Raymond Asomani-Boateng
Biographic Data
| ID | 4140158 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Raymond Asomani-Boateng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Raymond |
| FAMILY NAME | Asomani-Boateng |
| SIGNATURE | ASOMANI-BOATENG R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Minnesota State University, Mankato |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4578-3462 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Accra’s Old Fadama/Agbogbloshie settlement. To what extent is this slum sustainable
Slum conditions associated with squatter settlements pose major challenges in African cities. In the city of Accra, Ghana, municipal officials traditionally addressed squatter settlements through demolition and evictions. Despite these evictions, Old Fadama/Agbogbloshie, an illegal squatter settlement in Accra, continues to flourish. Within the context of sustainable principles, this study explores why this slum became embedded. Results are based…
Urbanisation of Hope or Despair? Urban Planning Dilemma in Ghana
Local Networks
Indigenous open-air markets in Ghana’s urban areas generate significant quantities of market waste, which the present “collect and dispose” system is unable to handle. Waste accumulates in markets, which degrades the market environment and creates health hazards. Waste management planners in Ghana have failed to adopt a participatory and an inclusive approach to managing waste in open air markets in Ghanaian cities by overlooking the potential ro…
Disaster Preparedness in a Developing Economy
A scholarly article by authors Miriam Porter, Raymond Asomani-Boateng, and Kwaku David Kessey, Gabriel Appiah, Melissa Sonnek published in The International Journal of Civic, Political, and Community Studies
Closing the Loop
Accra, Ghana's capital, has solid waste collection and disposal problems that, like most cities in Africa, are concentrated in poor residential neighborhoods. Efforts to improve solid waste management have focused on improving solid waste collection. A practical, low-cost concept that has not been explored is recycling organic solid waste into compost for urban cultivation. This research explored the feasibility of recycling organic solid waste i…
Urban cultivation in Accra
Closing the Loop
Accra, Ghana's capital, has solid waste collection and disposal problems that, like most cities in Africa, are concentrated in poor residential neighborhoods. Efforts to improve solid waste management have focused on improving solid waste collection. A practical, low-cost concept that has not been explored is recycling organic solid waste into compost for urban cultivation. This research explored the feasibility of recycling organic solid waste i…
Urban cultivation in Accra
Local Networks
Indigenous open-air markets in Ghana’s urban areas generate significant quantities of market waste, which the present “collect and dispose” system is unable to handle. Waste accumulates in markets, which degrades the market environment and creates health hazards. Waste management planners in Ghana have failed to adopt a participatory and an inclusive approach to managing waste in open air markets in Ghanaian cities by overlooking the potential ro…
Urban cultivation in Accra
Closing the Loop
Accra, Ghana's capital, has solid waste collection and disposal problems that, like most cities in Africa, are concentrated in poor residential neighborhoods. Efforts to improve solid waste management have focused on improving solid waste collection. A practical, low-cost concept that has not been explored is recycling organic solid waste into compost for urban cultivation. This research explored the feasibility of recycling organic solid waste i…
Local Networks
Indigenous open-air markets in Ghana’s urban areas generate significant quantities of market waste, which the present “collect and dispose” system is unable to handle. Waste accumulates in markets, which degrades the market environment and creates health hazards. Waste management planners in Ghana have failed to adopt a participatory and an inclusive approach to managing waste in open air markets in Ghanaian cities by overlooking the potential ro…
Disaster Preparedness in a Developing Economy
A scholarly article by authors Miriam Porter, Raymond Asomani-Boateng, and Kwaku David Kessey, Gabriel Appiah, Melissa Sonnek published in The International Journal of Civic, Political, and Community Studies
Urbanisation of Hope or Despair? Urban Planning Dilemma in Ghana
Accra’s Old Fadama/Agbogbloshie settlement. To what extent is this slum sustainable
Slum conditions associated with squatter settlements pose major challenges in African cities. In the city of Accra, Ghana, municipal officials traditionally addressed squatter settlements through demolition and evictions. Despite these evictions, Old Fadama/Agbogbloshie, an illegal squatter settlement in Accra, continues to flourish. Within the context of sustainable principles, this study explores why this slum became embedded. Results are based…
Geography (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Environmental planning (4 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works)