The shift from linear to circular economy systems is critical for sustainable water and nutrient management, particularly in developing countries such as Ghana. This paper explores governance models shaping the implementation of circular economy principles, state-regulated, colla...
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Research Article10.9734/acri/2025/v25i101566
Urbanization presents significant threats to biodiversity and ecosystem services, with pollinator decline and reduced community well-being becoming critical issues in rapidly expanding cities. This paper explores the role of urban green infrastructure in supporting pollinator bio...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2025/v51i102510
Kumasi, Ghana, and most rapidly developing cities in Sub-Saharan Africa are confronted with increasing environmental and infrastructure concerns as a result of rapid urbanization, inadequate land use planning, and climate change. Traditional grey infrastructure has been inadequat...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2025/v51i92350
In most developing nations, tenure insecurity is a chronic feature, especially in urban and peri-urban regions where land tenure is usually unrecorded, contentious, or dominated by pluralistic tenure regimes. In Ghana, the intersection of customary and statutory land tenure regim...
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Research Article10.9734/acri/2025/v25i81412
Ghana is confronted with an acute housing shortage of over 1.8 million units currently, which grows by approximately 70,000 units annually. Urbanization, rural-urban migration, and infrastructure shortfall all combine to aggravate the crisis. Traditional responses to housing fail...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2025/v51i82252
Urban agriculture is gaining global recognition as a strategic response to rising urban food insecurity, environmental degradation, and socioeconomic vulnerability. This study critically assesses the role of urban agriculture in enhancing food security and promoting sustainabilit...
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Research Article10.9734/ajahr/2025/v12i3392
The phenomenon of rapid urbanization in Ghanaian cities, Accra and Kumasi, has had negative impacts on heightened environmental stressors, such as temperatures, poor air quality, and a decline in public health. In this context, urban green spaces perform essential ecological and...
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Research Article10.9734/acri/2025/v25i61305
Ghana’s urban centres are increasingly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including rising temperatures and erratic rainfall patterns, as well as recurrent flooding. Addressing these issues requires innovative, technology-based solutions. This paper examines the role of...
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Research Article10.9734/acri/2025/v25i61275
The paper examines the impact of large-scale land acquisition by commercial agricultural investors on livelihoods, land tenure security, agricultural productivity, and food security in Kuntanase, Ghana. Although the study was restricted to Ghana, many countries in Sub-Saharan Afr...
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Research Article10.9734/sajsse/2025/v22i61046
The paper explores the structural and procedural inefficiencies in the existing land registration system, pointing out bottlenecks such as overlapping institutional mandates, bureaucratic redundancies, understaffing, and lack of coordination between key agencies, such as the Land...
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Research Article10.9734/arjass/2025/v23i6703
Tenant satisfaction is a key determinant of performance in commercial real estate, particularly in relation to maintenance service delivery. This paper evaluates tenants’ satisfaction with maintenance services at Tema Development Corporation (TDC) Towers in Ghana, drawing on Expe...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i83251
Land use change is one of the significant drivers of ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss, with widespread consequences on ecosystem services essential for human livelihood. The role of land use change on biodiversity and ecosystem services is equally vital in Ghana. Fores...
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Research Article10.9734/sajsse/2026/v23i21274
Urban sprawl in Ghana is most pronounced in large cities such as Accra, Kumasi, and Tamale. Inadequate urban growth policies, coupled with the prevalence of customary land tenure systems, have encouraged horizontal urban expansion at the expense of agricultural lands and bioclima...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i22886
This paper investigated the impact of Property Technology (PropTech) on real estate investment performance in Ghana, addressing the critical lack of empirical evidence linking PropTech adoption to financial outcomes in emerging markets. The objectives were to assess how PropTech...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2025/v51i102497
Urban informality remains a persistent challenge in Ghana’s rapidly urbanizing municipalities, yet the intersection of land tenure insecurity and service delivery in mid-sized cities is underexplored. This paper investigates the socio-spatial dynamics of informal settlements in t...
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Research Article10.9734/sajsse/2025/v22i91164
Institutions set up in most developing countries to deliver products or services for the public good often hardly perform to expectations. One of the key underlying factors is employee motivation, because under the circumstances, private interests tend to take precedence over tho...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2025/v51i62069