Urban redevelopment, cultural heritage, poverty and redistribution: the case of Old Accra and Adawso House

Razzu, Giovanni

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2003.12.002

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“…The major income-generating activity in the study area is fishing; the men go fishing while the women smoke and sell the fish. 28,29 Women also engage in other income-generating activities, mainly the preparation and sale of street foods including kenkey (a local staple food made from fermented maize dough) and petty trading. 30,31 Sampling Procedure To enable easy canvassing during census and survey enumeration, the Ghana Statistical Service has created small nationwide divisions called enumeration areas (EAs).…”

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The Local Food Environment and Body Mass Index among the Urban Poor in Accra, Ghana

Dake

Thompson

et al. 2016

J Urban Health

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Obesity in the sub-Saharan Africa region has been portrayed as a problem of affluence, partly because obesity has been found to be more common in urban areas and among the rich. Recent findings, however, reveal rising prevalence among the poor particularly the urban poor. A growing body of literature mostly in Western countries shows that obesity among the poor is partly the result of an obesogenic-built environment. Such studies are lacking in the African context. This study examines the characteristics of the local food environment in an urban poor setting in Accra, Ghana and further investigates the associated risk of obesity for residents. Data on the local food environment was collected using geographic positioning system (GPS) technology. The body mass indices (BMI) of females (15-49 years) and males (15-59 years) were calculated from measured weight and height. Data on the socio-demographic characteristics and lifestyle behaviors of respondents was also collected through a household survey. Spatial analysis tools were used to examine the characteristics of the local food environment while the influence of the food environment on BMI was examined using a twolevel multilevel model. The measures of the food environment constituted the level 2 factors while individual socio-demographic characteristics and lifestyle behaviors constituted the level 1 factors. The local food environment in the study communities is suggestive of an obesogenic food environment characterized by an abundance of out-of-home cooked foods, convenience stores, and limited fruits and vegetables options. The results of the multilevel analysis reveal a 0.2 kg/m 2 increase in BMI for every additional convenience store and a 0.1 kg/m 2 reduction in BMI for every out-of-home cooked food place available in the study area after controlling for individual socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyle behaviors, and community characteristics. The findings of this study indicate that the local food environment in urban poor Accra is associated with increased risk of obesity through providing access to convenience stores. In order to reduce the risk of obesity in these urban poor communities, there is the need to regulate the availability of and access to convenience stores while also encouraging healthier offerings in convenience stores.

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The Local Food Environment and Body Mass Index among the Urban Poor in Accra, Ghana

Dake

Thompson

et al. 2016

J Urban Health

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“…As Warde suggests, we need to better understand when, and for what reasons, one layering process subsides and another emerges [8]. There has been relatively little work examining these processes, particularly outside European and North American cities [2,3]. Our paper applies this analytical framework into SLL in the old city of Beijing.…”

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“…In the plan, SLL is positioned as the heart of the metropolis, an example of a native Hutong, and a representation of authentic Beijing residential style [70]. Some scholars have argued that old and declining areas of cities often come to be seen as new economic assets [71].There are always important social impacts associated with such interventions [2] (p. 401). The case of SLL demonstrates this.…”

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“…For example, Power writes that city centers in the UK are "rich in cultural magnets, remarkable buildings, attractive streets and public spaces that can be economic as well as social assets" [1] (p. 733). Razzu describes central Accra, the capital of Ghana, as a mosaic of historical buildings of various uses and natures, including private houses, palaces and monuments [2] (p. 400).…”

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Place, Capital Flows and Property Regimes: The Elites’ Former Houses in Beijing’s South Luogu Lane

2014

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Abstract:Place is seen as a process whereby social and cultural forms are reproduced. This process is closely linked to capital flows, which are, in turn, shaped by changing property regimes. However, relatively little attention has been paid to the relationship between property regimes, capital flows and place-making. The goal of this paper is to highlight the role of changing property regimes in the production of place. Our research area is South Luogu Lane (SLL) in Central Beijing. We take elites' former houses in SLL as the main unit of analysis in this study. From studying this changing landscape, we draw four main conclusions. First, the location of SSL was critical in enabling it to emerge as a high-status residential community near the imperial city. Second, historical patterns of capital accumulation influenced subsequent rounds of private investment into particular areas of SLL. Third, as laws relating to the ownership of land and real estate changed fundamentally in the early 1950s and again in the 1980s, the target and intensity of capital flows into housing in SLL changed too. Fourth, these changes in capital flow are linked to ongoing changes in the place image of SLL.

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“…As a complex systematic process, UR is intended to focus not only on external building demolition and economic construction but also take into account cultural valuation and the potentiality of future development [9,24,23], in order to revive decay through the interaction of the physical, economic and social aspects [2].…”

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Fuzzy comprehensive evaluation of urban regeneration decision-making based on entropy weight method: Case study of yuzhong peninsula, China

Zhou

2015

IFS

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Abstract. Urban regeneration decision-making is a complicated system, which requires that stakeholder interests balance in aspects of the economy, society and environment. It is necessary to identify the key factors affecting urban regeneration and then construct an urban regeneration decision-making evaluation system to provide a basis for objective and comprehensive judgment for urban regeneration decision-making. Through constructing a fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model based on the entropy weight method, this paper attempts to provide a scientific evaluation method for the suitability of urban regeneration. An urban regeneration scheduling method by sorting the appropriate degree of the update of different areas in the large region, is proposed to achieve urban regeneration implementation in the sequence of time and space optimization.

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Urban redevelopment, cultural heritage, poverty and redistribution: the case of Old Accra and Adawso House

Cited by 42 publications

References 5 publications

The Local Food Environment and Body Mass Index among the Urban Poor in Accra, Ghana

The Local Food Environment and Body Mass Index among the Urban Poor in Accra, Ghana

Place, Capital Flows and Property Regimes: The Elites’ Former Houses in Beijing’s South Luogu Lane

Fuzzy comprehensive evaluation of urban regeneration decision-making based on entropy weight method: Case study of yuzhong peninsula, China

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