… , urban sprawl … urban sprawl in Ghana, using Ejisu a peri-urban area of Kumasi as a case
study in order to understand its characteristics, causes and effects on urbanites and urban …

… the total value accruing to land, leading to a general decline in economic growth. Applied to
cities, with urban growth comes the more extensive use of land for roads, housing and waste …

… search for sustainable urban sprawl containment strategies through the lens of policy transfer
theory. Using Ghanaian cities as examples, we argue that ‘successful sprawl containment …

… that it is a type of urban growth that is unplanned or undesired. Therefore, urban sprawl is
conceptualized or defined in this study as an unplanned growth and expansion of urban areas …

… This current study fills this research gap by investigating the extent of urban sprawl in Ghana
as well as how urban sprawl may affect the livelihoods of people in the settler towns. The …

… impacts of urban sprawl on rural livelihoods in the northern part of the Greater Accra Region
of Ghana. The study highlights not only effects but also benefits derived from urban sprawl …

… Given this context, the proposition of current study is that the nuclearisation of the family
system in urban Ghana is a major driver of urban sprawl. Accordingly, a comparative case study …

… management challenges have been negatively twisted by poor urban planning and less of
… twenty-first century, urban growth was not considered as a major force in Ghana’s national …

… of greenery and an uncontrolled urban growth pattern. There is a need for city authorities
to adopt an urban sprawl containment strategy such as the compact city approach. Also, the …

… of urban sprawl on food security in Ghanaian … of urban sprawl and the threat it poses to
the urban food security of indigenous peri-urban households, we drew evidence from peri-urban …