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Rental Housing and Tenancy Dynamics with Particular Focus on Low-income Households in Greater Accra Metropolitan Area
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The article was published on 2012-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 7 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Metropolitan area & Leasehold estate.read more
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Urban low-income housing development in Ghana: Politics, policy and challenges
TL;DR: In this paper, a qualitative research approach using reports, thesis, and population and housing censuses provided the information for the qualitative analysis of urban low-income housing in Ghana, and it is recommended that urban low income housing should be handled proactively by policy makers without much political bias.
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Transitions to adulthood among young entrepreneurs in the informal mobile telephony sector in Accra, Ghana
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored young people's experiences of running informal businesses within the mobile telephony sector, including the sale of mobile phones and accessories, repair and technical support services, and the selling of airtime and mobile money services, highlighting the agency of this group of young people and for some their success in achieving the status of adulthood through their hard work and ingenuity.
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Quality of life of older adults in two contrasting neighbourhoods in Accra, Ghana.
TL;DR: The results of a study exploring the quality of life (QoL) of older adults in two contrasting neighbourhoods in Accra, Ghana were presented in this paper. But the results of the study were to explore and compare the QoL of older slum and non-slum dwellers in Ghana.
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When home is elsewhere: housing policy challenges in the context of transit migration in Ghana and South Africa
Eva Dick,Thorsten Heitkamp +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the consequences of transit migration for the urban housing market and related challenges for sustainable housing policies in Ghana and South Africa are examined based on recent research, and the authors argue that neither approach adequately addresses transitory housing requirements related to mobility.
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Urban floods and residential rental values nexus in Kumasi, Ghana
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the impact of flood on residential rental values in Kumasi and found that non-flooded residential properties were generally higher than their flooded counterparts by a margin of GHS 62.66 ± 0.09 annually.
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Housing Priorities, Settlement Patterns, and Urban Development in Modernizing Countries
TL;DR: In the most rapidly urbanizing areas, squatter developers dominate contemporary urban growth, reducing the planners' sphere of influence to those areas developed by wealthier minorities and public institutions as mentioned in this paper.
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A survey of housing conditions and characteristics in Accra, an African city
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a survey of housing conditions in Accra (Ghana), a city that has experienced tremendous population growth and housing problems since the 1950s, comparing the situation in the1950s and the 1990s.
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Rental housing in urban Indonesia
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provided an analysis of rental housing in the urban areas of a major Asian country Indonesia and gave particular prominence to the economics of rental houses and the operations of rental markets, focusing on the segment of the market serving households in the lower 60% of the income distribution.