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Michael Osei Asibey;Frank Mintah;Isaac Osei Adutwum;Rejoice Selorm Wireko-Gyebi;Jacob Nchagmado Tagnan;Lily Lisa Yevugah;Kwasi Osei Agyeman;Abdulai Jahanfo Abdul-Salam

来源

CITIES,Vol.131,Issue1,Article 103950

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英文

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作者单位

Department of Planning, Faculty of Built Environment, College of Art and Built Environment, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana;Institute of Geography, University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland;Department of Planning and Sustainability, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana;Department of Geosciences, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana;Department of Planning and Development, Christian Service University College, Kumasi, Ghana;Department of Geography, Ohio University, United States of America;Department of Planning, Faculty of Built Environment, College of Art and Built Environment, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana;Institute of Geography, University of Bern, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland;Department of Planning and Sustainability, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana;Department of Geosciences, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana;Department of Planning and Development, Christian Service University College, Kumasi, Ghana;Department of Geography, Ohio University, United States of America;Department of Public Finance and Infrastructure Policy, Vienna University of Technology, Austria;Research Unit of Urban and Regional Studies, Vienna University of Technology, Austria;Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA;Department of Urban Planning & Engineering, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea;School of Energy, Construction and Environment, Sir John Laing Building, Room No. JL141, Coventry University, Priory St, Coventry, West Midlands CV1 5FB, United Kingdom;School of Energy, Construction and Environment, Sir John Laing Building, Coventry University, Priory St, Coventry, West Midlands CV1 5FB, United Kingdom;Development Planning Unit, University College of London, United Kingdom;Department of Planning and Sustainability, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana;Department of Planning, College of Art and Built Environment, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana;National Tsing Hua University, Institute of Technology Management, No 101, Sec. 2, Kuang- Fu Rd, 30013 Hsinchu, Taiwan;Suffolk University, Sawyer Business School, 73 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02108, United States of America;Department of Sociology, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of Bucharest, Romania

摘要

Urban planning remains an important tool in managing climate change impacts. It also remains crucial in building sustainable adaptive capacities, particularly in cities of the global north. It however remains largely unknown in urban Africa about planning agencies' perspectives on climate change adaptation-urban planning conundrum, and corresponding policy responses. This paper thus examines urban planners' perspectives and planning responses on managing climate change impacts and building adaptive capacities in Accra, Ghana. Using a review of four relevant urban planning and climate change policies, and interviews with five urban planning agencies in Accra, findings indicate that urban planning regimes are less efficient, more reactionary, and unsustainable in building resilience and adaptive capacities to climate change impacts. The findings show evidence of weak institutional and stakeholder coordination, inadequate funds and institutional logistics and human capacity, which have contributed to the inability to manage ‘normal’ climate change impacts such as floods and build resilience to them. The paper concludes with suggestions for building resilience to climate change impacts and incorporating adaptation concerns into urban planning efforts in Ghana.