“Walls within walls: examining the variegated purposes for walling in Ghanaian gated communities”

Ehwi, Richmond Juvenile

doi:10.1080/02673037.2021.1900795

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“…For communalrelated amenities, the larger land sizes in middle-core and peri-urban areas compared to the inner-city areas, allow for allocating some portion of land for communal amenities such as a children's playground than in the inner city (see Kufour, 2011). Third, because the middle-core and peri-urban areas lack good land-use planning, developers often feel compelled to provide more communal-related amenities, and aggressively market them, to attract potential buyers (Ehwi et al, 2019;Ehwi, 2021).…”

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“…They may also be used to screen visitors, and monitor activities within and outside GCs to improve residents' sense of security. Grant and Mittelsteadt (2004), Ehwi (2021) Educationalrelated…”

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“…Notably, 9.8% of the companies also specialize in selling serviced plots. Again, this information highlights the nuances in the conception of GCs in Ghana, where a project can be called a "gated community" by just having an external perimeter wall without a single building within the walled area (see Ehwi, 2021).…”

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“…Regarding the type of houses developed, more than 80% were detached, 29% were semi-detached, and 25.5% were either townhouses or apartments. Given that detached housing is the second most popular housing type in Ghana after compound houses (Government of Ghana, 2012), this finding suggests that developers of GCs are minded about including local preferences in their housing offerings, while still accommodating unconventional house types such as apartments which usually appeal to foreign expatriates (Ehwi, 2020(Ehwi, , 2021. Regarding house prices, the modal price range for two and three-bedroom units sold for between US$50,000-US$100,000 and US$150,001-US$200,000, respectively.…”

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“…They show for example that, although commercial and educational amenities are open and accessible to nonresidents, most of the services are not accessible by nonresidents. Also, studying "walls within walls" in Ghanaian gated communities, the case studies presented by Ehwi (2021) suggest that access to amenities like a gymnasium, swimming pool, a church, a police and fire station, a go-kart racecourse and children's playground might vary depending on the cluster within the GC in which one lives and how proximate the cluster is to these amenities.…”

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Modelling the supply-side factors influencing the provision of amenities in gated communities: The case of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area in Ghana

Ehwi

2022

Journal of Urban Affairs

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Fiscal constraints facing municipal governments make gated communities that self-finance their amenities a welcome phenomenon. However, studies exclusively devoted to investigating the types of amenities supplied in gated communities and the factors that determine their supply remain unexplored. This paper fills this gap by using survey data from 51 gated communities sampled across the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) in Ghana. After conceptualizing 10 different amenity categories commonly found in gated communities, it finds that security, governance, accessibility, and communalrelated amenities are those commonly found in gated communities in GAMA. Multiple linear regression modeling reveals that only four amenity categories, namely, security, governance, communal and health-related amenities have a significant model fit. It further finds that both the "number of houses planned" and the "year project construction began" increase the number of all four amenity categories provided in gated communities. However, other locational, company and project characteristics have a differential impact on the number of these four amenities provided, some of which appear to contradict some existing theoretical propositions underlying the provision of amenities in gated communities. It concludes by reflecting on municipal authorities' increasing reliance on gated communities to supply amenities in light of the findings.

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Modelling the supply-side factors influencing the provision of amenities in gated communities: The case of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area in Ghana

Ehwi

2022

Journal of Urban Affairs

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Living together but gates apart: aspirations and place caring practices among residents living outside a gated community in Peri-urban Accra.

Yekple,

Overå,

Hidle

2024

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Global capital investment in the housing sector has transformed major African cities such as Accra into segregated clusters of high-rise buildings and ultramodern residential areas. The development of housing projects, such as Gated Communities (GCs), in peri-urban areas has resulted in a contrasting phenomenon of residents living in traditional housing units alongside modern housing complexes. This paper maps the impacts of Ayi Mensah Park, a privately built gated community in peri-urban Accra, Ghana. Specifically, it explores the perceptions, emotions and attitudes of residents living in the immediate environs of this gated community and how these opinions shape their life aspirations, particularly regarding housing. Using semistructured interviews and drawing on the concepts of ‘peripheral urbanisation’ and ‘care’, we found that residents express varied emotions (happiness, excitement, admiration, pride, disappointment, anger, apathy, and frustration) towards the presence of the gated community. Some of these emotions resulted in action, such as pulling down old buildings and constructing new modern apartments in their places. We conclude that the presence and aesthetic characteristics of gated communities in peri-urban areas invoke contrasting affective elements of both aspirations and despair among residents, resulting in new practices of care for the community and future generations.

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Homes in flux: Evaluating personal and social dynamics amid urban variability and mass-produced prototype housing

Khalil,

Abdel Kawi,

Zaky

2024

Journal of Environmental Psychology

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“Walls within walls: examining the variegated purposes for walling in Ghanaian gated communities”

Cited by 8 publications

References 67 publications

Modelling the supply-side factors influencing the provision of amenities in gated communities: The case of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area in Ghana

Modelling the supply-side factors influencing the provision of amenities in gated communities: The case of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area in Ghana

Living together but gates apart: aspirations and place caring practices among residents living outside a gated community in Peri-urban Accra.

Homes in flux: Evaluating personal and social dynamics amid urban variability and mass-produced prototype housing

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