The Spatial Allocation of Migrants in Accra, Ghana

Harvey, Milton E.; Brand, Richard R.

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“…Pellow (1988Pellow ( , 2002 observed that the ethnic composition of Sabon Zongo has changed to encompass Muslims of northern Ghanaians and non-Ghanaians. Just like Sabon Zongo, Accra New Town is also a typical migrant community in Accra and has been the subject of earlier studies on migrant communities in Accra (Harvey and Brand, 1974). It was originally settled by Nigerian migrants, thus deriving its former name Lagos.…”

Section: Migrant Low-class Neighbourhoodsmentioning

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Segregated by neighbourhoods? A portrait of ethnic diversity in the neighbourhoods of the Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana

Agyei‐Mensah

Owusu

2009

Population Space and Place

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Studies of urban ethnicity have portrayed ethnic groups as initially concentrating in locations where they live in relatively exclusive residential areas containing few members of other groups. This concentration into ethnic enclaves is commonly regarded as a result of disadvantage and discrimination in the labour and housing markets, coupled with a desire for residential concentration to promote and guarantee group cultural, socioeconomic and physical security. To what extent do the neighbourhoods of Accra Metropolitan Area refl ect these urban ethnicity patterns, and what are the factors shaping the concentration of ethnic groups in the city? Using the Location Quotient Index based on census data, the paper examines the degree of ethnic diversity and concentration in the neighbourhoods of Accra. The fi ndings of the study reveal that Accra is not following a Western model of segregation, neither is there a single model of African segregation, but rather many African trajectories. Economic segregation is the organising force underlying residential segregation in Accra, and this operates through several social markers, one of which remains the ethnic history of migration to Accra.

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Section: Migrant Low-class Neighbourhoodsmentioning

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Segregated by neighbourhoods? A portrait of ethnic diversity in the neighbourhoods of the Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana

Agyei‐Mensah

Owusu

2009

Population Space and Place

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“…The village of Nima was built outside of the city boundaries after WWII for returning Hausa soldiers (Acquah 1958). It became part of the municipality in 1953, and by 1958 it was officially designated as a slum needing remediation (Harvey and Brand 1974). …”

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Neighborhoods and Fertility in Accra, Ghana: An AMOEBA-Based Approach

Weeks

Getis

Hill

et al. 2010

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

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Fertility levels remain high in most of sub-Saharan Africa, despite recent declines, and even in a large capital city such as Accra, Ghana, women are having children at a pace that is well above replacement level and this will contribute to significant levels of future population growth in the city. Our purpose in this paper is to evaluate the way in which neighborhood context may shape reproductive behavior in Accra. In the process, we introduce several important innovations to the understanding of intra-urban fertility levels in a sub-Saharan African city: (1) despite the near explosion of work on neighborhoods as a spatial unit of analysis, very little of this research has been conducted outside of the richer countries; (2) we characterize neighborhoods on the basis of local knowledge of what we call "vernacular neighborhoods"; (3) we then define what we call "organic neighborhoods" using a new clustering tool-the AMOEBA algorithm-to create these neighborhoods; and then (4) we evaluate and explain which of the neighborhood concepts has the largest measurable contextual effect on an individual woman's reproductive behavior. Multi-level regression analysis suggests that vernacular neighborhoods are more influential on a woman's decision to delay marriage, whereas the organic neighborhoods based on socioeconomic status better capture the factors that shape fertility decisions after marriage.

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“…With regard to Accra, Harvey & Brand (1974) have found that 56% of the 'permanent migrants' (those who had been living in the town for at least twenty years) were concentrated in the central districts, while only 16% of the 'neophytes' (those with less than one year of residence in Accra) were living there. Most new migrants rent a room in the peripheral lowincome neighbourhoods, such as Nima and New Town, where rents are 2.5 times lower than in Central Accra.…”

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“…Yet, there are also a number of authors who question the relevance of ethnic relationships and clustering as a determining factor in the choice of the bridgeheader's place of residence. Harvey & Brand (1974) have placed much emphasis on housing conditions and rent levels as major variables in explaining residential patterns in Accra. Ethnic clustering is manifest at the street block level, but neighbourhoods in their entirety are ethnically very heterogeneous : ".…”

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John Turner's Theory of Intra‐urban Mobility and the African Reality

Kliest¹,

Scheffer²

1981

Tijd voor Econ & Soc Geog

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"The purpose of this paper is to discover whether Turner's Latin American model of intra-urban mobility also applies to Sub-Saharan Africa. Because of the scarcity of literature on mobility within African cities, it is not entirely possible to arrive at definitive conclusions. Nevertheless, the often temporary nature of rural-to-urban migration, the operation of ethnic networks in the city, the role of the extended family in the integration of migrants and the specific patterns of landownership in the peripheral zones around African cities strongly suggest that the Latin American model is of little value for explaining the African reality."

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The Spatial Allocation of Migrants in Accra, Ghana

Cited by 12 publications

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Segregated by neighbourhoods? A portrait of ethnic diversity in the neighbourhoods of the Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana

Segregated by neighbourhoods? A portrait of ethnic diversity in the neighbourhoods of the Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana

Neighborhoods and Fertility in Accra, Ghana: An AMOEBA-Based Approach

John Turner's Theory of Intra‐urban Mobility and the African Reality

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