"We are not the only ones to blame': District Assemblies' perspectives on the state of planning in Ghana

Yeboah, E; Obeng-Odoom, F

"We are not the only ones to blame': District Assemblies' perspectives on the state of planning in Ghana

Yeboah, E Obeng-Odoom, F

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Publisher:: UTS e-Press
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2010, November (7), pp. 78 - 98
Issue Date:: 2010-01

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dc.contributor.author	Yeboah, E	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Obeng-Odoom, F https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3997-7751	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2010, November (7), pp. 78 - 98	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1836-0394	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/17192
dc.description.abstract	Planning has failed to exert effective influence on the growth of human settlements in Ghana. As a result, the growth of cities has been chaotic. The district assemblies, which are the designated planning authorities, are commonly blamed for this failure, yet little attention has been given to district assemblies perspectives of what factors lead to failures in planning. This paper attempts to fill this gap. Drawing on fieldwork in Ghana, it argues that, from the perspective of district assemblies, five major challenges inhibit planning, namely: an inflexible land ownership system, an unresponsive legislative framework, undue political interference, an acute human resource shortage, and the lack of a sustainable funding strategy. The paper concludes with proposals for reforming the planning system in Ghana	en_US
dc.publisher	UTS e-Press	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance	en_US
dc.title	"We are not the only ones to blame': District Assemblies' perspectives on the state of planning in Ghana	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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Abstract:

Planning has failed to exert effective influence on the growth of human settlements in Ghana. As a result, the growth of cities has been chaotic. The district assemblies, which are the designated planning authorities, are commonly blamed for this failure, yet little attention has been given to district assemblies perspectives of what factors lead to failures in planning. This paper attempts to fill this gap. Drawing on fieldwork in Ghana, it argues that, from the perspective of district assemblies, five major challenges inhibit planning, namely: an inflexible land ownership system, an unresponsive legislative framework, undue political interference, an acute human resource shortage, and the lack of a sustainable funding strategy. The paper concludes with proposals for reforming the planning system in Ghana

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