In this era of rationalism,'good'urban planning and management decisions are deemed to be
those that are able to identify a tangible balance of environmental benefits (ie, safeguarding …

Urban area expansion has often been cited as a flood inducing factor globally. However,
there is a dearth of research on how the phenomenon influences the occurrence of floods in …

More precise explanations are needed to better understand why public green spaces are
diminishing in cities, leading to the loss of ecosystem services that humans receive from …

Past and ongoing research shows that African cities remain one of the vulnerable zones of
climate change, yet the least prepared. With an expected increase in climate change …

Through an analysis of Ghana's political and administrative structure, which established the
basis of urban planning practice, this paper shows how urban planning has failed to create …

Abstract urbanization is threatening wetlands that provide multiple ecosystem services
essential for urban functionality across African cities. With large urban agglomerations …

Urban planning is commonly blamed for its failure to exert a positive influence on managing
climate change impacts in urban Africa; yet little is known about planning agencies' …

African cities, faced with rapid urbanization and haphazard land use practices, struggle to
address their fast-declining urban green space (UGS). Yet the spatial extent of UGS, and the …

Abstract Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa are undergoing massive spatial transformation owing
to rapid urbanization. For many cities in the Global North, Latin America and Asia, spatial …

In this paper, an analysis of urbanisation in a Ghanaian city of Kumasi in relation to its
impacts on commercialisation of residential land use is presented. The analysis further …