Endogenous Regional Policy and Development Planning in Ghana

ISBN-13: 9780367370411 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 328 str.

Sam C. M. Ofori

Opis

This book examines regional development and planning in a poor administrative region of Ghana, assessing  the effectiveness of the programmes and projects initiated to reduce poverty, disadvantage and deprivation.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Exogenous and Endogenous Regional Policy and Development Planning Contexts and Processes  2. Substantive Endogenous Regional and Local Development Knowledge Forms and Sustainability  3. Problems of Endogenous Regional Development and Planning 4. Endogenous Regional Development and Planning Policies  5. Regional Plans and Programmes and Strategic Planning Processes and General Implementation Impacts  6. Endogenous Local Economic Development Project Impacts in the Kakum National Park Area  7. Endogenous Environmental-spatial Development Impacts in the Kakum National Park Area  8. Endogenous Socio-cultural Development Project Impacts in the Kakum National Park Area 9. Endogenous Historic Family House Regeneration Project Impacts in Cape Coast Metropolis  10. Endogenous Impacts of Regenerating Cape Coast and Elmina Castles and Fort St Jago  11. Endogenous Impacts of Central Region Development Commission Projects  12. Evaluation of the Endogenous Regional Development Planning Process and Lessons for Effective and Sustainable Future Programme Implementation; Conclusions

O autorze

Sam C.M Ofori is a specialist in urban and regional planning and management. He was previously a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography and Regional Planning at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana.