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作者

Patrick Brandful Cobbinah;Eric Gaisie;Nana Yaw Oppong-Yeboah;Desmond Ofosu Anim

来源

CITIES,Vol.97,Issue1,Article 102567

语言

英文

关键字

Ghana;Urban planning;Sustainable development;Land tenure;Urban politics

作者单位

Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia;Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia;Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia;Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia

摘要

Kumasi is the administrative capital of the Ashanti Region of, and the second largest city in, Ghana. The city also remains the seat of the traditional Asante Kingdom with its establishment around the late 17th century. It was given the accolade the ‘Garden City of West Africa’ in the 1940s due to its greenery cityscape. Over the years, Kumasi's development and morphological trajectories have been dictated by its formidable traditional and cultural ties as well as socio-political antecedents shaped by mainstream political and traditional systems. Presently, the city is faced with rapid urban growth characterised by urban blight, contradictions in governance regimes, distortions in planning systems, and deteriorating infrastructure and services. This paper profiles Kumasi within the context of its demographic characteristics, spatial transformation and governance dynamics, while highlighting the implications of the city's growth patterns for sustainable and resilient futures. The key issue is whether city planning authority's initiatives over the years can contribute to the attainment of the sustainable development goals, particularly goal 11.