Competencies required of project managers at the design phase of mass house building projects

DK Ahadzie, DG Proverbs, I Sarkodie-Poku - International Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Contemporary management researchers argue that competency-based measures are the
only viable means for refocusing project managers (PMs) on what it takes to achieve …

[PDF][PDF] Overview of self-help (self-build) housing provision in Ghana: Policies and challenges

A Bangdome-Dery, GE Eghan, SO Afram - Methodology, 2014 - academia.edu
The provision of housing in developing countries is usually faced with challenges such as
inadequate funding, policy inefficiencies, lack of political commitment among others. In …

The difficult combination of renting and building a house in urban Ghana: analysing the perception of low and middle income earners in Accra

LA Asante, EK Gavu, DPO Quansah, D Osei Tutu - GeoJournal, 2018 - Springer
This study examines the experiences of low and middle income earners in urban Ghana in
combining renting and self-building a house with their meagre income. Using a case study …

Fragile and compromised housing: Implications of land conflicts on housing development in peri-urban Accra, Ghana

DM Asafo - Housing Studies, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Existing housing literature in the Global south suggests housing development processes are
linear and do not appear to incorporate unexpected events such as land conflicts, which …

Criteria for assessing self-help housing projects affordability: A critical literature review

CA Dafeamekpor, T Adjei-Kumi, G Nani… - Journal of Real Estate …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Extant studies on Self-Help Housing (SHH) have centered on the types, processes,
value, and challenges, but rare on the criteria for assessing its affordability. This paper …

Determinants for assessing self-help housing affordability in Ghana's housing sector: a Delphi approach

CA Dafeamekpor, T Adjei-Kumi, G Nani… - International Journal …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Self-help housing is the main route to homeownership acquisition in most developing
countries, and it continues to make yearly contribution to these nations' housing stocks …

[PDF][PDF] Residents' perception of housing quality in an informal settlement

AP Opoko, AA Oluwatayo, IC Ezema… - International Journal of …, 2016 - researchgate.net
Housing quality assessments have formed the basis of housing improvements aimed at
enhancing residents' quality of life. However, assessments often exclude inputs from …

Self-help housing: cooperative societies' contributions and professionals' views in Akure, Nigeria

OB Adegun, OO Olusoga - Built Environment, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
Self-help has been a means through which households in Nigerian cities achieve their
home ownership aspirations. Recent discourses are (re) directing attention to its potentials …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of causes of delay in middle and high income self-build housing projects (SBHPs) in Wa, Ghana

SO Afram, A Bangdome-Dery, GE Eghan… - Journal of Building …, 2015 - scirp.org
Self-build housing projects (SBHPs) among middle and high income developers are faced
with many challenges that cause delay in the delivery time of the house (s). The focus of this …

[PDF][PDF] Constraints facing incremental housing construction in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

J Mselle, SA Sanga - Journal of Construction in Developing …, 2018 - academia.edu
The owner-built incremental housing strategy has been used for many years across the
developing world. This study examines the implication of construction constraints and …