Housing Policy and Culture in Kumasi, Ghana
Tipple, A.G.
Environment and Behavior 19(3): 331-352
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0013-9165 Document Number: 279457
A survey of housing in Kumasi, the second city of Ghana, has revealed a severe shortage of accommodation. The traditional religion of Asante was found to be a major determinant of attitudes toward land and housing. Policies for the rapid increase in housing stock, based on Turner's concepts of self-help, are found to be incongruent with the religious and economic realities of housing supply, but other resources are present that can form the basis of a workable strategy.
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