Abstract
The disparity in land and food access in Ghana often overlooks the possibility of an underlying gender disparity. This paper explores and interrogates the disparity between land and food access with respect to gender and the evolution of this relationship over the years as a result of the settlement expansion and urban growth within the Adenta Municipality in Ghana. Adopting a mixed pairwise approach of combining spatial analytical tools, vulnerability indexing and resilient indicators, the paper examines the levels and rates of land accessibilities within the stream of modern cities. It assesses the land market system complexities within developing economies and attempts to address the potential threats of gender-land access gaps. The paper finally assigns weights of ranks to model the phenomenon and recommends trends that can facilitate predictions and early cautionary systems for effective urban land governance in Ghana. The paper concludes that though it is noticed that women engage in power structures on a daily basis, this both benefits and burdens them, depending on their socio-cultural status and other factors in terms of access to land and food.
Highlights
Land and Competitive Urban TransformationThough the Sustainable Development Goals (2015) and the New Urban Agenda (2016) point to the role of cities in promoting equity and sustainability, the rapid urbanisation in Ghana along with the changing land governance dynamics significantly influences these advances towards equity in household livelihoods [1,2,3,4,5,6]
This section sets the paradigm of underscoring the multidimensional nature of land tenure security, gender disparity and the preposition of land use governance within the suburban cities of Ghana
The population of the municipality reckons to be increasing at a significant rate with a sporadic urban growth of 4.87 currently
Summary
Though the Sustainable Development Goals (2015) and the New Urban Agenda (2016) point to the role of cities in promoting equity and sustainability, the rapid urbanisation in Ghana along with the changing land governance dynamics significantly influences these advances towards equity in household livelihoods [1,2,3,4,5,6]. Ghana’s inter-censual regional data has indicated a similar trend. The speed of population growth on the fringes of Accra has resulted in a surge in the competition for residential land, infrastructure and commercial centres, as well as sufficient food-causing. This has influenced the urban change pattern of Ghana’s capital, which is overwhelmingly moving towards suburban districts such as Adenta
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