Urban space renaissance of a developing country city. Issue 4 (2nd October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Amoah, Samuel Twumasi; Owusu-Sekyere, Ebenezer; Angmor, Emmanuel Narteh
• Is Part Of: Urban research & practice. Volume 12:Issue 4(2019)
• Page Start: 431
• Page End: 447
• Publication Date: 2019-10-02
• Subjects: cities -- community participation -- Ghana -- urban regeneration -- urban governance; Sociology, Urban -- Periodicals; 307.7605
• DOI: 10.1080/17535069.2018.1467962
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1753-5069

Abstract

ABSTRACT: African Governments are envisioning their cities in the images of world-class cities elsewhere. This has led to relentless inner-city regeneration but with some challenges. This article examines these challenges and their implications for urban development in the Ghanaian context. Through multiple research techniques, Ghana's inner-city regeneration revealed contradictions and distortions typified by contestations and dispossessions. The challenges we argue were the offshoot of poor governance with limited community participation in the process, a situation which reflects how urban development is framed in a developing country city. To decipher the challenges will require innovative solutions premised on an all-inclusive urban governance approach.