Acheampong,
Ransford A. (2019). Spatial Planning in Ghana. Origins, Contemporary Reforms
and Practices, and New Perspectives. Springer
Description: This
book documents and analyses spatial planning in Ghana, providing a
comprehensive and critical discussion of the evolving institutional and legal
arrangements that have shaped and defined Ghana’s spatial planning system for
more than seven decades; the contemporary policy instruments and mechanisms for
articulating and implementing policies and proposals at multiple scales; and
the formally established procedures for development management. It covers
important themes in contemporary spatial planning discourse, including the
evolving meaning, scope and purpose of spatial planning globally; the scales of
spatial planning (i.e. national, regional, sub-regional and local); multi-level
integration within spatial planning; public participation; the interface
between urbanization, sustainable growth management and spatial planning;
spatial planning and housing development; integrated spatial development and
transportation planning; and spatial planning and the urban informal economy.
Intended for undergraduate and graduate students, and academic researchers and
practitioners/policy-makers in the multidisciplinary field of spatial planning,
it appeals to readers seeking an international perspective on spatial planning
systems and practices.
