"If in doubt, count": The role of community-driven enumerations in blocking eviction in Old Fadama, Accra

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-57

  Farouk, Braimah R ^a   Owusu, Mensah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accra; community participation; enumerations; Ghana; land tenure; poverty alleviation; Shack Slum Dwellers International (SDI); slums; urban studies

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; HOMELESSNESS; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; LAND TENURE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; URBAN AREA;

ACCRA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA;

EID: 84860543259     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: 17460301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956247811434478     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. FaroukBraimah R (2005), People's Dialogue on Human Settlements and the Ghana Homeless People's Federation: Brief History, People's Dialogue on Human Settlements internal report (unpublished), page 4.
2. Housing the Masses: Final Report to People's Dialogue on Human Settlements on Community-led Enumeration of Old Fadama Community, Accra, Ghana, accessed 20 November 2010at http://www.sdinet.org/media/upload/countries/documents/2009.May3.2010.Old_Fadama_Enumeration-1.pdf, January2010.
3. US Census Bureau (n.d.), "Quick facts: New York County (Manhattan), New York", accessed 25 October 2011at http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36061.html.