leadership in local land use planning. The explanatory results highlight that the key to improve planners' leadership abilities …

The paper examines evidence on the reasons for inefficient land management in Ghana. It argues that the perceived … custodians of land have consistently acted in their individual interest while successfully using a discourse of ‘communal’ to … private capital. In turn, the ‘public good’ outcomes the current land policies ostensibly seek to achieve have only been …

Northern Ghana still has vast supplies of undeveloped land, with enormous potential for commercial agriculture, agro … origins of the marginalization of the North generally, examines the tenurial issues and land management practices of the … region and their implications for investment mobilization. The evidence suggests that the chequered history of land tenure …

analyse the regional and local impacts of a new source of oil. Sekondi-Takoradi, an oil city located in Ghana, West Africa, is …

sustainability. This paper examines a case of appropriation of land in southern Ghana. The resultant environmental effects and the …Resistance and social innovation shape the outcomes of transnational land grabbing in terms of justice and … local relations. The case exhibits both resistance to land appropriation and some modest steps towards social innovation …