Planning for peri urbanism: Navigating the complex terrain of transport services

Albert Adu-Gyamfi

Land Use Policy, 2020, vol. 92, issue C

Abstract: Transport studies give an indication that peri-urban communities in developing countries, particularly Africa, are faced with poor urban transport services. While this notion is established, there remains a limited understanding of how residents in peri-urban communities cope with such a transport challenge. In view of this gap, this study explores the strategies employed to circumvent the challenges of poor transport services in peri-urban communities of Ghana. The study findings show that due to transport-related challenges such as poor roads in peri-urban communities, drivers from the city do not want to operate between the peri-urban areas and the city center. Rather, drivers convey residents of peri-urban communities only to the edges of peri-urban areas – a point they consider immotorable – making it difficult for them to connect to their homes. As a stop in the gap, there is an emergence of taxi stations at the edges of the peri-urban communities to connect commuters to their homes. Unfortunately, this emerging solution is characterised by safety issues as vehicles used are rickety and poorly maintained. These findings offer two major contributions to urban planning studies: First, it is the foremost research to provide understandings of an indigenous solution to lack of transport services in peri-urban communities. Secondly, it is an important research demonstrating the contributions of taxi drivers to the growth of peri-urban areas.

Keywords: Peri-urbanisation; Transportation; Developing countries; Ghana; Kumasi; Urban planning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104440

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