Desmond Gagakuma
Biographic Data
| ID | 1940010 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Desmond Gagakuma |
| GIVEN NAMES | Desmond |
| FAMILY NAME | Gagakuma |
| SIGNATURE | GAGAKUMA D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5801-1499 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Differentiated Resilience
Informal settlements are central to sustainable urban futures, yet their diverse resilience pathways remain underexplored. This gap enables typology-blind policies that misdiagnose challenges and undermine community capacities. This paper develops and validates the Typology-Sensitive Framework for Socio-Technical Adaptation to address this. Applying this framework through a community-based mixed-methods approach in two distinct settlements in Kum…
Beyond self-help
Residents of informal settlements in the Global South actively produce their own infrastructure in response to state failure, yet the academic and policy vocabulary used to describe these efforts often lacks spatial and strategic nuance. This paper challenges monolithic terms like ‘self-help’ by developing a new typology of grassroots infrastructure provision. We argue that community-led action operates according to one of three distinct spatial …
Redefining urban liveability through community voices
This paper argues that ‘urban liveability’ is not a neutral metric but a powerful political discourse that is mobilised to advance specific urban visions while actively marginalising informal settlements. Challenging the hegemony of Western-centric frameworks that dominate urban policy, this study uses participatory methods to build a theory of liveability from the ground up, based on the lived experiences of residents in two of Kumasi, Ghana’s i…
The functionality of urban green spaces in the greater Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana
The social, economic, and environmental health of cities relies on the effective and efficient management of its natural assets such as green spaces. Cities in the developing world are still experiencing uncontrolled urbanization, which poses a threat to the sustainability of green spaces. In this study, the researchers present the classification of green spaces in Kumasi using Swanwick et al.’s (Built Environ 29(2):94–106, 2003) categorisation o…
An international comparison of the scope and instruments of local spatial planning
This article analyses (based on multidimensional criteria) land-use plans at a local level (using selected cities as examples) and their relationships to crucial planning issues identified at both national and local levels. The planning approaches of cities from the following countries were compared: Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Ghana, Iran, Mexico, Mongolia, Portugal and Poland. These countries are diverse in terms of their legal, …
Why is rural revitalization difficult to achieve? An in-context discussion of conceptual barriers to China’s 2018–2022 strategic plan
Mining-induced displacement and resettlement in Ghana
Mining-induced displacement and resettlement in Ghana
Beyond self-help
Residents of informal settlements in the Global South actively produce their own infrastructure in response to state failure, yet the academic and policy vocabulary used to describe these efforts often lacks spatial and strategic nuance. This paper challenges monolithic terms like ‘self-help’ by developing a new typology of grassroots infrastructure provision. We argue that community-led action operates according to one of three distinct spatial …
Mining-induced displacement and resettlement in Ghana
An international comparison of the scope and instruments of local spatial planning
This article analyses (based on multidimensional criteria) land-use plans at a local level (using selected cities as examples) and their relationships to crucial planning issues identified at both national and local levels. The planning approaches of cities from the following countries were compared: Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Ghana, Iran, Mexico, Mongolia, Portugal and Poland. These countries are diverse in terms of their legal, …
Why is rural revitalization difficult to achieve? An in-context discussion of conceptual barriers to China’s 2018–2022 strategic plan
The functionality of urban green spaces in the greater Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana
The social, economic, and environmental health of cities relies on the effective and efficient management of its natural assets such as green spaces. Cities in the developing world are still experiencing uncontrolled urbanization, which poses a threat to the sustainability of green spaces. In this study, the researchers present the classification of green spaces in Kumasi using Swanwick et al.’s (Built Environ 29(2):94–106, 2003) categorisation o…
Differentiated Resilience
Informal settlements are central to sustainable urban futures, yet their diverse resilience pathways remain underexplored. This gap enables typology-blind policies that misdiagnose challenges and undermine community capacities. This paper develops and validates the Typology-Sensitive Framework for Socio-Technical Adaptation to address this. Applying this framework through a community-based mixed-methods approach in two distinct settlements in Kum…
Beyond self-help
Residents of informal settlements in the Global South actively produce their own infrastructure in response to state failure, yet the academic and policy vocabulary used to describe these efforts often lacks spatial and strategic nuance. This paper challenges monolithic terms like ‘self-help’ by developing a new typology of grassroots infrastructure provision. We argue that community-led action operates according to one of three distinct spatial …
Redefining urban liveability through community voices
This paper argues that ‘urban liveability’ is not a neutral metric but a powerful political discourse that is mobilised to advance specific urban visions while actively marginalising informal settlements. Challenging the hegemony of Western-centric frameworks that dominate urban policy, this study uses participatory methods to build a theory of liveability from the ground up, based on the lived experiences of residents in two of Kumasi, Ghana’s i…
Environmental planning (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Urban Planning and Governance (4 works) · Human settlement (3 works) · Informal settlements (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Engineering (2 works)