Mineralized urbanization in Africa in the twenty-first century:Becoming urban through mining extraction

Autor: Deborah Fahy Bryceson, Katherine V. Gough, Jesper Bosse Jønsson, Crispin Kinabo, Michael Clarke Shand, Cristina Udelsmann Rodrigues, Paul W.K. Yankson

Publikováno v: Bryceson, D F, Gough, K V, Jønsson, J B, Kinabo, C, Shand, M C, Rodrigues, C U & Yankson, P W K 2022, ' Mineralized urbanization in Africa in the twenty-first century : Becoming urban through mining extraction ', International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 342-369 . https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.13086

This article focuses on the urbanizing impact of the post-millennial mineral boom at artisanal and small-scale (ASM) or large-scale (LSM) mining sites in three mineral-rich countries, involving gold in Ghana, diamonds in Angola, and both minerals in

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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11820/c9a9ccbb-05b3-437f-b0b1-4023556982b3

Cities and extreme weather events: impacts of flooding and extreme heat on water and electricity services in Ghana

Autor: Paula L. Griffiths, Cuthbert K. Nabilse, Paul W.K. Yankson, Ebenezer Forkuo Amankwaa, Mercy A. Abarike, Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe, Karim Abdullah, Katherine V. Gough, Sam Kayaga, Robert L. Wilby, Raymond Kasei, Peter Mensah

Publikováno v: Environment and Urbanization. 33:131-150

Extreme weather events disproportionately affect residents of low-income urban settlements in the global South. This paper explores the impacts of extreme heat and flooding on water and electricity services in Accra and Tamale, Ghana. Interviews with

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https://doi.org/10.1177/0956247820952030

Shaping Geographies of Informal Education: A Global South Perspective

Autor: Katherine V. Gough, Paul W.K. Yankson, Thilde Langevang, George Owusu

Publikováno v: Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 109:1885-1902

This article aims to shape understandings of the geographies of informal education by exploring an aspect of education that has been broadly overlooked by geographers to date—apprenticeships—within a Global South context. Drawing on qualitative r

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https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2019.1602466

Monitoring and moderating extreme indoor temperatures in low-income urban communities

Autor: Cuthbert Kaba, Karim Abdullah, Robert L. Wilby, Peter Mensah, Nicholas John Anderson, Paula L. Griffiths, Conor Murphy, Eben Amankwaa, Sam Kayaga, Raymond Kasei, Paul W.K. Yankson, Tom Matthews, Sam Codjoe, Mercy A. Abarike, Katherine V. Gough

Climate change presents significant threats to human health, especially for low-income urban communities in the Global South. Despite numerous studies of heat stress, surprisingly little is known about the temperatures actually encountered by people

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http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/13989/

A Comparison of Satellite-Based Estimates of Urban Agglomeration Size for the Accra Area

Autor: Lasse Møller-Jensen, Albert N.M. Allotey, Paul W.K. Yankson, Richard Y. Kofie

Publikováno v: ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
Volume 9
Issue 2
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, Vol 9, Iss 2, p 79 (2020)
Møller-Jensen, L, Allotey, A N, Kofie, R Y & Yankson, P W K 2020, ' A comparison of satellite-based estimates of urban agglomeration size for the Accra area ', ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, vol. 9, no. 2, 79 . https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi9020079

Data on the extension of urban areas are important for analyzing growth dynamics and to support the planning of transport and service provision. Satellite-based remote sensing has proven extremely useful, especially in cities that experience fast spa

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