Urban Land and Development Management in a Challenged Developing World: An Overview of New Reflections (2022)
Journal Article
Awuah, K. G. B., & Abdulai, R. T. (2022). Urban Land and Development Management in a Challenged Developing World: An Overview of New Reflections. Land, 11(1), 129. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11010129

The urban development and management challenges of the developing world are well documented in the literature. However, the global built environment landscape is undergoing rapid changes. These changes are steeped in three fundamental imperatives, wh... Read More about Urban Land and Development Management in a Challenged Developing World: An Overview of New Reflections.

Heritage conservation and digital technologies in Jordan (2021)
Journal Article
Rania, A., Trillo, C., Udeaja, C., Moustaka, A., Gyau, K., & Makore, B. (2021). Heritage conservation and digital technologies in Jordan. Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, 22, e00197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.daach.2021.e00197

Heritage cities are challenged by a combination of pressures, including climate change effects, rapid urbanization and abandonment. Conversely, a plethora of new methodologies and instruments are now available, thanks to digital technologies, which h... Read More about Heritage conservation and digital technologies in Jordan.

Urban heritage conservation and rapid urbanization : insights from Surat, India (2020)
Journal Article
Udeaja, C., Trillo, C., Gyau, K., Makore, B., Patel, D., Mansouri, L., & Jha, K. (2020). Urban heritage conservation and rapid urbanization : insights from Surat, India. Sustainability, 12(6), 2172. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12062172

Currently, heritage is challenged in the Indian city of Surat due to diverse pressures,  including rapid urbanization, increasing housing demand, and socio‐cultural and climate changes.  Where rapid demographic growth of urban areas is happening, her... Read More about Urban heritage conservation and rapid urbanization : insights from Surat, India.

The effect of ground rent and unexpired lease term on property values in Ghana (2019)
Journal Article
Gyau, K., & Gyamfi-Yeboah, F. (2019). The effect of ground rent and unexpired lease term on property values in Ghana. International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, 12(3), 504-524. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHMA-05-2018-0033

Purpose:
Although several factors influence property value
determination depending on the market, relevant
studies in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) often fail to analyse
the impact of factors, such as unexpired term of
leasehold interest and ground... Read More about The effect of ground rent and unexpired lease term on property values in Ghana.

Urban development and governance in Nigeria : challenges, opportunities and policy direction (2018)
Journal Article
Gyau, K. (2018). Urban development and governance in Nigeria : challenges, opportunities and policy direction. International Development Planning Review, 40(1), 27-49. https://doi.org/10.3828/idpr.2018.1

Volumes of literature discourse illuminate several weaknesses of Nigeria’s urban planning and governance system particularly in the face of rapid urbanisation, and rising levels of urban poverty and informality. However, these literature discourses o... Read More about Urban development and governance in Nigeria : challenges, opportunities and policy direction.

Sources and reliability of property market information for property valuation practice in Ghana (2017)
Journal Article
Baffour Awuah, K., Gyamfi-Yeboah, F., Proverbs, D., & Lamond, J. (2017). Sources and reliability of property market information for property valuation practice in Ghana. Property Management, 35(4), 448-466. https://doi.org/10.1108/PM-05-2016-0019

Purpose
Adequate reliable property market data are critical to the production of professional and ethical valuations as well as better real estate transaction decision-making. However, the availability of reliable property market information repres... Read More about Sources and reliability of property market information for property valuation practice in Ghana.

The role of task complexity in valuation errors analysis in a developing real estate market (2017)
Journal Article
Baffour Awuah, K., & Gyamfi-Yeboah, F. (2017). The role of task complexity in valuation errors analysis in a developing real estate market. Journal of Property Research, 34(1), 54-76. https://doi.org/10.1080/09599916.2017.1315444

The real estate valuation literature on sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) shows a growing concern over valuation errors, especially wide variation in valuations. Although there have been increased business and investment activities in the last decade or more... Read More about The role of task complexity in valuation errors analysis in a developing real estate market.

Evolution and development of urban land use planning: analysis from human action theory perspective (2014)
Journal Article
Gyau, K., Hammond, F., Booth, C., & Lamond, J. (2014). Evolution and development of urban land use planning: analysis from human action theory perspective. Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management (Print), 9(2), 35-67

While numerous literature discuss urban land use planning theory, it is still unclear the framework that should drive
planning practice signifying the need for further interrogation of the subject. This work analyses evolution and
development of pl... Read More about Evolution and development of urban land use planning: analysis from human action theory perspective.

Prognosis of land title formalization in urban Ghana : the myth and reality of awareness and relevance (2013)
Journal Article
Gyau, K., & Hammond, F. (2013). Prognosis of land title formalization in urban Ghana : the myth and reality of awareness and relevance. African studies quarterly, 14(1 & 2), 55-75

While land title formalization is still useful in sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana like many other countries in the sub-region, continues to experience low rate of compliance with the legal title formalization requirement. This is in spite of over a century... Read More about Prognosis of land title formalization in urban Ghana : the myth and reality of awareness and relevance.

The cost of land title formalisation in Ghana (2013)
Journal Article
Gyau, K., Hammond, F., & Lamond, J. (2013). The cost of land title formalisation in Ghana. Property Management, 31(5), 389-403. https://doi.org/10.1108/PM-01-2013-0004

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to assess cost of land title formalisation in Ghana from the standpoint of individual land/property owners with the view to suggesting a cost-effective means for title formalisation in the country.
Design/met... Read More about The cost of land title formalisation in Ghana.

Determinants of low land use planning regulation compliance rate in Ghana (2013)
Journal Article
Baffour Awuah, K., & Hammond, F. (2014). Determinants of low land use planning regulation compliance rate in Ghana. Habitat International, 41, 17-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2013.06.002

The connection between efficient land use and economic development is widely known. Land use planning could thus be effectively leveraged in the fight against poverty in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). To do so, the prescriptions of land use regulations mu... Read More about Determinants of low land use planning regulation compliance rate in Ghana.

A conceptual analysis of the role of human action theory in Sub-Saharan Africa urban land use planning (2011)
Journal Article
Gyau, K., Hammond, F., Booth, C., Lamond, J., Proverbs, D., & Bloch, R. (2011). A conceptual analysis of the role of human action theory in Sub-Saharan Africa urban land use planning. Journal of International Real Estate and Construction Studies, 1(2), 147-165

Urban land use planning literature is rife with research based evidence on the
exceptional failings of institutional urban land use planning in sub-Saharan Africa. These
failings reflect weaknesses of the conceptual foundations of sub-Saharan Afric... Read More about A conceptual analysis of the role of human action theory in Sub-Saharan Africa urban land use planning.

Developing a framework for evaluating equity in informal urban land development system in Sub-Saharan Africa
Journal Article
Gyau, K. Developing a framework for evaluating equity in informal urban land development system in Sub-Saharan Africa. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 204, 225-237. https://doi.org/10.2495/SC160191

Equity has resurfaced as an essential concept of good governance to achieve sustainable urban land development in the developing world particularly Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, formal urban land development system in SSA has largely proven inef... Read More about Developing a framework for evaluating equity in informal urban land development system in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Benefits of urban land use planning in Ghana
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Baffour Awuah, K., Hammond, F., Lamond, J., & Booth, C. Benefits of urban land use planning in Ghana. Geoforum, 51, 37-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.09.019

The urban land use planning literature is rife with criticism of the deficiency of planning regimes in sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, little is known of the magnitude of the economic impact of these land use planning regimes, leading to a lack of cle... Read More about Benefits of urban land use planning in Ghana.