Challenges and sustainability dynamics of urban agriculture in the savannah ecological zone of Ghana: A study of bolgatanga municipality

ED Kuusaana, I Ayurienga… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Increasingly, urban land use planning is getting more complex as limited urban spaces are
continuously allocated among diverse land uses. From previous urban food system studies …

Housing Informality in the Global South: Insights from a Policy Comparison between Accra and Buenos Aires

HC Wang, AM Bazán - International Journal of Urban and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Informal settlement growth in various countries has led to distinctive actions that enhance
low‐income populations' accessibility to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic …

Financing housing development in an underdeveloped financial market: learning from developers' financing adaptations?

G Kavaarpuo, K Mintah… - Housing Policy …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Does secure tenure alone solve the problem of homelessness? A critical appraisal of the resettlement practices in rural Bangladesh

A Mostafa - Habitat International, 2025 - Elsevier
In most Asian cities, the formal market mechanisms have largely failed to meet the rapidly
increasing housing needs of the population. The scattered, supply-driven approaches of …

Understanding the norms and difficulties with advance rent payments in Ghana

RJ Ehwi, LA Asante, EK Gavu - International Journal of Urban …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Living together but gates apart: aspirations and place caring practices among residents living outside a gated community in Peri-urban Accra.

EEY Yekple, R Overå, KB Hidle - GeoJournal, 2024 - Springer
Global capital investment in the housing sector has transformed major African cities such as
Accra into segregated clusters of high-rise buildings and ultramodern residential areas. The …

Understanding Accra's housing market: an exploratory study using user-generated data

P Adu, A Siiba, A Ibrahim, P Tornyeviadzi… - African Geographical …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Access to housing data in Ghana has been a challenge for researchers due to the lack of
comprehensive data sources. However, the recent availability of big data sources has …

Investigating the housing and transportation burden in a Ghanaian city

PK Alimo, MK Minlah, B Sanful, F Nutakor… - African Geographical …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Although there is a strong relationship between housing and transportation (H+ T) spending,
traditional housing affordability estimates from sub-Saharan Africa exclude transportation …

Beyond ownership: assessing diverse housing typologies and policy interventions for affordable housing in Dilla, Ethiopia

M Sunikka-Blank, E Esayas Dube, S Teku - Review of Regional Research, 2024 - Springer
This research addresses global housing crisis, a secondary city of Dilla in Ethiopia as a case
study. This study seeks to fill the empirical knowledge gap in popular housing typologies …

Examining Awareness, Attitudes, and Challenges of Owner Developers Regarding Mortgage Financing Eligibility Terms in GKMA, Uganda

M Nakiwala, S Mukiibi, AT Kiggundu… - East African Journal of …, 2023 - journals.eanso.org
This paper explored how owner-builders in GKMA, Uganda, perceive and access mortgage
financing from commercial banks. We employed a descriptive study design including …