Families in Ghana are struggling to manage the long-term care of ageing relatives.
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Ghana has a long institutional history that’s shaped the practices which create dangerous buildings.
Ghana’s museums can improve visitor numbers by paying attention to customer satisfaction.
The government touted a response based on science and data but a surge is showing otherwise
A lockdown by itself is not a magic wand for fighting coronavirus.
Governments must take note of specific geographic contexts and local attributes that drive water insecurity.
It’s essential to consider the food industry’s role when it comes to food environments that offer unhealthy, cheap and enticing options.
By better understanding the politics and governance of African cities and variations across cities, we can identify feasible opportunities to improve informal traders’ livelihoods.
The proposal to redevelop Jamestown would not only occupy a prime site with historical significance, it would displace a large community along with their heritage, skills and traditions.
Focusing on everyday politics can help explain why powerful interest groups undermine policies that might improve the public good.
Archaeological research at Christiansborg Castle in Ghana has provided an in-depth understanding of Danish, Ga and Danish-Ga lived experiences during the eighteenth century transatlantic slave trade.
Ghana needs to deal with the underlying causes of floods and prepare people for them.
Research in Ghana shows that improving slum housing could be one of the alternatives to the capital’s housing crisis.
Walking is crucial during the Chale Wote festival as most activities happen on the street.
Self-organisation initiatives taken by slum residents across Africa can help urban development.
Scholars have started to investigate what it really means to be middle class in Africa.
Accra and Johannesburg have some way to go before making it onto anyone’s top 20. Both cities have a desperate gap between rich and poor but inequality is not a uniquely African problem.
A key argument in support of the jury system is that it is a valued form of citizen participation in democracies. But the system has led to human rights abuses in Ghana.
Ghana’s Chale Wote festival’s main aim is to provide an alternative platform for the arts. It uses street arts to break creative boundaries and cultivate a wider audience for the arts in West Africa.
Building better, inclusive cities involves enabling the wise use of public land and taxes to ensure that high-quality housing and amenities are provided for all at a lower cost.
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Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Arizona
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Research Fellow, The Australasian Centre for Resilience Implementation for Sustainable Communities, Charles Darwin University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Sustainable Urban Development, The Earth Institute, Columbia University
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Planning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
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Assistant professor, University of San Francisco
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Assistant Professor, University of Memphis
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Planning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
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Research Scholar, Center for Sustainable Urban Development, Climate School, Columbia University
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Casual Academic, School of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Newcastle
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Research Fellow, New York University
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Lecturer, University of Environment and Sustainable Development
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SARChI Research Chair in Geopolitics and the Arts of Africa, Rhodes University
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor, University of Manchester
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Associate Professor of Architecture, University of Johannesburg
