Author: Wordsworth Odame LarbiPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Urban Land Policies and the Delivery of Developable Land in Ghana
Author: Wordsworth Odame LarbiThe Urban Land Development Process and Urban Land Policies in Ghana
Author: Wordsworth Odame LarbiPublisher:
ISBN: 9780854067084
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
Under the auspices of the I.M.F and the World Bank, Ghana has undertaken structural adjustment programmes since 1983 to revamp an otherwise collapsing economy. Among the measures taken is the rolling back of the state in many sectors of the economy, in order to allow the private sector to champion the course of development. One sector that seems not to be seriously affected by the adjustments is the urban land sector. State intervention is deeply entrenched in the land development process and strictly regulates the operation of the urban land market. This study provides an analysis of the land development process in Ghana, based on an events-sequence model: Tenure conversion , Land-use conversion , Consumption. It also provides an in-depth analysis of the policy instruments which have been used to intervene in the process since colonial times - twenty-two in all. There is an instrument to intervene in every stage of the process. The study also explores the effects of these instruments on the process and the nature of the urban built up area. Collectively, urban land policies in Ghana have produced mixed outcomes on the development process. State intervention has produced segmented urban land markets which have increased the risks and uncertainties associated with the market. Allied to the segmented markets is the fragmentation of the urban areas. The study recommends that the state should not roll back its intervention until it has resolved the many uncertainties it has helped to create.
Urban Land Policy, Issues and Opportunities
Author: Harold B. DunkerleyPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This collection of essays discusses the most important urban land issues now facing developing countries.
Key Determinants of National Development
Author: Kwaku Appiah-AduPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317109309
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
For those wishing to acquire knowledge on national development issues, this comprehensive compendium traverses a spectrum of subjects that the audience ought to be well acquainted with. The Editors provide instructive findings regarding national development, economic growth and their determinants, but they also offer historical perspectives on the subject and the implications for developing countries. The book addresses a suite of critical themes regarded by development experts to be germane in considering the pertinence of policies and their effective execution. These seven general thematic areas are explored: ¢ Leadership, governance, policy and strategy ¢ Public sector and public financial management ¢ Culture, institutions and people ¢ Natural resources ¢ Science, technology and infrastructure ¢ Private sector and financial markets ¢ Marketing, branding and service delivery This thematic approach enables the contributors to explore the impact of the constituents of each subject area on national development, within the context of a developing economy. The significance of the findings for the relevant stakeholders is consequently reviewed. The combination of theory and practice makes the book and its contents unique.
Making Urban Land Markets Work
Author: David E. DowallPublisher:
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Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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Urban Land Policies and Land-use Control Measures: Global review
Author: United Nations. Department of Economic and Social AffairsPublisher:
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Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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Urban Land Policies and Land-use Control Measures
Author: United Nations. Department of Economic and Social AffairsPublisher: New York : United Nations
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Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 86
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A Framework for Reforming Urban Land Policies in Developing Countries
Author: David E. DowallPublisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank
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Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The purpose of this paper is the challenge much of the conventional wisdom about the indisputable desirability of governmment intervention into urban land markets and to argue for a reduction in the scope and direction of public policies and actions. This paper presents a series of guidelines for policy reform, and most of them imply major political decisions and commitments on the part of governments, especially clear support for deregulation and privatization. (Adapté du résumé de l'auteur).
Urban Infrastructuring
Author: Deljana IossifovaPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9811683522
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
This book is about urban infrastructuring as the processes linking infrastructural configurations and their components with other social, ecological, political, or otherwise defined systems as part of urbanisation and globalisation in the Global South. It suggests that infrastructuring is essential to urbanisation and that it is entangled with socio-spatio-ecological transformations that often have negative outcomes over time. Furthermore, it argues that infrastructuring requires an ethical positioning in research and practice in order to enhance infrastructural sustainability in the face of intersecting environmental, social and economic crises. “Urban Infrastructuring” is developed in three parts. First, it identifies infrastructural entanglements across various urban and urbanising settings in the Global South. Second, it highlights some of the damaging processes and outcomes of urban infrastructuring and argues that the absence, presence and transformation of infrastructure in the Global South (re-)produces socioecological injustice in the short- and long term. Third, the book argues for a shift of infrastructuring agendas towards more just and sustainable interventions. It suggests that an ethico-politics of care should be embedded in systems approaches to infrastructuring in both research and practice. The edited volume contains contributions from authors with backgrounds in a variety of academic disciplines from the natural and social sciences, engineering and the humanities. It provides valuable insights for anyone concerned with the study, design, planning, implementation and maintenance of urban infrastructures to enhance human well-being and sustainability. It will be of interest to researchers and urban decision-makers alike.
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