Accra has been experiencing periodic flooding that affect properties and lives. The government seeing the dangers involved has commissioned institutions such as Ministry of Works and Housing, Town and Country Planning and ...

Aims: This paper seeks to assess smallholder farmers’ level of understanding of the environment effects of modern agriculture. Study Design: Every second household or homestead was selected from the west to east direction ...

This study examines the socioeconomic factors that influence farmers’ willingness to accept monetary compensation to engage in tree planting and to evaluate realistic payment of incentives. Contingent Valuation method was ...

Mining of sand and stone from the coasts rovides an inexpensive source of materials for the construction industry while providing income to contractors. However, these activities come at a cost to the coastal environment ...

Biomass burning in Northern Ghana is a major cause for concern because of its potential contribution to global warming, hence climate change. This study assessed the emission of trace gases from human activities in the ...

Informal settlements are among the major problems that confronts many cities in the world. Despite numerous efforts both at the international and local levels to address this problem, its existence keeps on rising. This ...

When exploiting forest resources, the resource use must be sustainable if its use is to support its function in the natural ecosystem. The African mahogany, a prized timber species, is widely exploited, raising policy ...

Radical reforms and liberalisation in Ghana’s mining sector have stimulated increased investment with new multi-national mining companies coming on board as well as the rehabilitation of old mines. The cumulative effects ...

Poverty reduction in Ghana has attracted varied approaches. Over the recent past decade, the government implemented a number of programmes tailored to reduce poverty. These include the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty ...

Climate change has been recognised as a key development issue in sub-Saharan Africa. This might be explained by the region’s peculiar vulnerabilities that could be related to climate change. Climate change is expected to ...