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1. Analysis of land-use and livelihood transformations in peri-urban areas: Insights from North-Western Ghana

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Alfred Toku, Samuel Twumasi Amoah, Nelson Nyabanyi N-yanbini, Anthony Kwabena Sarfo, and Prosper Tornyeviadzi

Subjects
Peri-urbanization, Land use diversification, Livelihood transformation, Non-farm opportunities, Inclusive cities, Science (General), Q1-390, Social sciences (General), H1-99
Abstract

This paper questions claims that peri-urbanization perpetuates the shrinking of livelihood opportunities. A critical analysis of the peri-urbanization process presents a more nuanced transformation of livelihood opportunities. Drawing on concurrent triangulation mixed-method, primary data was sourced from non-farm workers using survey questionnaires, informant interviews, and observation from 225 respondents in a Ghanaian peri-urban community -Bamahu. Digital image software, Erdas Imaging 2015 and Landsat satellite were used to acquire land use and land cover data to affirm spatial differences. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics complemented with thematic analysis for qualitative data. The findings showed significant land use and land cover alterations from 2000 to 2019. These changes resulted in the springing up of non-farm livelihoods that populated formal and informal non-farm opportunities. The analysis provides evidence that supports two key contributions to peri-urbanization and livelihood transformation debates. Empirically, it brings in-depth insights from original fieldwork data to highlight specific contextual realities by not only revealing the spatial alterations but also peering into how emerging non-farm livelihoods trade-off with existing farm-based livelihoods. Theoretically, it extends the debate by reframing peri-urbanization as a process of transforming livelihoods that thrive due to infrastructural development, new skills, and a ready market for goods and services. These findings have important implications for opening up a theorization of the peri-urbanization phenomenon. This paper concludes that the emergence of these livelihoods is crucial and should be adequately integrated into urban policies and plans to ensure inclusive cities.

Published
2024
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5. List of contributors

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Abdul-Salam Jahanfo Abdulai, Sangita Agarwal, Nufile Uddin Ahmed, Waqas Ali, Ingrid R.F.S. Alves, Charu Arora, Michael Osei Asibey, Taniya Banerjee, Isabelli D. Bassin, João Paulo Bassin, Shelly Bhardwaj, Dipti Bharti, Muhammad Bilal, Amilton Barbosa Botelho Júnior, Syed Mohsin Bukhari, Francine Duarte Castro, Manisha Chandel, Nalini Singh Chauhan, Moharana Choudhury, Ankita Chowdhury, Laura Cutaia, Peter Dabnichki, Soumendra Darbar, Sujit Das, Tanushri Das, Shailja Dhiman, Ananya Dutta, Denise Espinosa, Luíza Santana Franca, Neanderson Galvão, Imania Ghaffar, Tania Ghatak, Arti Goel, Juhi Gupta, Marlia M. Hanafiah, Sumi Handique, Md. Sanowar Hossain, Ali Hussain, Haikal Ismail, Arti Jain, Arshad Javid, Benjamin Dosu Jnr, Jaskiran Kaur, Shilpi Khurana, Deeksha Krishna, Amit Kumar, Roopa Kumari, Tanu Kumari, Smitha M.S., Sophayo Mahongnao, Himadrija Majumder, Priti Malhotra, Ana Paula Martinho, Mahadi Hasan Masud, Bisma Meer, Kushif Meer, Tahir Mehmood, Syed Ghulam Mohayud Din Hashmi, Monjur Mourshed, Fareeha Nadeem, Ammu P. Nair, Sarita Nanda, Asha Patel, Deepak Pathania, Abhay Punia, Sarmad Ahmad Qamar, Akhilesh Singh Raghubanshi, Trishna Rajbongshi, Sanchayita Rajkhowa, Anita Rani, H.K. Sachan, Piu Saha, Srimoyee Saha, null Sangeeta, Abhijit Sarkar, Jyotirmoy Sarma, Ajay Sharma, Nilakshi Dhara Sharma, Pooja Sharma, Anand Narain Singh, Darshan Singh, Rahul Singh, Ravindra Pratap Singh, Siril Singh, Sanju Soni, Sahana Sultana, Jorge Tenório, Manita Thakur, Prosper Tornyeviadzi, Mentore Vaccari, Ajit Varma, Kailas L. Wasewar, Bárbara Gomes Xavier, Carlos Xavier, Elisa Silvana Xavier, and Rajni Yadav

Published
2023
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6. Next to suffer: Population exposure risk to hazardous material transportation in Ghana

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Prosper Tornyeviadzi, Michael Poku-Boansi, and Kwasi Kwafo Adarkwa

Subjects
Truck, 050210 logistics & transportation, Health Policy, 05 social sciences, 0507 social and economic geography, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Poison control, Human factors and ergonomics, Transportation, Pollution, Suicide prevention, Occupational safety and health, Hazardous waste, Environmental health, 0502 economics and business, Injury prevention, Environmental science, Population exposure, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, 050703 geography, Safety Research
Abstract

This study estimates population exposure risks associated with the transportation of hazardous materials using the Accra – Kumasi Highway (N6) in Ghana as a case corridor. Using the mixed methods approach which resulted in collecting both qualitative and quantitative data from transport operators and relevant agencies, the paper estimates that accident probabilities were observed to be high on relatively longer sections of the road (those over 50 km) as there are few speed control measures to check over speeding. It was also found that the risk of a single shipment of a hazardous material was 0.09144 inhabitants per vehicle/km, implying approximately 1464 inhabitants stand a risk of either being killed or injured over the entire 293.3 km stretch of the N6. The paper recommends the use of multiple risk prevention measures by all drivers as it has been shown in the study results that truck operators who combined at least three measures were those who had not been involved in accidents in the last ten years.

Published
2018
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