Housing Development, Local Land Conflicts and Sustainable Land-use Planning in Peri-urban Ghana | Land Portal

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Date of publication: 
Enero 2021
Resource Language: 
ISBN / Resource ID: 
AJLPGS:21537
Pages: 
17
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Copyright (c) 2021 African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences

This paper examines the various ways local land conflicts affect sustainable land-use planning in peri-urban Ghana. In recent years, rapid urbanisation has resulted a high demand for customary lands for housing development in peri-urban areas in Ghana. Customary lands are continuously converted into housing uses; leading to eviction of indigenes from their farmlands. A mixed method approach was used to collect data from 40 participants from the research site, Aburaso. Purposive sampling technique was used to sample nine key informants while simple random sampling technique was employed to gather thirty-one individual household developers. The study found that dispossession of indigenes and poor accountability on the part of chiefs create contestations within royal family; land conflicts between chiefs and other clans in communities. The ultimate results are violence, death, poor land allocation and poor land-use planning with houses lacking portable water, proper sanitation and good access to roads.

Autores y editores

Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

Fosu, Augustine

Publisher(s): 

African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences is a journal specialized in publishing research activities carried out in the field of geo-spatial sciences and land governance. It aims to encourage innovation, promote the exchange of knowledge and scientific outcomes related to its themes. The journal's target community is made-up of researchers, professors and professionals working in the newspaper field. The journal also aims to promote scientific articles and productions at the African, regional and global levels.

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African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences is a journal specialized in publishing research activities carried out in the field of geo-spatial sciences and land governance. It aims to encourage innovation, promote the exchange of knowledge and scientific outcomes related to its themes. The journal's target community is made-up of researchers, professors and professionals working in the newspaper field. The journal also aims to promote scientific articles and productions at the African, regional and global levels.

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