Rising through Cities in Ghana : Ghana Urbanization Review Overview Report

Rapid urbanization in Ghana over the past three decades has coincided with rapid GDP growth. This has helped to create jobs, increase human capital, decrease poverty, and expand opportunities and improve living conditions for millions of Ghanaians. Ghana’s urban transformation has been momentous, but it is not unique: a similar process has characterized other countries at similar levels of development. Ghana’s key challenge now is to ensure that urbanization continues to complement growth through improvements in productivity and inclusion, rather than detracting from these goals. Many rising problems are related to efficiency and inclusion: these include slums, lack of basic services, underdeveloped manufacturing, and insufficient transport infrastructure.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank Group
Format:	Report biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015-04
Subjects:	URBAN TRANSPORT, SANITATION, PERI‐URBAN AREAS, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRAFFIC CONGESTION, TRANSPORT INVESTMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES, INFRASTRUCTURE POLICIES, PROPERTY OWNERS, FLOOR SPACE, ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT, RAIL NETWORK, VEHICLE REGISTRATION, AIRPORT, PASSENGERS, TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS, DISPOSABLE INCOME, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, VEHICLES, TRANSPORTATION COSTS, RAIL PASSENGER, ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PRIVATE ROADS, TREND, EMISSIONS, INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT, TRANSIT OPTIONS, VEHICLE OWNERSHIP, AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES, BICYCLES, CARRIERS, NEIGHBORHOODS, TRAFFIC, TAX, ROUTES, AIRPORTS, HEAVY TRAFFIC, AIR, LAND USE, VEHICLE USE, TRANSPORT SERVICES, URBAN ROUTES, TRAVELERS, ROAD CONGESTION, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, DRIVERS, TRANSPORT MODES, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, VEHICLE, ROAD, TOLLS, URBANISM, COSTS, COMMUTERS, AIR POLLUTION, RAILWAY SECTOR, TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD SECTOR, TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENTS, TRANSPORT, POPULATION GROWTH, TRANSPORT ACTIVITIES, RAILWAY NETWORK, MOBILITY, TRAFFIC LIGHTS, RAIL TRACK, TRAVEL DISTANCE, TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, MODES OF TRANSPORT, FLOOR AREA, TRUE, POLLUTION, DOMESTIC AIRPORTS, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, BUS SERVICES, TRAVEL TIMES, LIQUID WASTE DISPOSAL, ROUTE, PROPERTY TAXES, TRANSPORT POLICY, PASSENGER TRAFFIC, ROAD QUALITY, URBAN TRAVELERS, GRANTS, INFRASTRUCTURE, TAXES, BUSES, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT, TRAFFIC PLANNING, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, RAIL FREIGHT, BUS, SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT, EMISSION, INITIATIVES, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, CONGESTION, TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, TRANSIT, POLICIES, TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES, HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, CARS, INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING, MEANS OF TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT COSTS, ACCESSIBILITY, NATIONAL TRANSPORT, FLOOR AREA RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, MASS TRANSIT, PEOPLE WALKING, RAILWAY, HIGHWAYS, ROAD SPACE, ROADS, CAR, WALKING, SPRAWL, PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM, ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONS, AIR TRANSPORT, ROAD TRANSPORT, TAXIS, AVIATION INDUSTRY, RAIL, NOISE POLLUTION, TRANSPORT SYSTEM, INVESTMENTS, TRANSPORT SUPPLY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, URBAN ROADS, NOISE, MARITIME TRAFFIC, TRAVEL TIME, SAFETY, URBAN SPRAWL, ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT MODES, FREIGHT, URBAN TRANSPORTATION, BOTTLENECKS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/05/24477568/rising-through-cities-ghana-urbanization-review-overview-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22020
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