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Kumasi: Towards a sustainable and resilient cityscape
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Abstract Kumasi is the administrative capital of the Ashanti Region of, and the second largest city in, Ghana. The city also remains the seat of the traditional Asante Kingdom with its establishment around the late 17th century. It was given the accolade the ‘Garden City of West Africa’ in the 1940s due to its greenery cityscape. Over the years, Kumasi's development and morphological trajectories have been dictated by its formidable traditional and cultural ties as well as socio-political antecedents shaped by mainstream political and traditional systems. Presently, the city is faced with rapid urban growth characterised by urban blight, contradictions in governance regimes, distortions in planning systems, and deteriorating infrastructure and services. This paper profiles Kumasi within the context of its demographic characteristics, spatial transformation and governance dynamics, while highlighting the implications of the city's growth patterns for sustainable and resilient futures. The key issue is whether city planning authority's initiatives over the years can contribute to the attainment of the sustainable development goals, particularly goal 11.
Highlights This paper profiles the major socio-political and spatio-cultural influences in Kumasi. The relationship between complex socio-political and planning issues is established. Current patterns of development are threats to the city's resilience and sustainability. Future development pathways are proposed based on Sustainable Development Goal 11.
Kumasi: Towards a sustainable and resilient cityscape
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0816-4048
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7571-9592
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4352-9011
Abstract Kumasi is the administrative capital of the Ashanti Region of, and the second largest city in, Ghana. The city also remains the seat of the traditional Asante Kingdom with its establishment around the late 17th century. It was given the accolade the ‘Garden City of West Africa’ in the 1940s due to its greenery cityscape. Over the years, Kumasi's development and morphological trajectories have been dictated by its formidable traditional and cultural ties as well as socio-political antecedents shaped by mainstream political and traditional systems. Presently, the city is faced with rapid urban growth characterised by urban blight, contradictions in governance regimes, distortions in planning systems, and deteriorating infrastructure and services. This paper profiles Kumasi within the context of its demographic characteristics, spatial transformation and governance dynamics, while highlighting the implications of the city's growth patterns for sustainable and resilient futures. The key issue is whether city planning authority's initiatives over the years can contribute to the attainment of the sustainable development goals, particularly goal 11.
Highlights This paper profiles the major socio-political and spatio-cultural influences in Kumasi. The relationship between complex socio-political and planning issues is established. Current patterns of development are threats to the city's resilience and sustainability. Future development pathways are proposed based on Sustainable Development Goal 11.
Kumasi: Towards a sustainable and resilient cityscape
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0816-4048
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7571-9592
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4352-9011
Abstract Kumasi is the administrative capital of the Ashanti Region of, and the second largest city in, Ghana. The city also remains the seat of the traditional Asante Kingdom with its establishment around the late 17th century. It was given the accolade the ‘Garden City of West Africa’ in the 1940s due to its greenery cityscape. Over the years, Kumasi's development and morphological trajectories have been dictated by its formidable traditional and cultural ties as well as socio-political antecedents shaped by mainstream political and traditional systems. Presently, the city is faced with rapid urban growth characterised by urban blight, contradictions in governance regimes, distortions in planning systems, and deteriorating infrastructure and services. This paper profiles Kumasi within the context of its demographic characteristics, spatial transformation and governance dynamics, while highlighting the implications of the city's growth patterns for sustainable and resilient futures. The key issue is whether city planning authority's initiatives over the years can contribute to the attainment of the sustainable development goals, particularly goal 11.
Highlights This paper profiles the major socio-political and spatio-cultural influences in Kumasi. The relationship between complex socio-political and planning issues is established. Current patterns of development are threats to the city's resilience and sustainability. Future development pathways are proposed based on Sustainable Development Goal 11.
Kumasi: Towards a sustainable and resilient cityscape
Cobbinah, Patrick Brandful (author) / Gaisie, Eric (author) / Oppong-Yeboah, Nana Yaw (author) / Anim, Desmond Ofosu (author)
Cities ; 97
2019-12-05
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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