Impact of Rapid Urbanization on Urban Water Supply: A Case Study of the Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana

ISBN-13: 9783346260185 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 128 str.

Edward Gyan

O autorze

Edward Gyan is a researcher and a freelance consultant. He holds a master's degree in Infrastructure Planning from the University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany and a bachelor's degree in Planning from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. He has previously worked as a Development Consultant with MAPLE Consult in Ghana and as an Assistant Development Planning Officer in Ghana's local government. Edward Gyan has played key roles in the formulation of relevant national and local level policy documents including the Water Sector Strategic Development Plan and the National Rural Sanitation Model for Ghana's water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector as well as District Medium Term Development Plans. He has also carried out several socio-economic studies and managed a number of projects and programmes for bilateral and multi-lateral organizations including The World Bank, The European Union, KfW, UNICEF, DANIDA and VNG International. His research interests include urbanization and sub-urbanization, land-use planning, climate change and resilient cities, water and environmental sanitation and local government and decentralization.