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来源

CITIES,Vol.60,IssueA,P.388-401

语言

英文

关键字

Ghana; Urban planning; Urbanisation; Land use; Urban poor; Urban management; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN; CHALLENGES; MANAGEMENT; COUNTRIES

作者单位

[Cobbinah, Patrick Brandful] Lincoln Univ, Fac Environm Soc & Design, Dept Environm Management, POB 85084, Christchurch 7647, New Zealand. [Cobbinah, Patrick Brandful] Charles Sturt Univ, Inst Land Water & Soc, POB 789, Albury, NSW 2640, Australia. [Niminga-Beka, Rockson] Wa Municipal Assembly, Town & Country Planning Dept, Upper West Region, Ghana. Cobbinah, PB (reprint author), Lincoln Univ, Fac Environm Soc & Design, Dept Environm Management, POB 85084, Christchurch 7647, New Zealand. E-Mail: pcobbinah@csu.edu.au; getrockson@gmail.com

摘要

In this paper, an analysis of urbahisation in a Ghanaian city of Kumasi in relation to its impacts on commercialisation of residential land use is presented. The analysis further highlights the impacts of residential land use makeover on urban functionality and the urban poor. Using physical survey, interviews, agency consultations and review of secondary data, findings indicate that a majority (85%) of residential, land use has been converted into commercial and mixed land uses due to increased demand and associated high land values as well as weak urban planning system. Regrettably, most urban poor (86.7%) cannot afford higher rents, resulting in their eviction by property owners and occupation in kiosks and on streets in Kumasi central creating urban blight. Additionally, urban functionality is hindered with chaotic scenes of uncontrolled commercial development and activities, and limited consideration forbasic facilities such as parking. Planning implications of the findings are further presented. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.