... This study employed a sequential mixed-methods approach, with a multi-stage sampling technique and randomly selected 385 respondents from five traditional communities in the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan Area (GKMA), Ghana, as a case study. Findings The study reveals that in the GKMA, waste management...

...Hamdiyah Alhassan; Paul Adjei Kwakwa Purpose The rise in public debt and the increased extraction of natural resources in Ghana at a time that environmental degradation is escalating, especially with carbon dioxide emission, is worrying. This seems to cast doubt on the country's ability to meet...

... Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. This study, therefore, investigates the effect of electricity consumption and urbanization on CO₂ emissions in Ghana. Electricity consumption and urbanization are among the factors that can be used to reduce CO₂ emissions. Design/methodology/approach...

... distributed lag (ARDL) approach with a structural break including real income and energy consumption in the model for Ghana over the period 1980–2014. Design/methodology/approach The ARDL approach with a structural break was used to analyze the agriculture-induced EKC model which has not been studied...

...Alhassan A. Karakara; Evans S. Osabuohien; Simplice Asongu Purpose This paper aims to analyse the extent to which households are deprived (or otherwise) of clean energy sources in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach It engages the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey data. Three different energy...

... has been raised for Ghana as it aims to attain an upper middle-income status in the near future. The country's energy sector has however not been robust in meeting the electricity demand, leading to a recurrent power crisis. The study seeks to analyze the effect of income growth, electricity...

...Samuel Famiyeh; Amoako Kwarteng; Disraeli Asante Darko; Vivian Osei Purpose The purpose of the work is to use a systematic process to identify the environmental and social impacts of small-scale alluvial gold mining projects using data from Ghana. Design/methodology/approach In this work, we...

...Justice Mensah Purpose Poor environmental sanitation affects environmental quality and health. Ghana is a developing country whose sanitation profile has been one of the lowest in the world in recent years. This has prompted various views regarding effective approaches for improving sanitation...

...Hamdiyah Alhassan; Felix Ankomah Asante; Martin Oteng-Ababio; Simon Bawakyillenuo Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors that encourage households’ source separation behaviour in Accra and Tamale Metropolises in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach Using a cross-sectional...

...Emmanuel Yeboah-Assiamah; Kwame Asamoah; Thomas Agyekum Kyeremeh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine empirical studies on public-private partnerships (PPPs) and solid waste management (SWM) in Ghana and India to synthesize the “crucial lessons” for urban managers and policy makers...

... ; Goodall, 2002). The inter-relationships existing between people and their physical and social environments serve as a foundation for the study of the urban environment (Knox and Pinch, 2000). Quality Ghana Perception Water Pollution Sanitation Urbanization increases the pressure on urban...

... Development Goals and offers policy alternatives to policy makers in low-income countries seeking to accelerate the uptake of improved latrines among peri-urban and urban slum dwellers. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Ghana Improved latrines Latrine ownership ladder Low-income countries...

... was administered to 310 respondents across four case study communities – Abrafo, Mesomagor, Adadientem and Nuamakrom – around the Kakum Conservation Area (KCA), Ghana. χ2 test and logistic regression were used to analyse the data with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software...

...Adowa Boatemaa Darko‐Mensah; Chukwumerije Okereke Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse Ghana's AKOBEN programme which is the first environmental performance rating and public disclosure programme in Africa. Furthermore, by means of a SWOT analysis, the article assesses...

...Emmanuel Ndzibah; Tarja Ketola; Emmanuel Ndzibah Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the growing trend of power outages in Ghana and the possible diffusion of a solar solution from the solar technologies; it also seeks to ascertain whether people in Ghana as well as developing...

... contamination. Design/methodology/approach Samples were collected from a water hydrant from which tanker operators draw water from the Ghana Water Company Limited distribution system in Cape Coast and a number of tankers sampled at random. Additional samples were taken from the premises of a patron...

...Kwame Ameyaw Domfeh; Justice Nyigmah Bawole Purpose The aim of this paper is to examine poverty and poverty reduction at the local level using the Hohoe Municipality and Sefwi‐Wiaso District, both in Ghana, as a case. Design/methodology/approach The paper adopts a survey method, collecting...

...Tarja Ketola; Emmanuel Ndzibah Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore corporate social responsibility in context of the dumping of electronic waste (e‐waste), inferior products and second‐hand goods, and related activities of multinational corporations' (MNCs') subsidiaries in Ghana...

...) in Ghana in 1999, and what impact institutional reforms have made on solid waste collection service efficiency. Design/methodology/approach The study undertook a before‐and‐after assessment of key institutional issues as well as service efficiency within five years of the inception of the policy using...

.../value The paper strengthens existing information through the use of new arguments. The trade history of Ghana can still be felt in the many coastal cities where a total of 37 forts and castles were built before the year 1800. However, some of these can be traced while others are in bad shape...