TY - JOUR
T1 - Greater Accra’s new urban extension at Ningo-Prampram
T2 - urban promise or urban peril?
AU - Grant, Richard
AU - Oteng-Ababio, Martin
AU - Sivilien, Jessy
PY - 2019/10/2
Y1 - 2019/10/2
N2 - New private property investments in Africa’s cities are on the rise, often manifested as comprehensively planned urban extensions. Greater Accra has several competing city projects under development, potentially launching new city-making trajectories and competitive struggles among rival projects. This article assesses the rationale and early evolution of Ghana’s largest, most ambitious project the Ningo-Prampram Urban Extension, aiming to accommodate 1.5 million people. Supported by UN-Habitat, international consultants, government, and local Chiefs, the constellation of actors supports a public-private partnership to engage in urban entrepreneurialism, underpinned by sustainable development features and promising increased global connectivity. However, this project raises socio-spatial contradictions with regard to how affordable housing, an airport city and other developments can augment Accra’s development. Global economy articulation as well as intra-city connectivity is promised but at its peril it amplifies sprawl so that the Accra City Region evolves into a string of beads along the Trans-West African Highway.
AB - New private property investments in Africa’s cities are on the rise, often manifested as comprehensively planned urban extensions. Greater Accra has several competing city projects under development, potentially launching new city-making trajectories and competitive struggles among rival projects. This article assesses the rationale and early evolution of Ghana’s largest, most ambitious project the Ningo-Prampram Urban Extension, aiming to accommodate 1.5 million people. Supported by UN-Habitat, international consultants, government, and local Chiefs, the constellation of actors supports a public-private partnership to engage in urban entrepreneurialism, underpinned by sustainable development features and promising increased global connectivity. However, this project raises socio-spatial contradictions with regard to how affordable housing, an airport city and other developments can augment Accra’s development. Global economy articulation as well as intra-city connectivity is promised but at its peril it amplifies sprawl so that the Accra City Region evolves into a string of beads along the Trans-West African Highway.
KW - affordable housing
KW - Greater Accra
KW - Urban extension
KW - urban planning
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U2 - 10.1080/13563475.2019.1664896
DO - 10.1080/13563475.2019.1664896
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85074189114
VL - 24
SP - 325
EP - 340
JO - International Planning Studies
JF - International Planning Studies
SN - 1356-3475
IS - 3-4
ER -