Urban regeneration and politically-induced displacement in a secondary African city: A case of the Kotokuraba Market Project, Cape Coast, Ghana

Asante, Lewis Abedi; Helbrecht, Ilse

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2020.06.017

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“…The price increases meant that consumers could buy fewer items or had to commit more resources for the same items. Additionally, most shop owners had to close their businesses due to poor daily sales because of the restrictive measures or inability to restock the shops (Asante &Helbrecht, 2020b ). Relative to this, an interviewee had this to share: I do not have any regular source of income.…”

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“…Moreover, the recent reopening of the economy has placed the poor working class perilously in the jaws of the COVID-19 pandemic. The migrant workers and the vulnerable, typically engaged in head porting and truck pushing activities (Asante & Helbrecht, 2020a , 2020b ) have returned to work in the same poor working and crowded conditions without any effective transmission suppression mechanisms in place.…”

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A socio-geographic perspective of health and economic impacts of COVID-19 on poor households in ghana

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COVID-19 outbreak has had multidimensional effects on human lives. The impacts are expected to be more severe on poor households, especially in resource-constraint economies such as Ghana. The Country has a higher poverty rate [24.2%] and this is likely to upsurge in the coming years due to this pandemic. We aimed to document the pandemic-related health and socioeconomic hazards in Ghana. A content analysis of relevant literature, and a qualitative survey using a socioecological lens were conducted. Based on the Ghana Living Standard Survey report (GLSS 7), twenty interviewees were recruited from 3 most poverty-stricken regions in the country to verify the findings of the content review. The findings indicate a significant health burden and a large-scale socioeconomic negative outcome among the Ghanaian poor households. The disproportionate health access by the poor and the rural inhabitants has and will continue to exacerbate. The social hazards are mainly circumscribed relating to poor economic conditions due to job losses, lack of access to income/savings, food insecurity, and lack of welfare support. At the national level, the economy is particularly vulnerable due to low levels of economic diversification. The ultimate manifestation of the pandemic impacts are higher risk of morbidity and mortality rates, and deteriorating wellbeing and livelihoods. These highlights are beneficial to policymakers, development partners, and human rights advocates to make collaborative efforts in helping the poor households during and the post-pandemic periods.

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“…As multi‐scalar events, displacement from any single site may lead to displacement across multiple scales, including mass‐displacement and affective displacement from neighbourhoods (Andreas & Zhan, 2016; Crossa, 2013; Gonzalez & Dawson, 2018). Displacement is also described as a temporally diverse event with uncertain outcomes (Nixon, 2011; Shin, 2014), and displacements can be rapid and spectacular or occur stealthily over years (Asante & Helbrecht, 2020; Kern, 2016; Pain, 2019). As multiple temporalities can be involved, displacement should not be understood ‘on the basis of onetime snapshots of change’ (Elliott‐Cooper et al, 2020, p. 501).…”

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Digital displacement: The spatialities of contentious politics in China's digital territory

Morris

2022

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This paper conceptualizes digital displacement as both a way through which the digital, dynamic and fragile spatialities of contentious politics can be examined and as a geographic critique of censorship. Digital displacement, understood here as the act of removing users from the digital places and spaces they wish to remain in and use, often through the act of deletion, is conceptualised through the digital displacement of two contentious politica l groups that attempted to contest the forced eviction of migrants from Beijing in 2017; hashtag focused #BeijingSurgery# and instant messaging group using BeijingTogether. Explored through participant observation, interviews and playful digital exploration, this paper examine s the spatialities that made multiple digital displacements possible and the activist spatialit ie s that emerged during and post-displacement. In exploring this I develop a flexible vocabulary around digital place, space, scale, territory and mobility to analyse the practices of digita l displacement, to understand the socio-spatial positionality of activists involved in digita ll y centred contentious politics and to contextualize their territorial positionality within Chinese digital territory and global digital territories. Through the examination of #BeijingSurge r y# and BeijingTogether the article highlights: the importance of digital territorial positionality for both activists and the digital places and spaces used for contentious politics; that within systems of digital spatial governance deletion and displacement can be effective strategies of repressive governance with wide ranging displacement effects; and that while digital displacement is not necessarily the ending point of contentious politics the re-production of activist spatialities is more difficult when the authority being protested against governs the digital territory used for protest.This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as

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“…In an attempt to improve market infrastructure, some governments in Ghana have attempted to regenerate and modernize old and dilapidated market structures (Asante and Helbrecht, 2020). These renovations include the construction of drainage systems, market shelves and washrooms.…”

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“Working with little:” Access to market infrastructure and its effect on food handling and food safety among vegetable traders in an African city

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Badu

Kushitor

et al. 2022

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Despite the crucial role played by informal markets in food distribution globally, the sector is ignored and marginalized. This study examined vegetable traders, the trading infrastructure available to them in the market, and how they conduct their businesses to explain the high food safety challenges in the sector. This paper is based on a survey, a learning journey, and transformation labs with market traders in Kumasi, Ghana. The study revealed that most traders were self-employed women with low education who worked for long hours. Access to electricity, water, refrigerators, and storage facilities was limited in the market. Vegetable spoilage was the highest cost associated with their trade. Due to the high spoilage rate, the traders sold the best vegetables at high prices and sold the bruised and rotten vegetables to local eateries and animal farms. The women made no losses through these strategies but used unsafe food handling practices and highly-priced wholesome vegetables. Their actions can reduce urban food security, especially in low-income households. Access to market infrastructure was influenced by availability, power and cost. Vegetable trading was the predominant livelihood of the traders. To improve the efficiency of the sector, efforts can be made toward the provision of services at the markets, and advocacy of the traders about food security implications of their actions by the municipal assemblies and market leaders.

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Urban regeneration and politically-induced displacement in a secondary African city: A case of the Kotokuraba Market Project, Cape Coast, Ghana

Cited by 20 publications

References 45 publications

A socio-geographic perspective of health and economic impacts of COVID-19 on poor households in ghana

A socio-geographic perspective of health and economic impacts of COVID-19 on poor households in ghana

Digital displacement: The spatialities of contentious politics in China's digital territory

“Working with little:” Access to market infrastructure and its effect on food handling and food safety among vegetable traders in an African city

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