The fate of urban wetlands in Kumasi: An analysis of customary governance and spatio-temporal changes

Frank Mintah, Clifford Amoako and Kwasi Kwafo Adarkwa

Land Use Policy, 2021, vol. 111, issue C

Abstract: This study uses the city of Kumasi to explore two burning issues in urban Africa: a. implications of public and customary land governance for wetland sustainability; and b. depletion of urban wetlands. Officials of state and customary institutions were interviewed for in-depth information on the politics around wetlands management; while changes in land use and land cover (LULC) were tracked using GIS techniques. The study reveals 39% loss of wetlands between 1986 and 2019 to residential, commercial and industrial uses. This is explained by the dual positions of customary and state institutions in the management of wetlands; and the various conflicting outcomes their interplay produce. The study proposes functional collaboration between customary and state institutions in the management of urban wetlands.

Keywords: Governance; Urban wetlands; Customary tenure; Socio-political influence; Land use; Kumasi (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105787

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