Walking off the beaten path: Everyday walking environment and practices in informal settlements in Freetown

D Oviedo, SA Okyere, M Nieto, M Kita, LF Kusi… - Research in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Walking is the dominant mode of transport in informal settlements of the global south,
especially in African cities where structural deficits, morphological challenges and ineffective …

[HTML][HTML] Social capital and community-driven development: A multi-group analysis of migrant and indigenous informal settlements in Greater Accra, Ghana

BEA Ziorklui, SA Okyere, M Abunyewah, SL Mensah… - Habitat International, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract In sub-Saharan African cities, community-driven development has emerged as a
collective response to entrenched socio-spatial inequalities and inappropriate local …

Faith-based organisations and disaster management in informal urban Accra

SA Okyere, M Abunyewah, J Addai… - Environmental …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Disaster risks in African cities are compounding due to the triple convergence of climate
change impacts, unplanned urbanisation, and entrenched socio-spatial inequities. Disaster …

Linking information provision to behavioural intentions: Moderating and mediating effects of message clarity and source credibility

M Abunyewah, T Gajendran, K Maund… - International Journal of …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose Disaster information is an important resource for flood preparedness, however, the
transition of information provision to preparedness and consequently to damage reduction is …

Situating everyday urban struggles within the context of the SDGs in an informal settlement in Accra, Ghana

SA Okyere, LK Frimpong, SK Diko… - … urban futures in …, 2021 - api.taylorfrancis.com
The UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, commonly known as the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs), was adopted in 2015 to provide a global development policy …

Circular economy in Africa's informal cities: A review of residents' value retention practices and their implications for participatory urban planning

SL Mensah, LK Frimpong, SA Okyere… - Urban slums and …, 2024 - Springer
Spatial informal urbanism practices towards value retention and circularity have received
little attention in extant literature. Yet, informal settlements in African cities have played out …

An urban “mixity”: Spatial dynamics of social interactions and human behaviors in the Abese informal quarter of La Dadekotopon, Ghana

SA Okyere, SK Diko, M Hiraoka, M Kita - Urban Science, 2017 - mdpi.com
Informal settlements form part of the socio-spatial landscape of urban areas. Yet little is
known about their spatial aspects, compared to the social aspects. With global attention on …

Obscured innovations? Inventiveness in collective infrastructure management in Accra, Ghana

S Asare Okyere, S Kofi Diko, M Ebashi… - Informality and the City …, 2022 - Springer
The discourse on urban innovations is largely positioned in the Global North, often
conceived within the entrepreneurial and managerial forms of high-tech services and …

Informality and Evolution of Urban Space

R Galdini - Urban Informality: A Multidisciplinary Perspective, 2023 - Springer
Urban informality is at the centre of intense activity of reflection and research aimed at
analyzing the causes and effects produced at global and local levels and at defining the …

Retrofitting buildings towards the realisation of the sustainable development goals

N Geh, F Emuze, E Mapfumo - The Elgar Companion to the Built …, 2024 - elgaronline.com
With the intent to transform the world and build the future we want, the 17 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) with their 169 associated targets were adopted by government …