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Invisible Crisis in Ghana’s Cities: The Role of Urban Planning in Strengthening Family Bonding
Ghana is rapidly urbanising, transforming not only skylines but also the social fabric that binds communities together. As cities expand, the stability of urban households become increasingly important in supporting safe, inclusive, and productive communities. Of late, a growing concern among urban family practitioners is the decline of parental involvement especially among fathers which threatens […]
Christmas in Accra: A Festive Season of Traffic and Tension
Every December, Accra slips into a unique rhythm; festive lights, overflowing markets, full social calendars, and paralysing traffic. Roads slow to a crawl, tempers flare, productivity drops, and what should be a season of joy becomes a daily test of patience and endurance. This congestion is not a surprise. It happens every year. Yet, each […]
Land Value Capture as a tool for Urban Development: Effects on the community.
Land value capture (LVC) is one of the most debated tools in contemporary urban policy. Land Value Capture (LVC) is how governments recover the extra value added to land by public investments (like roads, transit, or parks) either by taxing it as revenue or reinvesting it directly in community upgrades that benefit all residentsi. Land value capture is applied […]
Changing family structures: Rethinking planning in a changing Ghanaian Society
Ghana is urbanising and undergoing social and spatial transformation. Beneath the concrete buildings, traffic congestion, noise of political debates, and development targets lies a quieter, more intimate revolution, the changing Ghanaian family. The transformation of the extended family to a nuclear family structure is evident in Ghanaian societies today. This transition is not just about […]