Urban Sprawl in sub-Saharan Africa: A review of the literature in selected countries
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Urban sprawl has gained popularity in academic discourse in recent times, but the majority of the research was conducted in developed countries. There is a marginal body of works on the character and nature of urban sprawl in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), although the region isexperiencing one of the fastest rates of sprawl. Urbanisation in SSA is very rapid, and in addition to the emerging challenges of globalisation, climate change and poverty, SSA cities have an enormous task to manage urban sprawl.
Urbanisation and domestic energy trends: Analysis of household energy consumption patterns in relation to land-use change in peri-urban Accra, Ghana
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- Consumption of firewood decreases while charcoal and LPG increases with land-use change/intensity The factors that determine the choice of energy included Land-use change/intensity and the livelihood activities.
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- Sustainable energy policy should embrace energy stacking and strongly encourage reforestation.
Urban sprawl and sustainability: A comparative Analysis of Accra and Kumasi urban regions
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One of the important developmental topics of global concern is how
to achieve sustainable urban development in developing countries
where urban sprawl is very rapid. This is because urban sprawl
have adverse consequences on the environment and human
welfare. Indicator-based methods have become popular among
the approaches developed to determine sustainability of urban
environments and have been widely used to measure sustainable
development of cities. This paper uses Shannon’s entropy to
Households' socio-demographic characteristics, perceived and underestimated vulnerability to floods and related risk reduction in Ghana
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- Studies assessing households' vulnerability to floods significantly ignore the element of underestimation.
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- The concept of “Perceived Vulnerability” enhances the value of assessing flood risks.
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- Gender differences of household heads exist in Perceived Vulnerability to urban floods.
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- Age among male household heads determined underestimation of floods although non-linear.
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EfD helps revolutionize the way governments value nature
In March 2021, the United Nations Statistical Commission took a major step toward moving beyond traditional measures of economic well-being by officially approving a framework for ecosystem accounting
EfD helps chart courses for reducing air pollution in Chile
EfD Chile is working side-by-side with the Ministry of the Environment in the design of a wood stove replacement program and is now participating in developing strategies related to government urban
Analysis of equity and social inclusiveness of national urban development policies and strategies through the lenses of health and nutrition
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Abstract
Introduction
Rapid urbanization increases competition for scarce urban resources and underlines the need for policies that promote equitable access to resources. This study examined equity and social inclusion of urban development policies in Nigeria through the lenses of access to health and food/nutrition resources.