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Patrick Brandful Cobbinah
Researcher at University of Melbourne
Publications - 101
Citations - 2849
Patrick Brandful Cobbinah is an academic researcher from University of Melbourne. The author has contributed to research in topics: Urban planning & Urbanization. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 86 publications receiving 1881 citations. Previous affiliations of Patrick Brandful Cobbinah include Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology & Charles Sturt University.
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Africa's urbanisation: Implications for sustainable development
TL;DR: In this article, the implications of rapid urbanisation on sustainable development of Africa are discussed and discussed in the context of Africa's urban environment, and the potential impact of urbanization on the functionality of the urban environment is discussed.
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Rethinking sustainable development within the framework of poverty and urbanisation in developing countries
TL;DR: In this article, the authors advocate for a poverty-urbanisation analytical approach to sustainable development in developing countries, and discuss the policy implications of poverty and urbanisation on sustainable development, and highlight some key issues necessary to make sustainable development a reality in developing country.
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Urban Sprawl and the Loss of Peri-Urban Land in Kumasi, Ghana
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess the nature, extent and impact of sprawl on Kumasi and examine urban planning efforts at addressing this phenomenon and recommend effective and timely planning and provision of services as well as an ov erall economic development and spatial integration through regiona l planning as a way of achieving a long term solution to sprawl.
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Urban expansion and form changes across African cities with a global outlook: Spatiotemporal analysis of urban land densities
Gang Xu,Ting Dong,Patrick Brandful Cobbinah,Patrick Brandful Cobbinah,Limin Jiao,Neema Simon Sumari,Neema Simon Sumari,Baohui Chai,Yaolin Liu +8 more
TL;DR: This article quantified urban growth and form changes in Africa via spatiotemporal analysis of urban land densities in concentric rings over three time points (1990, 2000, and 2014).
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Contextualising the meaning of ecotourism
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare local understanding of ecotourism from the perspectives of agency staff and local communities adjacent to the Kakum Conservation Area, Ghana using a qualitative research approach.