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Researchers' interest in consumer religiosity and behavior is explained by the fact that religion influences not only the social behavior of individuals, but also their consumption behavior. Most of the studies on the subject come from Western and Asian countries with a few of such studies been conducted in Africa and particularly in Ghana. The aim of this paper is to explore the concepts of religiosity and consumer behavior in Ghana, in order to consider the role of culture in the management and marketing of industrial products. Ghana is a country where religion plays an important role in shaping lives and ensuring community cohesion. However, a determined part of the believers contributes to increasing the consumption of industrial beverages, and the obliviousness in the marketing sector also seems to be a barrier that slows the production and consumption of non-alcoholic industrial beverages. The research approach is exploratory and qualitative. The collection of qualitative ...

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- Sociology, Project Management, Qualitative methodology, Educational Research

Housing is one of the most basic needs of human beings but many people find it difficult to afford. This is why there are many housing shortages in most parts of the world especially in developing countries. There seems to be paucity of studies on rural housing challenges in Ghana in general and Kulmasa community in the Upper West Region of Ghana in particular. This research seeks to bridge this knowledge gap by assessing rural housing challenges in the Upper West Region of Ghana using Kulmasa as a case study area in order to come out with interventions to address these housing challenges. Study methods include the use of questionnaire, interview guides and observation checklist for data analysis. A total of 66 respondents (both male and female) who took part in this study were purposively selected. The results indicated that the existing housing conditions in Kulmasa community in the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region of Ghana are in substandard state. The study found out that cultural reasons, proximity to place of work, environmental friendliness of the area, accessibility and affordability of the land and availability of better infrastructure are factors influencing housing development in Kulmasa community of the Upper West Region of Ghana. The study found out that lack of access to secure land, limited access to finance, high cost of land registration, slow bureaucratic procedures, lack of infrastructure in rural areas, development controls, uncoordinated policies and implementations, high cost of construction and high price of land are some of the challenges of the existing housing conditions in Kulmasa community of the Upper West Region of Ghana. It is recommended that the government of Ghana should provide enabling environment for private sector to provide safe, adequate and affordable housing for people in rural communities in the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region of Ghana. Again, the study recommends that the government of Ghana should liaise with banks and set up social housing mortgage scheme for the people of Kulmasa community. This entails interested banks pooling reasonable sum of money together for lending to the people of Kulmasa community at a negotiated but reduced interest rate of say 5% or less.

- by Justice Agyei Ampofo
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- Geography, Educational Research, Facility Management, Built Environment

Waste disposal management is an issue of concern among stakeholders responsible for waste management. The purpose of this study was to examine waste disposal management practices in three selected Senior High Schools (SHS) within the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region of Ghana. The study adopted a mixed method explanatory sequential approach with both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis. The tools used to capture the required data includes; questionnaires, interview schedules and observation. The study respondents were students, teachers and school management of selected Senior High Schools within the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region of Ghana. The study respondents were one hundred and twenty-two (122) respondents comprising 45 students, 45 teachers, 30 school management officials,1 education officer and 1 waste management officer. The study found out that different kind of solid wastes are generated in Senior High Schools within the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region of Ghana. The study found out that the commonest types of solid waste generated in these schools were food waste, rubbish, and ashes. Again, it was found out that waste is been disposed off in open spaces in Senior High Schools within the Wa Municipality. The study further revealed that, students, teachers and school management are worried about the waste disposal situation in senior high schools within the Wa Municipality. It also emerged from the study that there are no proper waste dump sites in Senior High Schools within the Wa Municipality. The study also found out that waste is being thrown away without separation in senior high schools within the Wa Municipality. It also emerged from the study that waste management practices are very important to students. Based on the findings of the study, the study recommends the provision of adequate dustbins in Senior High Schools within the Wa Municipality. The study further recommends regular collection of waste in Senior High Schools within the Wa Municipality by the institutions responsible. At least, waste should be collected once in every week in Senior High Schools within the Wa Municipality. The study further recommends regular monitoring of waste collection by the Wa Municipal Assembly. This will keep the place constantly clean and prevent any possible outbreak of communicable diseases such as cholera and typhoid.

The main objective of the study was to investigate the causes of increasing numbers of unplanned settlement areas in the Kitwe district of the Copperbelt Province of Zambia. The study also sought to determine the consequences associated with these unplanned settlements and to finally establish remedial measures to end unplanned settlements.
Using structured questionnaires and in-depth interviews which were given to the respondents and informants respectively quantitative data was collected and analysed. The study found that poverty was a major cause of the mushrooming of unplanned settlements. Secondly, the lack of affordable land & housing was cited as the next major cause of the mushrooming of unplanned settlements that politics was seen as another cause of the mushrooming of unplanned settlements. As regards consequences associated with unplanned settlements, the majority of the respondents indicated that poor water and sanitation provision was the major consequences of the increase of unplanned settlements and social exclusion resulting in high crime rates was rated second and thirdly substandard housing and poor infrastructure was also cited a cause.
The study also recommended that upgrading of unplanned settlement should continue since most of these areas have been existence for a long time and have a huge population. It also recommended that the problem of unemployment in the community should be tackled effectively and that the local authorities should be pro-active and have proper land management systems so as to encounter land invasions which have used to gain political mileage by land party cadres.

- by Wanga Maiwanga
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- Land Economy

This paper investigates challenges faced by housing institutions and their effects on housing delivery systems in Lilongwe city council. It has used a survey of 5 institutions that develop, own, finance, design, and contract housing construction in Lilongwe city. It is established in this study that Government in partnership with private enterprises like banks and the Civil Society, is making some effort to provide housing delivery systems to the inhabitants of the city but the provision is biased towards the working people (civil servants and private sector formal employees). There are limited systems focusing on the poor urban masses that have low income. Corruption, limited delivery capacity by the housing institutions, weak economy with low salaries, high interest rates on loans and poor policy environment governing housing issues seem to be the major factors compromising progress. The key recommendation is that Government and its partners in housing development need to promote public, private, partnerships in resolving the plight of the poor urban masses that seem to be getting the bulk of the negative social and economic consequences for a weak urban housing delivery system.

The activities of multinational companies have affected the livelihood of smallholder farmer in the Pru East, though a lot of research work has been done on large scale land acquisition but this study focus on how it affects livelihood asset of smallholder farmers in the Pru East District. Over the past ten years, the Government of Ghana have leased out large tracts of land for investors, mainly foreign investors. Survey research approach was used for the study. A multi-stage sampling technique was employed and a sample size of 332 households was used for the study. The study used five indicators of the Livelihood Effect Index (LEI) espoused by Downing et al., (2001) to determine the effects of large-scale land acquisition on the livelihood of smallholder farming households. Large scale land acquisition has a significant positive moderate effect on the employment, healthcare and food security but, has a significant negative high effect on income levels of smallholder farming households. However, large scale land acquisition has no significant effect on the nutritional status of farming households in the Pru East district of the Bono East region. Kobre and Kadue communities with an LEI of 0.53 suggests that livelihoods of farming households in these two communities are the most effected with large scale land acquisition. The study also recommends that MMDAs must formulate by-laws to ensure that large scale land investors employ people from the host communities of the projects.

- by Ronald O Mensah
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- Land Economy, Land Acquisition, Livelihood assets
- by István Hegedűs
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- Land Economy, Land Policy, Land Politics

The management of waste has become one of the key environmental concerns of the past decades with hundreds of scientific papers published on the topic every year. However, there seems to be paucity of studies on the implications of poor waste disposal management practices on schools in general in Ghana and Wa Municipality in particular. The purpose of this study was to investigate the implications of poor waste disposal management practices on Senior High Schools in Wa Municipality. The study adopted a mixed method explanatory sequential approach with both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis. The tools used to capture the required data includes, questionnaires, interview schedules and observation. The study respondents were students, teachers and school management of selected Senior High Schools within the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region of Ghana. The study respondents were one hundred and twenty two (122) respondents comprising 45 students, 45 teachers, 30 school management officials, 1 education officer and 1 waste management officer. The study revealed that, the commonest type of waste generated within the Senior High Schools in the Municipality were food waste, rubbish, papers, plastic materials. Key findings of the research shows that waste was not separated into plastics, papers, organic waste and was haphazardly disposed due to lack of dustbins. Again, the study found out that uncollected waste in Senior High Schools causes poor sanitation. It also emerged from the study that high rate of population growth in Senior High Schools within the Wa Municipality have resulted in the generation of an enormous volume of solid waste, which poses a serious threat to environmental quality and human health and this causes disease outbreaks; cases of cholera as well as other diarrhea diseases in Senior High Schools within the Wa Municipality. The study recommends that the Wa Municipal Assembly and ZoomLion Company should supply dustbins to Senior High Schools within the Wa Municipality. Finally, the study recommends adequate resourcing of waste disposal management for Senior High Schools within the Wa Municipality. The waste management institutions should be adequately resourced to ensure efficient and effective waste disposal management in Senior High Schools within the Wa Municipality. The Wa Municipal Assembly should liaise with other corporate bodies like the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to pull financial resources to support the institutions in charge of managing waste especially the ZoomLion Ghana Ltd. With the support, adequate dustbin and core waste disposal management equipment such as compaction trucks roll on/roll off trucks, skip loaders would be purchased to ensure effective waste collection and disposal.

Acting ethically is a defining characteristic of being a professional. It is good for business and it is good for client and public protection. However, whilst it is well-known that acting ethically could be challenging in certain circumstances, merely accepting this position without concerted efforts to advance ethics in a profession has detrimental knock-on effects for the professional, profession, industry, and society at large. The key question then is, whilst absolute ‘perfection’ may not be feasible or be in immediate reach in any national context, how do professionals and the institutions that represent their profession painstakingly work towards constantly narrowing the gap between the prevailing state of ethics and that vision of an ethical practitioner, practice, business, and industry. In this talk, I explore a range of issues on the subject of professional ethics within the construction and property/real estate sectors. The talk was delivered at an international conference jointly held by the Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy (CASLE- http://www.casle.org) and the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS - http://www.ghisonline.org). The conference was held in Takoradi, Ghana, on 12th March 2015.

An interdisciplinarity becames more and more popular approach in contemporary science to explaning the complexity of the world. The article tries to show that the Bible is a genuine source where we can find many archetypes of various economical theories and concepts. One of them is land, soil itself. From the economical point of view land is one of the primary factors of production. Land has got not only economical value, but also social and cultural. The Bible is a great source of inspiration for many economical ideas concerning land, i.e. the value of land, ownership of land and cyclical fertility of the soil (vide: Sabbath rest). The main goal of this paper is to find and compare the contemporary economical knowledge to the knowledge of the Pentateuch and provide an economic explanation for the word of God.

- by Collectanea Theologica
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- Economics, Soil, Interdisciplinarity, Interdisciplinary Studies

- by Adams Sabogu
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- Project Management, Qualitative methodology, Educational Research, Land management

Farming Nature Post Brexit is an exhibition presenting research into the proposed plans for agricultural subsidy reform as the UK leaves the EU's Common Agricultural Policy. The work was nominated by curator Dani Admiss for a Design of the Year Award at the London Design Museum, and is to be exhibited between September 10th 2019 and February 9th 2020. Positioned in the architecture category for its investigation into land use and politics, the nominated contribution explores the political ecology of wildlife conservation under the new farming subsidy system, called Public Money for Public Goods in connection with Brexit. Developed in conjunction with Dani Admiss as a way to improve public understanding around the critical and historical dimensions of this complicated and opaque policy proposal, the poster was situated amongst other transformative design proposals from around the globe.

Risks and uncertainties associated with international real estate investment especially in developing economies has been an important discourse as it concerns Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Developing economies need to overcome their own challenges in the development process especially in the areas of capital accumulation and technological development. Again, it has been established that internationalized real estate investments plays a leading role for emerging economies like the Nigerian economy because it increases the capital investments base and offers important profit opportunities not only for the host country but also for the country investing. The aim of this study is to expose the factors that pose imminent risks and uncertainties in international real estate investment in developing economies. The study employed the use of secondary data for a qualitative analysis of the subject matter. The analysis showed that legal regulations and incentives to draw in investments creates an effective and favorable environment in Nigeria. Today, Nigeria does not only attract foreign investment, but also invests in other nations. These shows that having a role in multiple areas of the global economy improves the capital investment growth. The study recommends that government policies should be reviewed to create more viability to the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The study also suggested that developing economies can be enhanced if property markets are well coordinated and sustained. It also recommends that building materials should be manufactured locally so that the cost would be minimize.

- by Justice Agyei Ampofo
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- Geography, Socioeconomics, Educational Research, Facility Management
- by Non Arkaraprasertkul
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- Sociology, Anthropology, Design, Architecture

- by Justice Agyei Ampofo and +3
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- Project Management, Qualitative methodology, Educational Research, Land management

This paper discusses the regulation of agricultural land market in Poland compared to the European
market in view of the increasing prices of land in Europe. It presents the causes of the increasing
prices of land in Europe, including Poland, and certain historical considerations which affect the
current relevancy of land in Poland and the reluctance to sell it to foreigners. The author believes that
the history of agricultural land market regulation in Poland after 1989 can be divided into three periods. The first period starts with the beginnings of the economic transition and liberal, unhampered
land turnover. The second dates back to 2003, when new regulations introduced certain restrictions
in land turnover and land ownership. The third period is dated from the entry into force the Law of
14 April 2016, which is characterised by strict state intervention on the agricultural land market. It
follows the trend of retreating from liberalization, which has recently been more intensified in Central and Eastern Europe. The article lists economic and legal factors, which restrict the functioning
of agricultural land markets in Poland, and compares these regulations to selected other European
countries.

- by Sergiusz Prokurat
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- Urban land economics, Land Law, Land economics, Economics of Land Use