Ailing Cities
Oro Editions (Verlag)
978-1-954081-08-6 (ISBN)
Ailing Cities is a book written largely to educate and facilitate a dialogue with people of all backgrounds on environmental sustainability, architecture, urban planning, and design. It has been necessitated by urban ills in Ghana and other sub-Saharan African countries. Urbanisation has led to the creation of informal settlements within communities in sub-Saharan countries that are most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, coupled with the lack of enforcement of planning and building laws that have resulted in spatial chaos and vegetative depletion. Ailing Cities addresses relevant topics essential to give the reader an understanding of how individuals and communities can bring lasting changes to their communities.
Kwaku L. Keddey is an architect and urbanist. He earned an MSc. in Urban and Environmental Planning from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville in 2014. He is a member of the Ghana Institute of Planners and the Ghana Institute of Architects.
INTRODUCTION
REVIVE ACCRA OR BUILD A NEW CAPITAL CITY?
The Rise of Accra: Pre-Independence
Urban Planning in Accra
Ills of Modern Accra
Calls for a New Capital 63 Years After Independence
Future of Accra
Founding a City
CHANGE IN A CLIMATE CHANGE ERA
Perennial Flooding in Ghana
Understanding Climate Change
Adapting to Climate Change
Urban Heat Island Effect (UHI)
Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
How do we Achieve the Sustainability and Resilience Agenda?
Taking Advantage of the Sun
Making Coastal Cities Resilient: Elmina
PARKS AND URBAN FORESTRY
Saving the Vegetative Cover of an Urbanizing Accra
Protecting the Vegetation Zones
Avoiding Extinction
A RELOOK AT THE TRANSPORTATION MODES
The Revival of Rail Transport
Toward a Vibrant Ghanaian Railway Sector
Revolutionizing Cycling
ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Housing in Ghana
Ghana Housing Policy
The Ghanaian’s Right to Housing
How Have Other Countries Approached Housing?
The Suburbanization Culture Explained
Making Persons with Disability (PWD) Special
Housing Prisoners and Making Prisons Model Communities
SLUMS AND SQUATTER SETTLEMENT
The Issue of Population Explosion
Defining Slums
The Global Picture
Life of the Slum Dweller
Growth of Slums
Old Fadama: Slum Upgrading or Slum Clearance?
Learning from Curitiba
ZONING AND MASTER PLANNING
Plan Making and Zoning in Principle
Zoning in Ghana
Land Ownership in Ghana
Ethical Land Use
Mortgage Financing
Protecting the City’s Image
Planning Terminologies
STREET LAYOUT AND CITY PLANNING
Grid Street System
Radial Street System
The Industrial Revolution
Urban Renewal
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF GHANAIAN CITIES
Economic Development
Community Engagement
Parks and Tree Planting
Alternative Modes of Transport
Future of Ghanaian Prisons
Built Environment Institutions and the Thriving City
Role of Young Planners
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| Erscheinungsdatum | 14.02.2022 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 50 Illustrations, color |
| Verlagsort | San Rafael |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 215 mm |
| Gewicht | 344 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie |
| Technik ► Architektur | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-954081-08-1 / 1954081081 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-954081-08-6 / 9781954081086 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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