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Author Ardayfio-Schandorf, Elizabeth.

Title The mobile city of Accra : urban families, housing and residential practices = Accra, capitale en mouvement : familles citadines, logement et pratiques résidentielles / Elizabeth Ardayfio-Schandorf, Paul W.K. Yankson, Monique Bertrand
Published Dakar, Senegal : Codesria ; Oxford, UK : Distributed outside Africa by African Books Collective, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 273 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Codesria book series
Contents ""Cover ""; ""Title page ""; ""Copyright page ""; ""Content/Sommaire""; ""Authors""; ""Les auteurs""; ""Acknowledgment""; ""Avertissement""; ""Preface""; ""Préface""; ""1. Introduction""; ""Défis de l�urbanisation au Ghana""; ""Challenges of Urbanization in Ghana""; ""2. Urban Families and Residential Mobility in Accra ""; ""3. Household Dynamics and Residential Patterns in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area ""; ""4. Ménages, familles et résidence""; ""5. Notion de logement, pratiques residentielles en discussion ""
""6. landlordisn and Housing Production in Greater Accra Metropolitan Area """"7. Rental housing and Tenancy Dynamics with Particular Focus on Low-income Households in Greater Accra Metropolitan Area ""; ""8. Citadins en mouvements ""; ""9. Conclusion ""; ""Metropolisation et fragmentation du Grand Accra ""; ""Greater Accra as a Fragmented Metropolis ""; ""Back cover ""
Summary This book is a product of collaborative research between the Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD, France), the University of Ghana, Legon and CODESRIA. It examines various economic, social and environmental challenges of urbanization that critically affect the capital of Ghana, which has experienced high demographic growth and territorial expansion. The study analyses the Greater Accra city dwellers' residential practices, and focuses on two main factors influencing land and rental markets. On the one hand, it interrogates the constraints and dynamics of urban families, their needs and gender characteristics in terms of accommodation. On the other hand, it explores the opportunities and interests in investment on the part of land owners and real estate developers. At these two levels of describing the social and spatial discriminations, the book attempts to explain the difficult choices that this fragmented city faces. It emphasizes the role of mobility in structuring the metropolitan area, and the negative impact of lack of mobility which results in some households and communities suffering more than others. Light is thrown on diagnostics and prospects in the matter of urban planning
Notes "This book is a product of 'The Evolution of Political Life, Economy, Society and the City in Africa' project, a joint effort of the Institute for Research and Development (IRD, France), the University of Ghana, Legon and CODESRIA"--Preliminary page
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Text in English and French
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Subject Residential mobility -- Ghana -- Accra -- Sociological aspects
Housing -- Ghana -- Accra -- Sociological aspects
Urbanization -- Ghana -- Accra -- Sociological aspects
Families -- Ghana -- Accra -- Sociological aspects
Bilingual & multilingual dictionaries.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Demography.
Housing -- Sociological aspects
Families -- Sociological aspects
Economic history
Housing
Ghana -- Accra
Form Electronic book
Author Yankson, P. W. K.
Bertrand, Monique.
Codesria
LC no. 2012313327
ISBN 9782869781818
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9782869785458
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