The development of gated communities within the urban realm in Ghana has become a
major concern for urban planning and governance. As an aspect of the broader urban …

Purpose Gated communities continue to spread in popularity across cities around the world.
Ghana has seen considerable growth in the development of gated communities over the last …

Landguardism has become a bane in Ghana's urban land markets. Previous studies have
qualitatively explored the drivers of this phenomenon from the perspectives of both state …

Gated communities have become the prevalent residential form in Chinese cities, following
China's housing reforms. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, these gated communities …

Integrating solar energy considerations into urban planning practices, a socio-technical and
multi-stakeholder approach known as solar urban planning, is essential for maximizing solar …

Research shows that most households in developing economies rely on informal housing
finance and self-help because of the challenges imposed by the underdeveloped capital …

Fiscal constraints facing municipal governments make gated communities that self-finance
their amenities a welcome phenomenon. However, studies exclusively devoted to …

The prevailing norm in Ghana's rental housing market involves a mandatory and recurrent
advance rent payment of two years or more by renters to their landlords. This paper employs …

This paper examines the functions walls perform in gated communities from the standpoints
of both gated community developers and their residents. It posits three types of walls and …

Abstract Gated Communities (GCs) are rapidly popularizing and becoming a dominant form
of housing in Global South Cities. Using binary logistic regression analysis, this article …