Public–private partnerships for sustainable infrastructure development in Ghana: a systematic review and recommendations

I Akomea-Frimpong, X **, R Osei-Kyei… - Smart and Sustainable …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The contribution of the public–private partnership (PPP) model towards the
achievement of the United Nation (UN)'s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been …

A systematic review of gated communities and the challenge of urban transformation in African cities

E Bandauko, G Arku, H Nyantakyi-Frimpong - Journal of Housing and the …, 2022 - Springer
Globalization and the spread of neo-liberal models of urban restructuring have resulted in
the rise in gated communities worldwide, including in Africa. The on-going scholarly debate …

New cities: Power, profit, and prestige

S Moser, L Côté‐Roy - Geography Compass, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the past 2 decades, over 150 new cities built from scratch have been launched in more
than 40 countries. As this trend has intensified in recent years, scholarship on new city …

Beyond the known: Walking accessibility twist to new cities

PI Korah, PB Cobbinah, P Adu - Habitat International, 2024 - Elsevier
While research on new cities is emerging across African cities, focusing on housing,
infrastructure, and service provision, little is known about walking accessibility for residents …

Private cities, land, and the transformation of Africa's urban fringe

AD Ablo - Urban Geography, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This paper explores the effects of large-scale land deals for a private city development
project in Ghana–the Appolonia City of Light. From the conceptual lens of accumulation by …

Privatised urbanism: The making of new cities and the self-organising mosaic

PI Korah, PB Cobbinah - Urban Studies, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Sub-Saharan African cities have experienced significant spatial transformation in recent
years. This transformation, in part, has been characterised by the proliferation of new cities …

Highlighting the sustainability implications of urbanisation: A comparative analysis of two urban areas in Ghana

K Anarfi, RA Hill, C Shiel - Land, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ghana is urbanising rapidly, and over half of the country's population have lived in urban
areas since 2010. Although research has proliferated to explore Ghana's urbanisation, there …

The oddity of desiring informality

PB Cobbinah - Dialogues in Human Geography, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Informality has become central to urban sustainability and one of the most polemically
debated topics in modern urban studies and human geography. Finn's analysis intends to …

[HTML][HTML] Building new cities in the Global South: Neoliberal planning and its adverse consequences

X Su - Urban Governance, 2023 - Elsevier
Mushrooming new city developments have occurred in many develo** countries in the
past two decades, which generate profound socio-economic, environmental, and politico …

The public's perspectives of urban sustainability: A comparative analysis of two urban areas in Ghana

K Anarfi, C Shiel, RA Hill - Habitat International, 2022 - Elsevier
In response to ongoing rapid urbanisation in Ghana, research has emerged to improve
understanding of the urbanisation process. However, empirical evidence on the interactions …