Urban planning and climate change in Ghana

Urban planning and climate change in Ghana

Urban planning is commonly blamed for its failure to exert a positive influence on managing climate change impacts in urban Africa; yet little is known about planning agencies' perspectives on climate change-urban planning conundrum, and corresponding policy responses. It is in response to this...

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Main Authors:	Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, Michael Osei Asibey, Marcia Opoku-Gyamfi, Charles Peprah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2019-08-01
Series:	Journal of Urban Management
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2226585618301857

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