气候变化领域集成服务门户(CCPortal): Flood risk reduction and resilient city growth in sub-Saharan Africa: searching for coherence in Accra's urban planning

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DOI	10.3389/frsc.2024.1118896
	Flood risk reduction and resilient city growth in sub-Saharan Africa: searching for coherence in Accra's urban planning
	Oteng-Ababio, Martin; Agergaard, Jytte; Moller-Jensen, Lasse; Andreasen, Manja H.
发表日期	2024
EISSN	2624-9634
起始页码	6
卷号	6
英文摘要	Urban resilience experts have highlighted that frequent extreme weather events are a result of rapid, unplanned development and climate change. To ensure coherent urban planning, effective land governance has been a priority since the introduction of the national urban policy in 2012. However, despite implementing this policy for over a decade, poor land governance continues to negatively impact city development, yet this subject has received limited academic attention. Our study focuses on Santa Maria, a community historically neglected by planning officials and currently facing unregulated urbanization and increasing flood risks. We used qualitative research methods, including key informant interviews and document reviews, to unpack land ownership and management complexities. These complexities have led to planning by the commons, the creation of green space deserts, and challenges related to residents' mobility and livelihood. Our study affirms that auto-constructed communities like Santa Maria reflect a form of tenacious urbanism that should be acknowledged and respected. Incorporating its logic into proposals for consolidation, informed by the opinions and desires of the residents themselves, can help integrate planning by the commons into the urban planning process of Accra. Rather than being viewed as a problem to be cured, this approach should be incorporated into the planning process, incorporating locally specific social functions and traditional structures to ensure equitable and just urban societies. The public sector must recognize that building on local capacity, skills, and expertise is essential in the quest for a resilient city. The experience from Santa Maria provides a great opportunity to nurture local development, fulfill the growing demand for solutions and services without biases, and provide an excellent opportunity for inclusive growth.
英文关键词	spatial planning; land governance; Institutional ambiguity; Planning by the Commons; Urban floods
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Urban Studies
WOS类目	Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies ; Urban Studies
WOS记录号	WOS:001177632000001
来源期刊	FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE CITIES
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/300359
作者单位	University of Ghana; University of Copenhagen
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Oteng-Ababio, Martin,Agergaard, Jytte,Moller-Jensen, Lasse,et al. Flood risk reduction and resilient city growth in sub-Saharan Africa: searching for coherence in Accra's urban planning[J],2024,6.
APA	Oteng-Ababio, Martin,Agergaard, Jytte,Moller-Jensen, Lasse,&Andreasen, Manja H..(2024).Flood risk reduction and resilient city growth in sub-Saharan Africa: searching for coherence in Accra's urban planning.FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE CITIES,6.
MLA	Oteng-Ababio, Martin,et al."Flood risk reduction and resilient city growth in sub-Saharan Africa: searching for coherence in Accra's urban planning".FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE CITIES 6(2024).