Discourses on climate change often characterise African cities as homogenous,
experiencing the same climate events and requiring the same planning solutions. However …

While most countries in Africa have revised the planning laws they inherited from their
colonial experience, research shows that the attitudes and practices of politicians and …

In Oxford Street, Accra, Ato Quayson analyzes the dynamics of Ghana's capital city through a
focus on Oxford Street, part of Accra's most vibrant and globalized commercial district and a …

Urban centres have existed and have been evolving for many centuries across the world.
However, the accelerated growth of urbanisation is a relatively recent phenomenon. The …

In the last two hundred years, the earth has increasingly become the private property of a
few classes, races, transnational corporations, and nations. Repeated claims about the" …

This article draws on original empirical research in Accra, Ghana to explore the particular
dynamics that contemporary processes of class‐based dispossession assume at the urban …

E-waste is a more than $7 billion industry. Trans-border shipments of e-waste occur in
international circuits, typically originating in the United States and Europe, but now also from …

The proliferation of informal settlements and growing risks of climate change across African
cities pose core questions to urban planning theory and practice. Where do informal …

The world development institutions commonly present'urban governance'as an antidote to
the so-called'urbanisation of poverty'and'parasitic urbanism'in Africa. Governance for Pro …

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 …