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Urban Flooding in Ghana: Examining the role of planning authorities
About the Author Dr Prince-Joseph Ayiku is the Chief Executive Officer of Lakeside Estate and a development practitioner with a keen interest in sustainable urban development, environmental governance, land-use planning, housing policy, and infrastructure resilience.
As flood disasters become more frequent, questions are increasingly being asked about the effectiveness of planning authorities, local assemblies, regulatory agencies, developers, and landowners in protecting critical environmental assets that serve as natural flood defences.
The Water Resources Commission (WRC) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have repeatedly identified uncontrolled development in wetlands as a major contributor to urban flooding across Ghana.
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