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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

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 5 th 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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Government Policies
Accra Urban Planning Literature
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 11 th 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.
Songsore, J., Nabila, J.S., Amazu, A.T. et al. (2001). Proxy indicators for rapid
assessment of environmental health status of residential areas: the case of the
Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA), Ghana. Stockholm Environment
Institute Urban Environment Series Report No. 4. Stockholm: Stockholm
Environment Institute.
Weeks, J.R., Hill, A.G., Getis, A., Stow, D. (2006). Ethnic residential patterns as
predictors of intra-urban child mortality inequalities in Accra, Ghana. Urban
Geography, 27(6): 526-548.
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World Health Organization & UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water
Supply and Sanitation (2008). Coverage estimates for improved sanitation –
Ghana.
Books
Songsore, J., Nabila, J.S., Yangyouru, Y. et al. (2009). Integrating disaster risk
and environmental health monitoring: Greater Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana.
In, Pelling, M. & Wisner, B. Disaster Risk Reduction: cases from urban Africa.
London: Earthscan, pp. 65-86.
Journal Articles
Arku, R. E., Vallarino, J., Dionisio, K. L., Willis, R., Choi, H., Wilson, J. G., et al.
(2008). Characterizing air pollution in two low-income neighborhoods in Accra,
Ghana. Science of The Total Environment, 402(2-3), 217-231.
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Accra-Related Gender Studies Literature
Reports, journal articles
African Development Fund, Human Development Department (2008). Ghana
country gender profile. October, 2008.
Amoo-Adare, E. (2004). En-gendering critical spatial literacy: migrant Asante
women and the politics of urban space. Wagadu, 1: 1-17.
Awumbila, M., & Ardayfio-Schandorf, E. (2008). Gendered poverty, migration
and livelihood strategies of female porters in Accra, Ghana. Norwegian Journal
of Geography, 62(3), 171-179.
Levin, C. E., Ruel, M. T., Morris, S. S., Maxwell, D. G., Armar-Klemesu, M., &
Ahiadeke, C. (1999). Working Women in an Urban Setting: Traders, Vendors and
Food Security in Accra. World Development, 27(11), 1977-1991.
Overa, R. (2007). When men do women's work: structural adjustment,
unemployment and changing gender relations in the informal economy of Accra,
Ghana. The Journal of Modern African Studies, 45(04), 539-563.
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Books
Ghana/Accra-Related Literature on Politics,
Governance, Institutions etc.
GaDangme Council 1999. Burning Issues on Ga Dangme Lands. Accra: Ga
Dangme Council.
GaDangme Council, 2002. A Mid-Term Briefing on the Challenges, Acts and
Accomplishments of the GaDangme Council. Accra: GaDangme Council.
Gough, Katherine, and Paul Yankson. 1997. Continuity and Change in Peri-
Urban Accra. Copenhagen: Danish Council for Development Research.
MacDonald, George. 1898. The Gold Coast: Past and Present: A Short
Description of the Country and Its People. London: Longmans.
Parker, John. 2000. Making the Town: Ga State and Society in Early Colonial
Accra. Portsmouth: Heinemann.
Journal Articles
Appiahene-Gyamfi, Joseph . 2003 . "Urban Crime Trends and Patterns in Ghana:
the Case of Accra." Journal of Criminal Justice 31: 13-23.
Campbell, John. 1994. "Urbanization, Culture and the Politics of Urban
Development in Ghana, 1875- 1980." Urban Anthropology 23: 409-50.
Gymiah-Boadi, E., and Richard Asante 2003. Minorities in Ghana. Report
prepared for the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights, Sub-Commission on
Promotion and Protection of Human Rights Working Group on Minorities, Ninth
Session, May 12-16, New York.
Obeng-Odoom, F. (2009). An urban twist to politics in Ghana. Habitat
International, In Press, Corrected Proof.
Oberhauser, A.M.; Hanson, K.T. (2007). Negotiating livelihoods and scale in the
context of neoliberal globalization: perspectives from Accra, Ghana. African
Geographical Review, 26: 11-36.
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