Charles Yaw Oduro- Doctor of Philosophy
- Senior Lecturer at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Charles Yaw Oduro
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Senior Lecturer at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Currently Assessing the Impact of Urban Sprawl on Ecological Assets in the Weija Lake-Densu Delta Enclave in Accra
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August 2010 - June 2011
August 2006 - June 2010
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August 2006 - December 2010
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Existing literature on Ghana’s performance on the decentralized planning system hardly explores the role of individual rationality and organizational rationality in explaining performance on development efforts. This article examines whether the proposition of the New Institutional Economics (NIE) that decisions that individuals make constitute tra...
Currently, half of the world’s population lives in urban areas and the tempo of urbanization is expected to continue unabated during the 21st century, with most of the growth occurring in the developing world. The metropolitanization of African urban centres has brought in its wake several challenges, including uncontrolled physical development, in...
The morphological aspects of urban growth on wetlands in Africa are under-researched. Using the Densu Delta Ramsar site in Accra, Ghana, as a case study, this paper analyses the morphological patterns and drivers of urban growth and its impact on wetlands. Data were obtained through remote-sensing, ground truthing, and limited key informant intervi...
The morphological aspects of urban growth on wetlands in Africa are under-researched. Using the Densu Delta Ramsar site in Accra, Ghana, as a case study, this paper analyses the morphological patterns and drivers of urban growth and its impact on wetlands. Data were obtained through remote-sensing, ground truthing and limited key informant intervie...
The paper assesses the awareness and attitudes of residents on the value of urban wetlands and existing policies and regulations on wetland protection. Using the Densu Delta and Sakumo Ramsar sites in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area of Ghana as a study area, data was collected through field observation, a survey of household heads, and key info...
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Urban sanitation challenges persist in Ghana, prompting Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to explore innovative funding mechanisms such as surcharges to fund sanitation services. This study assesses property owners’ attitudes toward the imposition of sanitation surcharge for pro-poor sanitation improvement in the K...
Until recently, the discourse on urbanization and sustainability interventions has been towards larger-sized cities with less attention on intermediate towns. The role played by intermediate towns has gained some attention in the global urbanization discourse, especially regarding their ability to receive spill-offs from larger-sized cities in term...
Rural Ghana has potential for widespread use of biogas energy by households, which would contribute to the achievement of UN's Sustainable Development Goal 7 (affordable and clean energy). However, knowledge of households' willingness to adopt it is still scanty. Therefore, this paper examines socioeconomic factors that may influence the willingnes...
Municipal Authorities (Assemblies) in Ghana have been unable to generate adequate revenue to effectively manage sanitation. To address this challenge, the Akuapem North and Ga West Municipalities have recently introduced a sanitation surcharge, which is collected through property rates. Using a mixed-method approach, this paper assesses the attitud...
Urbanisation in the cities of Sub-Saharan Africa has been associated with urban sprawl and increased vehicular traffic, which undermine the agglomeration effects of the cities on socioeconomic development. These adverse effects will exacerbate as the human population of the region continues to increase. Some scholars argue that making the cities mo...
Accra, the capital of Ghana, is a fast-growing African city. Its growth has brought in its wake an ever-increasing demand for land, which has in turn led to the emergence of a land market that is increasingly supplanting the age-old customary land tenure system. The customary land tenure system is based on communal, rather than individual ownership...
The recent claims that migration can improve the well-being of migrants and their dependents back home has mainly focused on international migration to destinations that are considered developed. Few studies have focused on internal migration and its effects on migrants' well-being. Besides, whether migrations to areas that are considered not devel...
The prospects that multi-stakeholder platforms present to development processes have been the main reason why such platforms have continued to be used. While concerns about the shortcomings of multi-stakeholder platforms have been raised in recent times, how these platforms actually function is barely explored. The paper seeks to examine two assump...
In recent times, a growing body of research has drawn attention to the changing interface and interdependence between urban and rural spaces in Africa. This includes studies on physical, environmental, socio-demographic, economic and other transformations in the peri-urban zone. However, little is known about how residents of peri-urban communities...
There has been increasing debate on whether traditional healers actually matter in planning for healthcare delivery and how their services can be effectively integrated into planning for formal health delivery systems. Whilst many have raised issues of standardization and efficacy against traditional healing, others have acclaimed its efficacy and...
Urbanization in Africa (and the wider developing world for that matter) has often been misunderstood by Western observers on the lookout for Western‐style cities and suburbs. In these parts of the world, rapid urbanization has led to continuing changes in the form and shape of cities, as peri‐urban zones shift swiftly from rural to urban. While som...
Urbanization in Africa (and the wider developing world for that matter) has often been misunderstood by Western observers on the lookout for Western-style cities and suburbs. In these parts of the world, rapid urbanization has led to continuing changes in the form and shape of cities, as peri-urban zones shift swiftly from rural to urban. While som...
