Planning and provision of Public Infrastructure: A case study of drainage canals in Tema, Ghana

dc.contributor.author Gyan, Kwadwo
dc.contributor.department Community and Regional Planning
dc.contributor.majorProfessor Francis Owusu
dc.contributor.majorProfessor Jane Rongerude
dc.date 2019-09-22T17:39:38.000
dc.date.accessioned 2020-06-30T01:34:02Z
dc.date.available 2020-06-30T01:34:02Z
dc.date.copyright Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 UTC 2019
dc.date.issued 2019-01-01
dc.description.abstract <p>Rapid urbanization is a threat to the efficient and proactive provision of basic urban infrastructure. Nonetheless, existing formal regulations and design standards in Ghanaian cities are often outmoded, too expensive, cumbersome to implement and inconsistent with the incremental urban development practices that are prevalent. In response, many urban residents have resorted to self-financing and -provision of their basic infrastructure based on their resource capacities- time, money, and labor. The report explores this situation in Tema, a Ghanaian city with both planned and unplanned neighborhoods, with a focus on its drainage systems. The study addresses the broader question: How are drainage systems planned and provided in the rapidly urbanizing city of Tema. Using a comparative analytical and multi-scalar approach, the study examines the quality, connectivity and availability of drains and its relationship with formal regulations, standards and approaches adopted in three neighborhoods. We found that there is a general lack of connectivity and poor quality in the drainage system in both planned and unplanned areas. The local government is expected to finance and provide drainage canals. However, currently, the financing and provision of drainage canals by local residents have become the norm due to delays or the lack proactive provisioning of drains by the local government. Residents who are able to afford planned estate areas have the opportunity of having drainage canals provided as part of their purchased/mortgaged housing. Yet, this opportunity is not accessible to most residents who purchase non-estate housing, representing 90 percent of Ghana’s housing stock.</p>
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dc.identifier.articleid 1380
dc.identifier.contextkey 14987134
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.31274/cc-20240624-1127
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dc.subject.disciplines Urban, Community and Regional Planning
dc.subject.keywords Public infrastructure
dc.subject.keywords drainage systems
dc.subject.keywords flooding
dc.subject.keywords Ghana.
dc.title Planning and provision of Public Infrastructure: A case study of drainage canals in Tema, Ghana
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