Unscripted (in)Justice
Exposure to Ecological Hazards in Metropolitan Accra
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4139392 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin Oteng‐ababio (0000-0003-1474-760X, University of Ghana, corresponding author), Martin Oteng-Ababio (Department of Geography and Resource Development, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1199-1218 |
| Publication date | 2013-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1068/a45256 |
| OpenAlex | W1968179106 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 30 |
The author examines geographies of environmental hazards in Accra, declared a Millennium City on I5 January 2010. With the aid of both primary and secondary data, it is shown how environmental governance has shifted under neoliberalism, and the author demonstrates how a review of Accra's waste disposal problems could elucidate how such paradigm shift has contributed to urban social injustice. Current practices are seen as a symptom of poor governance and the value of understanding intraurban differentials is interrogated. It is posited that the current representations as to who bears the brunt of any possible health-risk outcomes appear abstract, incomplete, and poorly understood. The author illustrates how ineffective and insufficiently attentive governance can exacerbate health risks facing the entire society, and suggests that addressing inequalities may be among the most effective interventions to ensure sustainable environmental management, improve health, and guarantee social cohesion in the urban space
Business · Corporate governance · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental governance · Environmental justice · Geography · Inequality · Injustice · Metropolitan area · Political science · Psychological intervention · Sociology · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Psychology · Urban and Rural Development Challenges
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Spaces of market politics
Rethinking waste as a resource
Spatial justice
Theorizing the Role of Group Dynamics in Social Normative Influence on Pro-Environmental Behaviours Across Cultures
Local Networks
Probing political paradox
More rhetoric or less action? Digging into urban health vulnerabilities
Poverty Politics and Governance of Potable Water Services
Was ‘Black Wednesday’ avoidable? The Melcom disaster in Accra puts a generation on trial
From Waste to Resource
Of waste facility siting and relational geographies of place
Landfill externalities and property values dilemma – emerging insights from three Ghanaian cities
States or markets?
Social needs and resources in local services
The New Right Politics, Markets and Citizenship
Indigenes' and migrants' access to land in peri-urban areas of Accra, Ghana
Globalizing Environmental Justice
Participatory methodologies for rapid urban environmental diagnoses
Environment, wealth and health
Ecological footprints and appropriated carrying capacity
Closing the Loop
Patterns of population change in Ghana (1984–2000)
Missing links in solid waste management in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area in Ghana
The poor die young housing and health in Third World cities
Quality assessment of public and private modes of solid waste collection in Accra, Ghana
The Coalition Programme
Environmentalism and Public Policy
Large-area urban growth observations—a hierarchical kernel approach based on image texture
A Historical Geography of Ghana
Ecosocialization or Countermodernization? Reviewing the Shifting ‘Storylines’ of Transport Planning
Devolution and Development
Environmental Transformations in Cities as They Get Larger, Wealthier and Better Managed
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |