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BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR ACCRA MCI PROGRAM
This bibliography was prepared as part of a background study on
urban development in Accra for the Earth Institute Millennium
Cities Initiative (MCI). We hope other research institutions,
development organizations, civil society groups and other parties
find it useful.
Note: For access to journal articles, please contact the
respective author(s).
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Ghana National Development Planning Reports 1
Demographic & Migration Studies Literature 2
Land Policy Literature 4
Economic Studies Related to Urbanization 6
Accra Spatial Planning Literature 7
Transportation Sector Literature 10
Housing/Shelter Literature 12
Water & Sanitation Sector Literature 14
Solid Waste Management Sector Literature 16
Public Health-Related Literature 18
Gender Issues/Studies Literature 20
Literature on Politics, Governance, Institutions etc. 21
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Ghana National Development Planning Reports
Republic of Ghana National Development Planning
Reports/Strategies
Republic of Ghana (1995). Ghana Vision 2020 (The first step:
1996-2000).
Republic of Ghana (2003). Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy
2003-2005: An agenda for growth and prosperity. Volume 1: Analysis
and Policy Statement.
Republic of Ghana National Development Planning Commission
(2006). Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS II): National
Monitoring and Implementation Plan, 2006-2009.
Republic of Ghana National Development Planning Commission
(2008). The implementation of the Growth and Poverty Reduction
Strategy (GPRS II) 2006-2009: Annual Report.
Republic of Ghana National Development Planning Commission
(2006). Guidelines for the preparation of district medium-term
development plan under the Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy
2006-2009.
Republic of Ghana National Development Planning Commission
(2009). Guidelines for the preparation of district medium-term
development plan under the Medium-Term Development Policy Framework
2010-2013.
Republic of Ghana Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning
(2007). 2057 Budget.
Republic of Ghana Ministry of Environment, Science and
Technology (2009). National science, technology and innovation
policy – September 2009.
Ghana Development Reports (WB, ADF, UNDP, etc.)
African Development Fund (2005). Ghana country strategy paper,
2005-2009.
Favrvacque-Vitkovic, C.; Raghunath, M.; Eghoff, C.; Baokye, C.
(2008). Development of the cities of Ghana: challenges, priorities
and tools. World Bank Africa Region Working Paper Series, no.
110.
United Nations Development Programme (2007). Ghana Human
Development Report: Towards a more inclusive society.
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Ghana Demographic & Migration Studies Literature
Government of Ghana Reports
Ghana Statistical Service (1995). Migration research study in
Ghana, volume 1: internal migration. Accra: Ghana Statistical
Service.
Ghana Statistical Service (1995). Migration research study in
Ghana, volume 2: international migration. Accra: Ghana Statistical
Service. [
Ghana Statistical Service (2005). 2000 population & housing
census of Ghana : demographic, economic and housing characteristics
: total country (2005). Accra, Ghana: Ghana Statistical Service.
Ghana Statistical Service (2005). 2000 population & housing
census: Analysis of district data and implications for planning –
Greater Accra Region. Accra: Ghana Statistical Service. Ghana
Statistical Service (2008). Ghana in Figures 2008 Report. Accra:
Ghana Statistical Service
Ghana Statistical Service (2008). Ghana living standards survey:
report of the fifth round. Accra: Ghana Statistical Service.
Journal articles, other reports, etc. Adams, M., & Anum, J. D.
(2005). Statistical Information Resources and Development Planning
in Ghana. Information Development, 21(2), 138-145.
Adams Jr., R.H. (2007). An overview of data contained in the
2005/06 Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS 5) (sub-sample) on
migration and remittances. Washington, D.C: World Bank.
Agyei-Mensah, S., & Owusu, G. (2009). Segregated by
neighbourhoods? A portrait of ethnic diversity in the
neighbourhoods of the Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana. Population,
Space and Place, 9999(9999), n/a. Ammassari , Savina. 2004. "From
Nation-building to Entrepreneurship: The Impact of Elite Return
Migrants in Cote D'Ivoire and Ghana." Population, Space and Place
10: 133-54. Anarfi , J., Kwankye, S., Ofuso-Mensah, A., Tiemoko,
R..(2003). Migration to and from Ghana: A Background Paper.
Development Research Center on Migration , Globalization and
Poverty, Working Paper No. 4 . Univ. of Sussex, UK.
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Asiedu, A. (2005). Some benefits of migrants' return visits to
Ghana. Population, Space and Place, 11(1), 1-11.
Bertrand, M.; Delaunay, D. (2005). Residential Mobility in the
Greater Accra Region: Individual and geographic differentiations.
Paris: Centre Population et Developpment. Black, Richard, Russell
King, and Richmond Tiemoko. 2003. Migration, Return and Small
Enterprise Development in Ghana: A Route out of Poverty?
International Workshop on Migration and Poverty in West Africa.
Univ. of Sussex, UK, Mar. 13-14. Diko, Johnson, and Graham Tipple.
1992. "Migrants Build at Home: Long Distance Housing Development by
Ghanaians in London," Cities: 9 288-94.
Harvey, M. E., & Brand, R. R. (1974). The spatial allocation
of migrants in Accra, Ghana. The Geographical Review, 64(1),
1-30.
Henry, Leroy, and Giles Mohan. 2003. "Making Homes: The Ghanaian
Diaspora, Institutions and Development." Journal of International
Development 15: 611-22.
Mohan, Giles. 2006. "Embedded Cosmopolitanism and the Politics
of Obligation: The Ghanaian Diaspora and Development." Environment
and Planning A 38: 867-83.
Owusu, G. (2008). Indigenes' and migrants' access to land in
peri-urban areas of Accra, Ghana. International Development
Planning Review, 30(2), 177-198.
Orozco, Manuel. 2005. Diaspora, Development and Transnational
Integration: Ghanaian in the U.S., U.K. and Germany. Institute for
the Study of International Migration and Inter-American
Dialogue.
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Ghana/Accra-related Land Policy Literature Government Policies
Government of Ghana Ministry of Land and Forestry (1999). National
Land Policy. Studies/Reports Agbosu, L. Awumbila, M.,
Dowuona-Hammond, C., Tsikata, D. (2007). Customary and statutory
land tenure and land policy in Ghana. Institute of Statistical,
Social & Economic Research, University of Ghana, Legon.
Technical Publication No. 70.
Antwi Adarkwah and John Adams . 2003a. "Economic Rationality and
Informal Urban Land Transactions in Accra, Ghana." Journal of
Property Research 20: 67-90.
Aryeetey, E.; Ayee, JRR; Ninsin, K.A.; Tsikata, D. (2007). The
politics of land tenure reform in Ghana: from the Crown Lands Bill
to the Land Administration Project. Institute of Statistical,
Social & Economic Research, University of Ghana, Legon.
Technical Publication No. 71.
Aryeetey, E., Al-Hassan, R.M., Asuming-Brempong, S., Twerefou,
D.K. (2007). The organization of land markets and production in
Ghana. Institute of Statistical, Social & Economic Research,
University of Ghana, Legon. Technical Publication No. 73. Aryeetey,
E., Kotey, N.A.; Amponsah, N.; Bentsi-Enchill, K. (2007). Legal and
institutional issues in land policy reform in Ghana. Institute of
Statistical, Social & Economic Research, University of Ghana,
Legon. Technical Publication No. 74.
Botchie, G; Akabzaa, T., Gyasi, E; Sarpong, D.B. (2007). Land
tenure, land use and environment in Ghana. Institute of
Statistical, Social & Economic Research, University of Ghana,
Legon. Technical Publication No. 72. Center for Democracy and
Development, Ghana (2000). Corruption and other constraints on the
land market and land administration in Ghana: a preliminary
investigation. Accra: CDD Ghana. Karikari, I.B. Ghana’s Land
Administration Project (LAP) and Land Information Systems (LIS)
Implementation: The Issues. Paper for 5th FIG Regional Conference,
Accra, Ghana, March 8-11, 2006. Kasanga Kasim, Jeff Cochrane,
Russell King, and Michael Roth. 1996. Land Markets and Legal
Contradictions in the Peri-Urban Area of Accra Ghana"
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Informant Interviews and Secondary Data Investigations. Land
Tenure Research Center, Working Paper No 127. Madison: Univ. of
Wisconsin-Madison. Larbi, W. O., Antwi, A., & Olomolaiye, P.
(2004). Compulsory land acquisition in Ghana - policy and praxis.
Land Use Policy, 21(2), 115-127.
Republic of Ghana Ministry of Lands and Forestry (1999).
National land policy. Accra: Republic of Ghana. Somvei, J.K.
(2001). The effectiveness of institutions in land registration in
Ghana. London: RICS Foundation. Ubink, J.M. & Amanor, K.S.
(eds). (2008). Contesting land and custom in Ghana: State, chief
and the citizen. Leden: Leden University Press.
Yanksok, P.W.K. (Date?). Access to land, tenure security and
growth within the informal economy of the urban and peri-urban
areas in Ghana. . Institute of Statistical, Social & Economic
Research, University of Ghana, Legon. WaterAid Ghana & UN
HABITAT (2009). A study on land tenure in urban areas.
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Economic Studies Relevant to Accra Urbanization Barr Abigail M.
1995. The Missing Factor: Entrepreneurial Networks, Enterprises,
And Economic Growth in Ghana . Centre for the Study of African
Economies, Working Paper: 95-111. Univ. of Oxford, UK. Ghana
National Development Congress (2009). Manifesto for a better Ghana:
overview.
Grant, Richard. 2001. "Liberalisation Policies and Foreign
Companies in Accra, Ghana," Environment and Planning A 33:
997-1014. Hammond, Nikoi. 2006. "The Social Costs of Real Estate
Market Information Gaps in Ghana." Urban Policy and Research 14:
391- 408. Hart, K. (1973). Informal Income Opportunities and Urban
Employment in Ghana. The Journal of Modern African Studies, 11(1),
61-89.
Killick, Tony. 1978. Development Economics in Action: A Study of
Economic Policies in Ghana. New York: St. Martin's Press.
Konadu-Agyemang, Kwadwo. (2000). "The Best of Times and the Worst
of Times: Structural Adjustment Programs and Uneven Development in
Africa: The Case of Ghana." Professional Geographer 52: 469- 83.
Konadu-Agyemang, K; Adanu, S. (2003). The changing geography of
export trade in Ghana under structural adjustment programs: some
socioeconomic and spatial implications. Professional Geographer,
55(4): 513-527. Mends, Theodora 2006 Property Valuation in Ghana:
Constraints and Contradictions. Paper presented at he Promoting
Land Administration and Good Governance Conference, Accra, Ghana
March 8-11. Mmieh, Frederick, and Nana Owusu-Frimpong. 2004. "State
Policies and the Challenges in Attracting Foreign Direct
Investment: A Review of the Ghana Experience." Thunderbird
International Business Review 46: 575-99 United Nations. 2003.
Investment Policy Review: Ghana. New York: United Nations. United
Nations Conference on Trade and Development. 2002. Ghana’s Gateway
Program http://rO.unctad.org/ ttl/ppt-2002-J J
-25/ghana/ghana-present.htm. United Nations Industrial Development
Organization. 2003. Project Profiles: Ghana. Vienna: UNIDO.
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Accra Urban Planning Literature Government Policies Government
of Ghana Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (1993).
Local Government Act. Government of Ghana Environmental Protection
Agency (1994). Environmental Protection Agency Act. Government of
Ghana Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development Urban
Development Unit (2011). National Urban Development Policy. Accra
City “Profiles” Amuzu, A.T.; Leitmann, J. (1994). Accra: urban
environmental profile. Cities, 11(1): 5-9.
Grant, Richard, and Paul Yankson. 2003. "Accra: City Profile."
Cities 20 65-74
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (2009). Ghana: Accra
urban profile.
Local Development Plans Government of Ghana Ministry of Housing
(1958). Accra: A Plan for the Town. Accra Metropolitan Assembly
(AMA). (1999). Five-Year Medium Term Development Plan. Report.
Accra: Accra Metropolitan Assembly. Accra Metropolitan Assembly
(AMA) and Ministry of Works and Housing. (2002). A Strategic Action
Plan to Address the Issue of Squatter/Temporary Developments in the
Metropolis. Accra: Accra Metropolitan Assembly. Accra Metropolitan
Assembly (AMA). (2007). Five-Year Medium Term Development Plan:
Profile, Implementation, Yearly Plans, Monitoring & Evaluation.
Accra: Accra Metropolitan Assembly Government of Ghana Ministry of
Local Government Town & Country Planning Department, United
Nations Development Programme. (1991). Strategic Plan for the
Greater Accra Metropolitan Area.
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Urban Development Planning in Accra and Ghana (books)
Grant, Richard. (2009). Globalizing City: The Urban and Economic
Transformation of Accra, Ghana. Syracuse University Press: Syracuse
Ofori, Sam. (2002). Regional Policy and Regional Planning in Ghana.
Ashgate: Burlington. Pellow, Deborah. (2002). Landlords and
Lodgers: Socio-Spatial Organization in an Accra Community.
Westport: Praeger. Songsore, Jacob. (2003). Regional Development in
Ghana: The Theory and Reality. Accra: Woeli Publishing
Services.
Urban Development Planning in Accra and Ghana (journal articles,
reports etc. )
Antwi Adarkwah and John Adams 2003b. "Rent-seeking Behavior and
Its Economic Costs in Urban Land Transactions in Accra, Ghana."
Urban Studies, 40: 2083-98. Asabere, P.K.; Sirmans, C.F. ; Colwell,
P. (1982). The intensity of residential land use in Accra, Ghana.
Journal of Urban Economics, 11: 190-198. Asomani-Boateng, R.
(2002). Urban cultivation in Accra: an examination of the nature,
practices, problems, potentials and urban planning implications.
Habitat International, 26(4), 591-607.
Brand, Richard. 1972. "The Spatial Organization of Residential
Areas in Accra, Ghana, with Particular Reference to Aspects of
Modernization." Economic Geography 48: 284-98. Columbia University
GSAPP Accra Studio. (2003). http://www.arch
.columbia.edu/Studio/Spring2003/UP/Accra/index.html. Grant,
Richard. 2005. "The Emergence of Gated Communities in a West
African Context,” Urban Geography 26: 661- 83. Grant, Richard, and
Jan Nijman. 2002. "Globalization and the Corporate Geography of
Cities in the Less-Developed World," Annals of the Association of
American Geographies 92: 320-40. Grant, Richard, and Jan Nijman.
2004. "The Re-scaling of Uneven Development
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in Ghana and India" Tijdschrift voor Economishe en Sociale
Geografie (Journal of Economic and Social Geography) 95: 467- 81.
Melara Arguello, J.E., Grant, R., Oteng-Ababio, M., Ayele, B.
Downgrading - an overlooked reality in African cities: Reflections
from an indigenous neighborhood of Accra, Ghana. Applied Geography,
36: 23-30. Odame-Larbi, W. 1996. "Spatial Planning and Urban
Fragmentation in Accra.” Third World Planning Review 18: 193-214.
Owusu, F. (2007). Conceptualizing Livelihood Strategies in African
Cities: Planning and Development Implications of Multiple
Livelihood Strategies. Journal of Planning Education and Research,
26(4), 450-465.
Songsore, J. (2008). Environmental and structural inequalities
in Greater Accra. Journal of the International Institute, 16(1),
8-9, 13.
Yeboah, Ian. 2001. "Structural Adjustment and Emerging Urban
Form in Accra Ghana." Africa Today 7: 61-89. Yeboah, Ian. 2003.
"Demographic and Housing Aspects of Structural Adjustment and
Emerging Urban Form in Accra, Ghana." Africa Today 10: 106-119.
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Accra-related Transportation Sector Literature Government
Policies
Government of Ghana Ministry of Transport (2008). National
Transport Policy.
Accra-Related Studies/Reports
Finn, B.; Arthur, B.A.; Gyamera, S. (2009). New regulatory
frameworks for urban passenger transport in Ghanaian cities. Paper
submitted for 11th Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land
Passenger Transport, Delft University of Technology, 20-25
September 2009.
IBIS Transport Consultants, Ltd. (2005). Study of urban public
transport conditions in Accra, Ghana.
Republic of Ghana – Ministry of Road Transport, Department of
Urban Roads. (2005). Annual Report.
Republic of Ghana – Ministry of Roads and Highways. (2008).
National transport policy. December 2008.
Republic of Ghana – Ministry of Transportation, Department of
Urban Roads. (2008). Feasibility studies and design of Giffard,
Teshie Link, and Burma Camp roads. Document # E2038 V1.
Republic of Ghana – Ministry of Transportation, Department of
Urban Roads. (2008). Resettlement Action Plan for Giffard Road,
Teshie Link Road and Burma Roads. Document # RP751 V1
Republic of Ghana – Ministry of Transportation & Ghana
Statistical Service. (2009). National transport household survey
report. February 2009.
Accra-related Transportation (journal articles)
Abane, A. (1993). Mode choice for the journey to work among
formal sector employees in Accra, Ghana. Journal of Transport
Geography, 1(4), 219-229.
Finn, Brendan. (2008). Market role and regulation of extensive
urban minibus services as large bus service capacity is restored –
Case studies from Ghana, Georgia and Kazakhstan. Research in
Transportation Economics, 22: 118-125.
Fouracre, P.R. (1994). Public transport in Ghanaian cities - a
case of union power. Transport Reviews, (14)1: 45-61.
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Fouracre, P.R.; Sohail, M.; Cavill, S. (2006). A participatory
approach to urban transport planning in developing countries.
Transportation Planning and Technology, 29(4): 313-330.
Grieco, M.; Turner, J.; Kwakye, E.A. (1995). Informal public
transport and the woman trader in Accra, Ghana. Presented at the
Seventh World Conference on Transport Research, Sydney, 16-21 July
1995.
Kwakye, E.A., Fouracre, P.R., Ofosu-Dorte, D. (1997). Developing
strategies to meet the transport needs of the urban poor in Ghana.
World Transport Policy & Practice, 3(1): 8-14.
Kwakye, E.A., Fouracre, P.R. (1998). The urban transport policy
reform in Ghana. CODATU VIII Conference, Cape Town, September 1998.
Quarshie, ML. (2007). Integrating cycling in bus rapid transit
system in Accra. In, G.M. Morrison and S. Rauch (eds.), Highway and
Urban Environment: Proceedings of the 8th Highway and Urban
Environment Symposium, 103–116.
Turner, J., Kwakye, E.A. (1995). Informal public transport and
the woman trader in Accra, Ghana. Presented at the Seventh World
Conference on Transport Research, Sydney, 16-21 July 1995.
Turner, J., & Kwakye, E. (1996). Transport and survival
strategies in a developing economy: case evidence from Accra,
Ghana. Journal of Transport Geography, 4(3), 161-168.
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Accra-Related Housing/Shelter Literature Government Policies
Government of Ghana Ministry of Water Resources, Works and
Housing. (2005). Draft National Housing Policy.
Studies/Reports
Buckley, R. M., & Mathema, A. S. (2007). Is Accra a
superstar city? : World Bank Policy Research Working Paper.
#4453.
Centre for Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE). 2004. A
Precarious Future: The Informal Settlement of Agbogloshie Accra,
Ghana, Unpublished report. CHF International (2009). Ga Mashie
Housing Improvement Program. Accra: CHF International.
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) (2011).
Ghana Housing Profile. Nairobi: UN-HABITAT.
Books
Konadu-Agyemang, Kwadwo, 2001 b. The Political Economy of
Housing and Urban Development in Africa: Ghana’s Experience from
Colonial Times to 1998. Westport: Praeger.
Journal Articles Awanyo, L. (2009). Meeting housing-space demand
through in situ housing adjustments in the Greater Accra
Metropolitan Area, Ghana. Environment and Planning C: Government
and Policy, 27(2), 302-318.
Buckley, R. M., & Mathema, A. S. (2008). Real Estate
Regulations in Accra: Some Macroeconomic Consequences? Urban
Studies, 45(11), 2249-2271.
Grant, R. (2006). Out of place? Global cities in local spaces: A
study of the informal settlements in the Korle Lagoon environs in
Accra, Ghana. Urban Forum 17(1): 1-24.
Konadu-Agyemang, K. (2001). A survey of housing conditions and
characteristics in Accra, an African city. Habitat International,
25(1), 15-34.
Korboe, David. 1992. "Family-Houses in Ghanaian Cities: To Be or
Not to Be?" Urban Studies 29: 1159-72. Tipple, Graham, and David
Korboe. 1998. "Housing Policy in Ghana: Towards a
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Supply-oriented Future." Habitat International 22: 245-57.
Tipple, Graham, and Kenneth Willis. 1992. "Why Should Ghanaians
Build Houses in Urban Areas? An Introduction to Private Sector
Housing in Ghana." Cities 2: 60-74. Tipple, Graham, David Korboe,
Guy Garrod, and Kenneth Willis. 1999. "Housing Supply in Ghana: A
Study of Accra, Kumasi and Berekum." Progress in Planning 51:
253-324. Tipple, A.G.; Owusu, S.E., Pritchard, C. (2004).
User-initiated extensions in Government-built estates in Ghana and
Zimbabwe: Unconventional but effective housing supply. Africa
Today, 56(1): 79-105. Arku, G. (2009). Housing Policy Changes in
Ghana in the 1990s -- Policy Review. Housing Studies, 24(2), 261 -
272.
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Accra-related Water and Sanitation Literature Government
Policies
Republic of Ghana Ministry of Water Resources, Works and
Housing. (2007). National Water Policy.
Ghana/Accra –Specific Studies/Reports
Abraham, E. M., Van Rooijen, D., Cofie O. and Raschid-Sally, L.
(2007) Planning urban water - dependent livelihood opportunities
for the poor in Accra, Ghana. SWITCH First Scientific Meeting,
Birmingham, January 9-10, 2007.
McGranahan, G., Njiru, C., Albu, M., Smith, M.D., and Mitlin, D.
(2006). How Small Water Enterprises can contribute to the
Millennium Development Goals: Evidence from Dar es Salaam, Nairobi,
Khartoum and Accra. WEDC, Loughborough University, UK.
WaterAid Ghana (2008). Accra urban water sector assessment
report. Accra: WaterAid.
WaterAid Ghana (2009). Effective financing of local governments
to provide water and sanitation services.
Peer-Review Journal Articles
Awuah, E., Nyarko, K. B., & Owusu, P. A. (2009). Water and
sanitation in Ghana. Desalination, 248(1-3), 460-467.
Douglas, I., Alam, K., Maghenda, M., Mcdonnell, Y., Mclean, L.,
& Campbell, J. (2008). Unjust waters: climate change, flooding
and the urban poor in Africa. Environment and Urbanization, 20(1),
187-205.
Fuest, V. & Haffner, SA. (2007). PPP – policies, practices
and problems in Ghana’s urban water supply. Water Policy, 9:
169-192.
Grieco, M. (2009). Living infrastructure: Replacing children's
labour as a source of sanitation services in Ghana. Desalination,
248(1-3), 485-493.
Raschid-Sally, L., van Rooijen, D., Abraham, E. (2008).
Analysing productive use of domestic water and wastewater for urban
livelihoods of the poor: a study from Accra, Ghana. In,
Butterworth, J., Keijzer M., Smout, I., & Hagos, F.(eds).
Proceedings of an international symposium held in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia, 4-6 November 2008. Multiple Use Water Services (MUS)
Group, pp. 97-106.
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Seidu, R.; Heistad, A.; Amoah, P.; Dreschel, P.; Jenssen, P.D.;
Stenstrom, T.A. (2008). Quantification of the health risk
associated with wastewater reuse in Accra, Ghana: a contribution
toward local guidelines. Journal of Water and Health, 6(4):
461-471.
Suleiman, L., & Cars, G. (2009). Water supply governance in
Accra: “authentic” or “symbolic”. Water Policy, uncorrected proof
2009, 1-18.
Note:
See WaterAid Ghana website for other documents on WATSAN in
Ghana:
http://www.wateraid.org/ghana/documents/default.asp?Keywords=&Subject=&Author=&Country=6&Language=0&Sort=Date&Display=results
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Accra-related Solid Waste Management Literature
Asomani-Boateng, R. (2007). Closing the Loop: Community-Based
Organic Solid Waste Recycling, Urban Gardening, and Land Use
Planning in Ghana, West Africa. Journal of Planning Education and
Research, 27(2), 132-145.
Carboo, D.; Fobil, J.N. (2005). Physico-chemical analysis of
Municipal Solid Waste in the Accra Metropolis. West African Journal
of Applied Ecology, (7): 31-39.
Fobil, J.N.; Carboo, D.; Attuquayefio, D.K. (200x). Assessing
Municipal Solid Wastes (MSWs) for composting programmes in rapidly
urbanising areas: a case study from Accra, Ghana. Int. J.
Environment and Waste Management. [year, issue # and pages info
missing]. Fobil, J. N., Armah, N. A., Hogarh, J. N., & Carboo,
D. (2008). The influence of institutions and organizations on urban
waste collection systems: An analysis of waste collection system in
Accra, Ghana (1985-2000). Journal of Environmental Management,
86(1), 262-271.
Fobil, J.N.; Carboo, D.; Armah, N.A. (2005). Evaluation of
municipal solid wastes (MSW) for utilization in energy production
in developing countries.
Fobil, J.N.; Carboo, D. (2006). The dilemmas of plastic wastes
in a developing economy: proposals for a sustainable management
approach for Ghana. West African Journal of Applied Ecology, (10):1
[page info missing].
Fobil, J.N.; May, J.; Kraemer, A. (2010). Assessing the
relationship between socioeconomic conditions and urban
environmental quality in Accra, Ghana. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public
Health, 7: 125-145.
Hogarh, J.N.; Fobil, J.N.; Ofusu-Budu, G.K. et al. (2008).
Assessment of heavy metal contamination and macro-nutrient content
of compost for environmental pollution control in Ghana.
Grant, R., Oteng-Ababio, M. (2012). Mapping the invisible and
real “African” economy: urban e-waste circuitry. Urban Geography,
33: 1-21.
Obirih-Opareh, N., & Post, J. (2002). Quality assessment of
public and private modes of solid waste collection in Accra, Ghana.
Habitat International, 26(1), 95-112.
Oteng-Ababio, M. (2009). Private sector involvement in solid
waste management in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area in Ghana.
Waste Management Research, 0734242X09350247.
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Oteng-Ababio, M., Melara, J.E., Gabbay O. (2013). Solid waste
management in African cities: sorting the facts from the fads in
Accra, Ghana. Habitat International, 39: 96-104.
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Accra-related Public Health Literature ICF Macro, Ghana
Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service (2008). Ghana Demographic
and Health Survey. September 2009
Morris, S. S., Levin, C. E., Armar-Klemesu, M., Maxwell, D.,
& Ruel, M. T. (1999). Does Geographic Targeting of Nutrition
Interventions Make Sense in Cities? Evidence from Abidjan and
Accra. World Development, 27(11), 2011-2019.
Opoku, A.A., Ansa-Asare, O.D., Amoako, J. (2007). The
occurrences and habitat characteristics of mosquitoes in Accra,
Ghana. West African Journal of Applied Ecology, 11 (no page
designated).
Owusu-Boateng, K., Kuitunen, M. (2005). Childhood diarrheal
morbidity in the Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana: socio-economic,
environmental and behavioral risk determinants. Journal of Health
& Population in Developing Countries, published March 1 2005.
Ruel, M. T., Levin, C. E., Armar-Klemesu, M., Maxwell, D., &
Morris, S. S. (1999). Good Care Practices Can Mitigate the Negative
Effects of Poverty and Low Maternal Schooling on Children's
Nutritional Status: Evidence from Accra. World Development, 27(11),
1993-2009.
Songsore, J., & McGranahan, G. (1998). The Political Economy
of Household Environmental Management: Gender, Environment and
Epidemiology in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area. World
Development, 26(3), 395-412.
Songsore, J., McGranahan, G. (2007). Poverty and the
environmental health agenda in a low-income city: the case of
Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA), Ghana. In, Marcotullio
P.J., McGranahan, G. (eds.) (2007). Scaling urban environmental
challenges: from local to global and back. London: Earthscan.
Songsore, J., & McGranahan, G. (2003). Women’s household
environmental care roles in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area: a
qualitative appraisal. Research Review NS 19(2): 67-83.
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