Urban encroachment in ecologically sensitive areas: drivers, impediments and consequences

The drivers and consequences of unregulated urban expansion processes in Accra, Ghana, are examined together with the associated encroachment upon ecologically sensitive areas in the city’s rapidly growing periphery. Three sites are considered which attracted settlers from vastly different economic...

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Main Authors: Manja Hoppe Andreasen, Jytte Agergaard, Richard Yao Kofie, Lasse Møller-Jensen, Martin Oteng-Ababio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2022-11-01
Series:Buildings & Cities
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Online Access:https://journal-buildingscities.org/articles/210