Kwadwo Konadu-Agyemang

The Political Economy of Housing and Urban Development in Africa

Ghana's Experience from Colonial Times to 1998

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Produktbeschreibung

Providing adequate, accessible, and affordable housing is a major problem affecting many African countries. Focusing on the West African country of Ghana, Konadu-Agyemang explores the urban housing question in light of current development theories. He concludes that it would be naive to see Ghana's housing crisis primarily as a result of political instability or economic mismanagement. Instead, the author argues that economic and social problems in Africa are products of the structural distortions created by colonialism and the draining of African resources to European countries. The postcolonial continuation of relations of dependency has led to underdevelopment, which is manifested in malformed urban areas characterized by housing shortages, slum environments, and atrophied infrastructures. Konadu-Agyemang concludes that affordable housing in Ghana will only occur with the implementation of policies aimed at decreasing Ghana's dependence on imported building materials and standards. Solutions to the housing crisis in Ghana require remedies to both the internal constraints that impede development and the inequities in the global economy that foster dependency and neo-colonialism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 564g
• ISBN-13: 9780275970031
• ISBN-10: 0275970035
• Artikelnr.: 22188907

Autorenporträt

KWADWO KONADU-AGYEMANG is an Assistant Professor of Geography and Planning at the University of Akron./e

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction The Political Economy of Urbanization, Urban Growth,
and (Under) Development in Sub-Saharan Africa Urban Population Dynamics in
Ghana: 1921-1998 Accra - From a Fishing Village to a Millionaire City: The
Political Economy of the Growth of an African City Housing and Related
Infrastructures in Accra: The State of Affairs Housing Delivery, Demand and
Affordability in Ghana with Special Reference to Accra The Political
Economy of Town Planning, Housing Policy and Strategies in Ghana: From
Colonial Times to Present Housing Policies in Ghana: Towards Strategies for
the Future Bibliography Index