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Routledge eBooks, Mar 2, 2016
Routledge eBooks, Mar 2, 2016
Routledge eBooks, Mar 2, 2016
Routledge eBooks, Mar 2, 2016
Routledge eBooks, Mar 2, 2016
Globalisation, Societies and Education
Environment and Urbanization, 2020
Extreme weather events disproportionately affect residents of low-income urban settlements in the... more Extreme weather events disproportionately affect residents of low-income urban settlements in the global South. This paper explores the impacts of extreme heat and flooding on water and electricity services in Accra and Tamale, Ghana. Interviews with water/electricity providers and water quality analysis are combined with household interviews, focus group discussions and observations conducted in eight low-income urban settlements. The findings highlight the interconnected nature of service provision during extreme weather events, with challenges in one sector reinforcing problems in another, exacerbating difficulties with access. Although households can utilize rainwater during flooding, it is highly susceptible to faecal contamination, and electricity supplies are often disconnected. During extreme heat, demand for water and electricity outstrips supply, leading to severe shortages, especially in Tamale. Water and electricity service providers should consider their interconnected ...
Geoforum, 2019
This article examines the experiences of an often-neglected population group in geographical scho... more This article examines the experiences of an often-neglected population group in geographical scholarship, namely, elderly people living in African cities. Using qualitative research conducted in the Ghanaian cities of Accra and Sekondi-Takoradi, we demonstrate how investigating older people's mobilities, and examining how they influence social and economic processes, has important implications for how agency in urban contexts is conceptualized. We do so using a novel analytical framework that combines mobilities and social infrastructure approaches to generate empirical insights that are more attuned to the spontaneity, heterogeneity, and informality of African urbanism as encountered by older residents. Our findings extend scholarship on ageing and urban studies in two key ways. First, we reveal the dispositions, practices and strategies older residents deploy as part of their efforts to navigate the urban terrain. Through doing so we qualify popular narratives in geography, and allied disciplines, of older people as either care givers or care receivers. Second, we further scholarship in urban studies which, while more considerate of insights from the majority world, especially the experiences of children and youth, has overlooked how older people are shaping urban dynamics in Africa.
Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography, 2017
Existing research on urban Ghana mainly focuses on processes occurring within the country's major... more Existing research on urban Ghana mainly focuses on processes occurring within the country's major cities, thereby reproducing a trend within the social sciences to overlook the role of intermediate and secondary cities. This paper aims to address this shortcoming by exploring spatial and social transformations in Sekondi-Takoradi, one of Ghana's secondary cities and the metropolitan area serving the region's emerging rubber industries as well as the country's oil and gas economy. Using qualitative interviews conducted with residents in five of the city's neighbourhoods, and a modified version of Kaufmann's typology of mobility, we examine migration into Sekondi-Takoradi, residential mobility within the city, and the daily mobility of the city's residents. The paper highlights how these diverse forms of mobility interact with processes taking place both within and outside Sekondi-Takoradi, most notably influencing and being influenced by livelihood strategies. It is argued that the city and its hinterlands can best be envisaged as a mobile networked whole, rather than consisting of disconnected and compartmentalised locales. The paper thus contributes to broader debates on how mobility shapes urbanisation by providing new empirical data on events unfolding in Africa's secondary cities, and extends existing research by providing a counter narrative to literature that examines the city and its surrounding rural areas separately.
Routledge eBooks, Sep 11, 2009
Routledge eBooks, Sep 11, 2009
1. Introduction (Jytte Agergaard, Niels Fold and Katherine V. Gough) 2. Conceptualizing and Perfo... more 1. Introduction (Jytte Agergaard, Niels Fold and Katherine V. Gough) 2. Conceptualizing and Performing Comparison of Rural-urban Dynamics (Gough, Agergaard, Fold and Lasse Moller-Jensen) 3. Small Town Development in the Ghanaian Cocoa Frontier (Michael Helt Knudsen) 4. Living From Coffee in Vietnam's Central Highlands: Susceptible Livelihoods and Diverse Settlement Transformation (Agergaard) 5. Rise and Fall of Smallholder Pineapple Production in Ghana: Changing Global Markets, Livelihoods and Settlement Growth (Gough and Fold) 6. Transforming Livelihoods and Settlements: Fruit Production and Urbanization in Vitenam's Mekong Delta (Xuan Thanh Hoang and Cecilia Tacoli) 7. Agricultural Frontier Settlements: Markets, Livelihood Diversification and Small Town Development (Fold and Tacoli) 8. Handicrafts in Vietnam: Rural Urbanization in the Red River Delta (Gough and Dang Nguyen Anh) 9. A Revolution in the Thai Handicraft Industry? Handicrafts, Integration and Rural Development in Northern Thailand (Jonathan Rigg, Suriya Veeravongs, Piyawadee Rohitarachoon and Lalida Veeravongs) 10. From Farm to Factory: Village Change in a Rice Growing Region (Rigg, Veeravongs, Rohitarachoon and Veeravongs) 11. Handicraft and Manufacturing Frontier: Transforming Livelihoods, Re-shaping Settlements (Gough and Rigg) 12. Rural Urban Transitions in Tanzania's Northwest Mining Frontier (Deborah Fahy Bryceson and Rosemarie Mwaipopo) 13. The Dynamics of the Gold Mining Industry and its Effects on Settlements and Livelihoods in Wassa West District, Ghana (Yankson) 14. Frontier Mining Settlements: Livelihood Promises and Predicaments (Bryceson and Yankson) 15. Conclusion (Fold, Gough and Agergaard)
International Development Planning Review, 2020
In 2007, the world became predominantly urban (UN-Habitat, 2007). Passing this tipping point high... more In 2007, the world became predominantly urban (UN-Habitat, 2007). Passing this tipping point highlighted the increasing complexities and pressures faced in addressing urban poverty and inequalities. Exacerbating these challenges are experiences of violence, insecurity and exclusion within urban spaces (
Geografisk Tidsskrift-danish Journal of Geography, 1999
14 Conflict and Cooperation in Environmental Management in Peri-Urban Accra, Ghana Katherine Goug... more 14 Conflict and Cooperation in Environmental Management in Peri-Urban Accra, Ghana Katherine Gough and Paul Yankson Introduction Peri ... in conflicts within communities, between different communities, and between communities and governmental authorities (Kasanga et al ...
Routledge eBooks, Mar 2, 2016
Routledge eBooks, Mar 2, 2016
Routledge eBooks, Mar 2, 2016
Routledge eBooks, Mar 2, 2016
Routledge eBooks, Mar 2, 2016
Globalisation, Societies and Education
Environment and Urbanization, 2020
Extreme weather events disproportionately affect residents of low-income urban settlements in the... more Extreme weather events disproportionately affect residents of low-income urban settlements in the global South. This paper explores the impacts of extreme heat and flooding on water and electricity services in Accra and Tamale, Ghana. Interviews with water/electricity providers and water quality analysis are combined with household interviews, focus group discussions and observations conducted in eight low-income urban settlements. The findings highlight the interconnected nature of service provision during extreme weather events, with challenges in one sector reinforcing problems in another, exacerbating difficulties with access. Although households can utilize rainwater during flooding, it is highly susceptible to faecal contamination, and electricity supplies are often disconnected. During extreme heat, demand for water and electricity outstrips supply, leading to severe shortages, especially in Tamale. Water and electricity service providers should consider their interconnected ...
Geoforum, 2019
This article examines the experiences of an often-neglected population group in geographical scho... more This article examines the experiences of an often-neglected population group in geographical scholarship, namely, elderly people living in African cities. Using qualitative research conducted in the Ghanaian cities of Accra and Sekondi-Takoradi, we demonstrate how investigating older people's mobilities, and examining how they influence social and economic processes, has important implications for how agency in urban contexts is conceptualized. We do so using a novel analytical framework that combines mobilities and social infrastructure approaches to generate empirical insights that are more attuned to the spontaneity, heterogeneity, and informality of African urbanism as encountered by older residents. Our findings extend scholarship on ageing and urban studies in two key ways. First, we reveal the dispositions, practices and strategies older residents deploy as part of their efforts to navigate the urban terrain. Through doing so we qualify popular narratives in geography, and allied disciplines, of older people as either care givers or care receivers. Second, we further scholarship in urban studies which, while more considerate of insights from the majority world, especially the experiences of children and youth, has overlooked how older people are shaping urban dynamics in Africa.
Geografisk Tidsskrift-Danish Journal of Geography, 2017
Existing research on urban Ghana mainly focuses on processes occurring within the country's major... more Existing research on urban Ghana mainly focuses on processes occurring within the country's major cities, thereby reproducing a trend within the social sciences to overlook the role of intermediate and secondary cities. This paper aims to address this shortcoming by exploring spatial and social transformations in Sekondi-Takoradi, one of Ghana's secondary cities and the metropolitan area serving the region's emerging rubber industries as well as the country's oil and gas economy. Using qualitative interviews conducted with residents in five of the city's neighbourhoods, and a modified version of Kaufmann's typology of mobility, we examine migration into Sekondi-Takoradi, residential mobility within the city, and the daily mobility of the city's residents. The paper highlights how these diverse forms of mobility interact with processes taking place both within and outside Sekondi-Takoradi, most notably influencing and being influenced by livelihood strategies. It is argued that the city and its hinterlands can best be envisaged as a mobile networked whole, rather than consisting of disconnected and compartmentalised locales. The paper thus contributes to broader debates on how mobility shapes urbanisation by providing new empirical data on events unfolding in Africa's secondary cities, and extends existing research by providing a counter narrative to literature that examines the city and its surrounding rural areas separately.
Routledge eBooks, Sep 11, 2009
Routledge eBooks, Sep 11, 2009
1. Introduction (Jytte Agergaard, Niels Fold and Katherine V. Gough) 2. Conceptualizing and Perfo... more 1. Introduction (Jytte Agergaard, Niels Fold and Katherine V. Gough) 2. Conceptualizing and Performing Comparison of Rural-urban Dynamics (Gough, Agergaard, Fold and Lasse Moller-Jensen) 3. Small Town Development in the Ghanaian Cocoa Frontier (Michael Helt Knudsen) 4. Living From Coffee in Vietnam's Central Highlands: Susceptible Livelihoods and Diverse Settlement Transformation (Agergaard) 5. Rise and Fall of Smallholder Pineapple Production in Ghana: Changing Global Markets, Livelihoods and Settlement Growth (Gough and Fold) 6. Transforming Livelihoods and Settlements: Fruit Production and Urbanization in Vitenam's Mekong Delta (Xuan Thanh Hoang and Cecilia Tacoli) 7. Agricultural Frontier Settlements: Markets, Livelihood Diversification and Small Town Development (Fold and Tacoli) 8. Handicrafts in Vietnam: Rural Urbanization in the Red River Delta (Gough and Dang Nguyen Anh) 9. A Revolution in the Thai Handicraft Industry? Handicrafts, Integration and Rural Development in Northern Thailand (Jonathan Rigg, Suriya Veeravongs, Piyawadee Rohitarachoon and Lalida Veeravongs) 10. From Farm to Factory: Village Change in a Rice Growing Region (Rigg, Veeravongs, Rohitarachoon and Veeravongs) 11. Handicraft and Manufacturing Frontier: Transforming Livelihoods, Re-shaping Settlements (Gough and Rigg) 12. Rural Urban Transitions in Tanzania's Northwest Mining Frontier (Deborah Fahy Bryceson and Rosemarie Mwaipopo) 13. The Dynamics of the Gold Mining Industry and its Effects on Settlements and Livelihoods in Wassa West District, Ghana (Yankson) 14. Frontier Mining Settlements: Livelihood Promises and Predicaments (Bryceson and Yankson) 15. Conclusion (Fold, Gough and Agergaard)
International Development Planning Review, 2020
In 2007, the world became predominantly urban (UN-Habitat, 2007). Passing this tipping point high... more In 2007, the world became predominantly urban (UN-Habitat, 2007). Passing this tipping point highlighted the increasing complexities and pressures faced in addressing urban poverty and inequalities. Exacerbating these challenges are experiences of violence, insecurity and exclusion within urban spaces (
Geografisk Tidsskrift-danish Journal of Geography, 1999
14 Conflict and Cooperation in Environmental Management in Peri-Urban Accra, Ghana Katherine Goug... more 14 Conflict and Cooperation in Environmental Management in Peri-Urban Accra, Ghana Katherine Gough and Paul Yankson Introduction Peri ... in conflicts within communities, between different communities, and between communities and governmental authorities (Kasanga et al ...
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 2022
This article focuses on the urbanizing impact of the post-millennial mineral boom at artisanal an... more This article focuses on the urbanizing impact of the post-millennial mineral boom at artisanal and small-scale (ASM) or large-scale (LSM) mining sites in three mineral- rich countries, involving gold in Ghana, diamonds in Angola, and both minerals in Tanzania. The focus is on comparing the agency of miners and other residents migrating to, settling in, and making the mining site habitable. Their mobility and settlement patterns reveal an urbanization trend marked by population agglomeration and expanding labour complexity, taking distinct forms at the rush and mature stages of gold and diamond ASM and LSM sites. Citing data from household surveys conducted at 12 mining sites, we trace how ‘mineralized urbanization’ propels in-migration, rising localized purchasing power, and proliferating service sector and trade activities, fuelling both urban demographic and economic change along the mining extraction trajectory. LSM and ASM generate synergies as well as detractive forces, depending on the size, age and history of the mining settlement development. What emerges is the differential development of households and settlements through strategic economic manoeuvring and the rough and tumble of happenstance, underlined by a compelling, albeit fluctuating, trajectory of non-renewable mineralized urbanization.
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