There comes a defining moment in the life of every nation when progress can no longer be measured by the grandeur of its skylines or the length of its highways, but by the harmony it achieves between ...

In the bustling and rapidly transforming urban landscapes of Ghana, especially in major city centres like Accra and Kumasi, the heartbeat of economic resilience can be found not just in skyscrapers or ...

The Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, has renewed calls for a fundamental rethink of Accra’s urban planning framework, warning that the capital’s current state reflects years of weak coordination ...

Five years in the making, Ghana’s new Urban Framework could benefit the country’s informal realm if it’s successfully implemented. Photo credit: Francisco Anzola “Farouk’s people came in their numbers ...

Globally, transport literature indicates a strong effect of land use on urban travel as people living in low density suburban areas tend to travel more by car than people living in high density urban ...

A new report from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed that nearly one-third of households in the country, about 29.5 percent, or roughly 4.8 million people, are living in slums or ...

Africa's urban future will be shaped not only by large cities and capitals but also by its many small and medium-sized towns. Large capital cities are no longer the hotspots of rapid urban growth.

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Ghana’s commitment to the Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach has strengthened urban health action at the local level, with the Ashaiman Municipal Assembly emerging as a practical example of how ...

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