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New publication on peri-urbanisation in Kumasi and Wa (Ghana)
Dennis Sumbo (SD Dombo University, Wa, Ghana), George Anane (University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana) and Dan Inkoom (Department of Planning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology / School of Architecture and Planning, Wits University) just published a new article on “‘Peri-urbanisation and loss of arable land’: Indigenes’ farmland access challenges and adaptation strategies in Kumasi and Wa, Ghana" in Land Use Policy.
The article builds on the research Dennis and George conducted on peri-urban development in Ghana as PhD fellows at Wits University in the project's first phase. Prof Dan Inkoom served as supervisor of the two PhD theses together with Prof Marie Huchzermeyer and Prof Philipp Misselwitz.
The article demonstrates that rapid urban expansion has drastically reduced available land for farming in both cities studied and recommends that land use planning in peri-urban areas should consider urban agriculture as an integral part of the urban land use process.
Please find the full article here
"Kumasi, Ghana. Overlooking the market and central area of the city." by Dave Ley is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Urban Planning Issue on "Bridging Macro and Micro Perspectives in Comparative Urban Research"
Nadine Appelhans and Sophie Schramm (TU Dortmund, Germany) are editing an Urban Planning issue on "Between the “Structural” and the “Everyday”: Bridging Macro and Micro Perspectives in Comparative Urban Research". The issue builds on a session organised at the SMUS conferenece 2021 at the University of Botswana and will be published towards the end of this year.
