City attractions: Enhancing assets adaptation strategies of the urban poor in Accra and Tamale in Ghana
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2022
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LOCAL DEVELOPMENT & SOCIETY
Abstract
Populations in African cities are growing rapidly which poses
challenges for the urban poor whose assets are poor and
require enhancement. Improving the assets adaptation strate gies of the urban poor will boost the attractions in the city.
However, ways to enhance the assets adaptation strategies of
the urban poor have received less attention in the literature.
This study employed mixed methods to investigate the phe nomenon and found that enhancing assets adaptation strate gies for the poor should be linked to the type of vulnerability
experienced. The study further found that ways to enhance
financial assets include (creating sustainable jobs), physical
assets (provision of water storage facilities), human assets (edu cation and skills), social assets (improving the extended family
system, providing social support), and natural assets (increasing
ccess to water). These findings enable policymakers to strate gize and enhance assets adaptation strategies for the urban
poor.
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Research Article
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Climate change, resilience, urban poor, vulnerabilities