Kwasi Gyau Baffour Awuah

Economic Incentives in Sub-Saharan African Urban Planning (eBook, PDF)

A Ghanaian Case Study

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores incentives capable of enhancing the effectiveness of urban planning systems in Sub-Saharan Africa using economic theory as a framework. It will be useful reading for researchers, policy-makers, development agencies and students in urban planning, sustainable development and economics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000373301
• Artikelnr.: 61178283

Autorenporträt

Kwasi Gyau Baffour Awuah (BSc (Hons), MA, PGCAP, PhD, MGhIS, MGHACMA, MRICS, FHEA) is an interdisciplinary academic and practitioner with over 22 years of experience in international real estate/urban development projects and sustainability/sustainable development issues. Kwasi is currently an academic and the lead for the real estate research and consultancy cluster at the University of Salford, Manchester. He has occupied several positions, both in academia and in practice, and was a founding member of the International Land Measurement Standard Coalition and part of its Standard Setting Committee. Kwasi has published widely. He has been an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) panel member and some of his works have benefitted from funding from institutions, such as the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the Department for International Development (DFID) in the UK, the European Union (EU), the Art and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), the Academy of Medical Sciences, and the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Sub-Saharan Africa Urban Centres and Urban Planning
2. Justification of Urban Planning and Conceptual Basis
3. Evaluation of the Role of Urban Planning in Socio-Economic Development
4. Indicators of a Good Urban Planning System
5. The Role of Incentives in Effective Urban Planning: A Conceptual Framework
6. Sub-Saharan Africa Urban Planning Systems
7. Influence of Incentives on Urban Planning Practice
8. Economic Evaluation Framework
9. Evidence from a Case Study on Provision of Incentives under a Planning System
10. Summary, Conclusions and Proposal for Improvement
Glossary
References
Index