Accra’s flood resilience is very low.
- Senior Lecturer, Department of Planning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
Kumasi was once considered among west Africa’s greenest cities.
Street sales are a source of jobs, income and survival for the urban poor in Ghana.
The inability of city authorities to enforce land-use regulations has allowed people to carry out ecologically unfriendly activities along the water bodies.
Accra could keep its political role while some of its other functions are distributed around the country.
Ghana’s government should shift to a community-based and voluntary approach to forest restoration and conservation
Informal workers are victims of the smart city drive in Africa.
The rising demand on the world market for cocoa has put pressure on Ghana’s forests.
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