Land Use Conversion Probabilities in a Peri-Urban District of Ghana

Divine Odame Appiah (), Eric Kwabena Forkuo () and John Tiah Bugri ()
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Divine Odame Appiah: Department of Geography and Rural Development, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Eric Kwabena Forkuo: Department of Geomatic Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
John Tiah Bugri: Department of Land Economy, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Chinese Journal of Urban and Environmental Studies (CJUES), 2015, vol. 03, issue 03, 1-21

Abstract: This paper is a critical review, which synthesizes the theory-application linkage of peri-urban land use and land cover changes (LULCC) using the Bosomtwe District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana as the case. From abstractive thinking to empirical possibility, we conjecture human decisions within agent-based modeling (ABM) perspective. The key question the paper has tried to answer is: what are the probable future land use conversion and modification potentials in the district? LULCC in peri-urban areas respond to social and biophysical dynamics. These control spatial distribution of populations, infrastructure, and the space economy. Under systemic laxity of controls, peri-urban land uses deviate from effective land use plans.

Keywords: Conversion probabilities; peri-urban; land use; agent-based modeling; Ghana (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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