Peri-urban morphology and indigenous livelihoods in Ghana

Cobbinah, Patrick Brandful; Gaisie, Eric; Owusu-Amponsah, Lucia

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.08.002

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“…Africa is urbanizing at an alarming and often at unsustainable rate (Satterthwaite, McGranahan, & Tacoli, 2010;United Nations Human Settlement Program [UN-HABITAT], 2014) with official records indicating the growth to reach 58 percent by 2050 (UN-HABITAT, 2013). A major challenge in this regard is the fact that most of the growth experienced in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is taking place in so called peri-urban areas (Barry & Danso, 2014;Doan & Oduro, 2012) and there are signs that this growth is unlikely to turn into opportunity (Cobbinah, Gaisie, & Owusu-Amponsah, 2015; UNDESA/PDA, 2014) without a major effort from researchers and public policy.…”

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Peri-urban transformation and shared natural resources: the case of shea trees depletion and livelihood in Wa municipality, Northwestern Ghana

Dapilah

Nielsen

Akongbangre

2018

African Geographical Review

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This article explores the implication of urban expansion on shared natural resources and livelihoods in peri-urban areas of Wa municipality of Northwestern Ghana using mainly qualitative research methods. The study shows that rapid urban expansion is the main driver of the depletion of shea trees and livelihood transformation of the people living in these hitherto rural areas. Peri-urbanization manifests in many forms including the clearing of shea trees to make way for sand/stone mining and residential housing. The lumbering of shea trees for charcoal making and fuelwood to meet urban energy demands and the breakdown of traditional customary laws and the non-existence of land use plans in these areas are further factors behind the depletion of shea trees. The study concludes that peri-urbanization of Wa and its rural surroundings is not producing the desired transformations in livelihood, but rather poses an enormous challenge for the use and management of shea trees for the population whose livelihoods depend on them. Drawing on these processes and recognition of trade-offs between objectives, uses and users, relevant policy options are recommended.

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Peri-urban transformation and shared natural resources: the case of shea trees depletion and livelihood in Wa municipality, Northwestern Ghana

Dapilah

Nielsen

Akongbangre

2018

African Geographical Review

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“…Therefore, rural revitalization in a resource-abundant village should put particular emphasis on the revitalization of the rights of rural households. In peri-urban villages with advantageous geographical locations, such as Fulu, moving to an urban area and nonfarm employment are wise and lucrative livelihood choices [59,60]. However, this demands relatively high-quality human capital [61][62][63].…”

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Coupled Relationship between Rural Livelihoods and the Environment at a Village Scale: A Case Study in the Mongolian Plateau

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Rural livelihoods, which are basic human activities, have long interacted with the environment. In light of the complexity of the human–environment system, more interdisciplinary analyses from geographical, environmental, and social sciences are needed. Using qualitative and quantitative methods from social, environmental, and geographical sciences, this study conducted a geographical regionalization and a comparative analysis of rural livelihoods in different zones in the Loess Plateau to explore the relationship between rural livelihoods and the environment. The results indicated that rural livelihoods are tightly coupled with the environment on a village scale, showing significant geographical regularity and spatial disparity. A combination of geographical location, resource endowment, and environmental sanitation affects rural livelihoods in terms of spatial patterns, development capacity, and quality of life in the context of the public ownership system, the utilization policy of land resources, and limited technical conditions. Coupling the relationship between rural livelihoods and a given environment on a village scale tends to lead to one of four types of relationships: “homeostatic”, “intense”, “transferred”, or “optimized”. Accordingly, governments and policymakers need to consider that countryside revitalization must be locally tailored and implemented through the four aspects of “rights revitalization”, “labor revitalization”, “industrial revitalization”, and “environmental revitalization”.

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“…The transformation landuse ini peri urban area demonstrate that urbanisation in poverty is the key factor underpinning and catalysing changes in land use, land transaction, increased rural-urban immigration and the overall transformation of landuse (Kombe, 2005). The existing condition shows that a peri urban area growth rapidly in developing countries, such growth result in physical transformation of the environment and changes to livelihood activities (Cobbinah et al, 2015). The identification of the settlement are resulted in the detection of regular and irregular settlements.…”

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The Patterns and Characteristics of Peri-Urban Settlement in East Ungaran District, Semarang Regency

Arta

Pigawati

2015

Geoplanning: Journal of Geomatics and Planning

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Peri-urban morphology and indigenous livelihoods in Ghana

Cited by 72 publications

References 21 publications

Peri-urban transformation and shared natural resources: the case of shea trees depletion and livelihood in Wa municipality, Northwestern Ghana

Peri-urban transformation and shared natural resources: the case of shea trees depletion and livelihood in Wa municipality, Northwestern Ghana

Coupled Relationship between Rural Livelihoods and the Environment at a Village Scale: A Case Study in the Mongolian Plateau

The Patterns and Characteristics of Peri-Urban Settlement in East Ungaran District, Semarang Regency

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