Barriers to green cities development in developing countries: evidence from Ghana

Caleb Debrah; De Graft Owusu-Manu; Ernest Kissi; Eric Oduro-Ofori; David John Edwards

doi:10.1108/SASBE-06-2020-0089

Barriers to green cities development in developing countries: evidence from Ghana

Caleb Debrah^*, De Graft Owusu-Manu, Ernest Kissi, Eric Oduro-Ofori, David John Edwards

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Original language	English
Journal	Smart and Sustainable Built Environment
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1108/SASBE-06-2020-0089
Publication status	Published (VoR) - 22 Sept 2020

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This paper forms part of a large MSc. research project aimed at developing an apposite framework for green cities development in developing countries. The authors gratefully acknowledge the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) for funding this research. The authors also appreciatively acknowledge the Department of Construction Technology and Management, KNUST for supporting this research. Special appreciations also go to the editors and reviewers whose constructive and invaluable comments and propositions played a pivotal role in noticeably improving the quality of the work.Conflicts of Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interests. The funders had no role in the design of the study, in the data collection, analysis, or interpretation of data, in the writing of the manuscript and in the decision to publish the results.

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Barriers
Ghana
Green cities
Sustainable cities
Sustainable development
Urbanisation

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