Urban planning and politics in Ghana

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作者
Cobbinah P.B. [1 ]
Darkwah R.M. [2 ]
机构
[1] Institute for Land Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, P. O. Box 789, Albury, 2640, NSW
[2] Department of Planning, College of Art and Built Environment, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi
来源
Cobbinah, Patrick Brandful (pcobbinah@csu.edu.au) | 1600年 / Springer Science and Business Media B.V.卷 / 82期
关键词
Decongestion exercise; Formal political system; Ghana; Politics; Traditional political system; Urban planning;
D O I
10.1007/s10708-016-9750-y
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摘要
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 liveable and functional cities in Ghana. This paper uses semi-structured interviews and agency consultations to supplement document reviews and news paper articles to address the dearth of research on the subject in Ghana. Findings show that dominant political elites, with little or no urban planning background, control and dictate urban planning activities resulting in chaotic scenes and urban blight across Ghanaian cities. Analyses here reinforce the growing recognition that urban planning outcomes in Ghana, and most African countries are not shaped by professional practice and do not reflect the aspirations of the community, but instead political elites. Urban planning agencies are left vulnerable as their activities are interfered, dictated and hindered by both traditional and mainstream political elites. This paper advocates for independence of urban planning agencies in the performance of their duties. © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2016.
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页码:1229 / 1245
页数:16
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