityscape of countries in the Global South.
From the perspective of urban practitioners and other stakeholders, there are two main …

The challenge of urban poverty for the use of green infrastructure on floodplains and wetlands to reduce flood impacts in intertropical Africa

I Douglas - Landscape and urban planning, 2018 - Elsevier
The rapidly expanding urban population in intertropical African cities that lives in poverty in
informal settlements poses major problems for urban health, safety and risk reduction. Such …

Stressed, anxious, and sick from the floods: A photovoice study of climate extremes, differentiated vulnerabilities, and health in Old Fadama, Accra, Ghana

EA Adams, H Nyantakyi-Frimpong - Health & Place, 2021 - Elsevier
Although there is a large and growing literature on anticipated climate change impacts on
health, we know very little about the linkages between differentiated vulnerabilities to climate …

Informal settlement and urban development discourse in the Global South: Evidence from Ghana

AN Agyabeng, AA Peprah, JK Mensah… - … -Norwegian Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The growth of informal settlements across the Global South has generated concomitant
empirical research, and research attention has focused on a different aspect of informal …

Situating everyday urban struggles within the context of the SDGs in an informal settlement in Accra, Ghana

SA Okyere, LK Frimpong, SK Diko… - … urban futures in …, 2021 - api.taylorfrancis.com
The UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, commonly known as the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), was adopted in 2015 to provide a global development policy …

Greywater in the drains of a sewered community in Ghana

B Dwumfour-Asare, KB Nyarko… - Water Practice & …, 2018 - iwaponline.com
With less than 5% sewerage coverage and abysmal greywater management, Ghana's
environment could be highly polluted, especially water resources. The few sewered …

An analysis of surface water from an informal settlement, Langrug, Franschhoek: down a slippery slope

J Fell - 2018 - open.uct.ac.za
Contaminated surface water from limited sanitation and drainage systems in informal
settlements degrades receiving rivers. However, little is known about the water quality and …

Spatial expression of climate change in rapidly urbanising city of Tamale, Ghana

EA Kosoe, PB Cobbinah… - … urban futures in Africa, 2021 - api.taylorfrancis.com
The two critical and interrelated urban environmental phenomena in the 21st century are
urbanisation and climate change (IPCC, 2014; Uitto et al., 2017). Urbanisation is a major …

[PDF][PDF] Visual arts and environmental conservation in Ghana: A case study of selected paintings of Ablade Glover

N Navei - Journal of African Art Education. https://www. jaae …, 2022 - jaae.atagonline.org
Journal of African Art Education Volume 2, Issue 1, December 2022 2 produced by
Ghanaian Visual artists to decode their intended advocacy meanings to city dwellers, urban …

Emerging Trends Shaping Growth of Informal Settlements at Kwa-Bulo, Nyali Sub-County, Mombasa County

RO Mukolwe, FA Badurdeen… - Multidisciplinary Journal of …, 2024 - 41.89.128.53
Globally, urban dwellers living in informal settlements constructed by the residents' efforts
which are often devalued, unrecognized, labelled unlawful and stigmatized as though the …