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作者

Kwasi Anarfi;Chris Shiel;Ross A. Hill

来源

HABITAT INTERNATIONAL,Vol.121,P.102496

语言

英文

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作者单位

Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Bournemouth University, BH12 5BB, United Kingdom;Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Bournemouth University, BH12 5BB, United Kingdom;Dr Daniel Ibrahim Dabara School of the Built Environment, Real Estate Programme, Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom;Department of Estate Management, Federal Polytechnic Ede, Osun State, Nigeria;School of Spatial Planning and Design, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou, China;School of Public Administration, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, Hangzhou, China;Nottingham University Business School, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, China;Department of Planning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana;Environmental Change and Governance Group (ECGG), School of Planning, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo, Canada;Department of Geography, Planning, Environment, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada;School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China;School of Geography, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK;Department of Geography, Environment and Geo-Information, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel;Department of Agricultural Land Surveying, Cadastre and Photogrammetry, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Land Surveying, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland

摘要

In response to ongoing rapid urbanisation in Ghana, research has emerged to improve understanding of the urbanisation process. However, empirical evidence on the interactions between urbanisation and sustainability from the perspective of the public in Africa is limited. This study, through a face-to-face survey, comparatively explores the perceptions and attitudes of the public in two urban areas (Kumasi and Obuasi) in Ghana towards dimensions representing urban sustainability. This is important for improving understanding of the impacts of urbanisation in the context of sustainability. The results confirm both similar and diverging perceptions that are held by the public in Kumasi and Obuasi based on their priorities, values, and diversity; and also, the results show that the perceptions of the public are mainly influenced by socio-economic considerations compared with environmental concerns. Furthermore, the results highlight how the public is likely to adopt pro-sustainability practices under the right conditions (e.g., well-resourced recycling schemes). Overall, this study provides authentic insights into urban sustainability in Ghana and by extension, Africa, based on the experiential knowledge of the public, and it highlights the exigency of sufficiently engaging urban residents and incorporating their values and preferences into sustainability policy-making and planning.