Developers knowledge and compliance towards development control regulations in the Bolgatanga Municipality

Callistus Tengan; Clinton Ohis Aigbavboa; Stephen Allan Balaara

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-60450-3_13

Developers knowledge and compliance towards development control regulations in the Bolgatanga Municipality

Callistus Tengan
, Clinton Ohis Aigbavboa
, Stephen Allan Balaara

University of Johannesburg
The University of Auckland
Bolgatanga Polytechnic

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7 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Urbanization is a global phenomenon and if not regulated or controlled pose a great challenge to sustainable factors particularly the environment. The rate of urbanization in the Bolgatanga municipality in the upper east region of Ghana is a worrying situation and one that requires immediate attention to enhance sustainability of the environment. Private Individual and public developers failed to adhere to development control measures whiles the municipal assembly has also reneged on its duty to enforce development control regulations resulting in several unauthorized and unplanned development in the municipality. The paper examines the knowledge and compliance level of developers towards development control regulations in the Bolgatanga Municipality. This was achieved through the review of relevant literature on development controls and the use of open-ended questionnaires to elicit data from individual private developers in six (6) urban and peri-urban areas of the municipality. The study further reviewed the concept of development control and permit acquisition in Ghana. The implication of the study is to stimulate strict enforcement of development control regulation to promote efficient and sustainable development in the municipality. It is anticipated that the findings reported in this paper would be imperative for future strategies and guidelines for development in Ghana.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Human Factors, Sustainable Urban Plannin and Infrastructure - Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Human Factors, Sustainable Urban Planning and Infrastructure, 2017
Editors	Jerzy Charytonowicz
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	126-136
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	9783319604497
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60450-3_13
Publication status	Published - 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	AHFE 2017 International Conference on Human Factors, Sustainable Urban Planning and Infrastructure, 2017 - Los Angeles, United States Duration: 17 Jul 2017 → 21 Jul 2017

Publication series

Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume	600
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357

Conference

Conference	AHFE 2017 International Conference on Human Factors, Sustainable Urban Planning and Infrastructure, 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	Los Angeles
Period	17/07/17 → 21/07/17

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

Keywords

Bolgatanga municipality
Building permit
Development controls
Ghana
Sustainable development

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
General Computer Science

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Tengan, C., Aigbavboa, C. O., & Balaara, S. A. (2018). Developers knowledge and compliance towards development control regulations in the Bolgatanga Municipality. In J. Charytonowicz (Ed.), Advances in Human Factors, Sustainable Urban Plannin and Infrastructure - Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Human Factors, Sustainable Urban Planning and Infrastructure, 2017 (pp. 126-136). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 600). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60450-3_13

Tengan, Callistus ; Aigbavboa, Clinton Ohis ; Balaara, Stephen Allan. / Developers knowledge and compliance towards development control regulations in the Bolgatanga Municipality. Advances in Human Factors, Sustainable Urban Plannin and Infrastructure - Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Human Factors, Sustainable Urban Planning and Infrastructure, 2017. editor / Jerzy Charytonowicz. Springer Verlag, 2018. pp. 126-136 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing).

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Developers knowledge and compliance towards development control regulations in the Bolgatanga Municipality. / Tengan, Callistus; Aigbavboa, Clinton Ohis; Balaara, Stephen Allan.
Advances in Human Factors, Sustainable Urban Plannin and Infrastructure - Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Human Factors, Sustainable Urban Planning and Infrastructure, 2017. ed. / Jerzy Charytonowicz. Springer Verlag, 2018. p. 126-136 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 600).

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Tengan C, Aigbavboa CO, Balaara SA. Developers knowledge and compliance towards development control regulations in the Bolgatanga Municipality. In Charytonowicz J, editor, Advances in Human Factors, Sustainable Urban Plannin and Infrastructure - Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Human Factors, Sustainable Urban Planning and Infrastructure, 2017. Springer Verlag. 2018. p. 126-136. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-60450-3_13

Developers knowledge and compliance towards development control regulations in the Bolgatanga Municipality

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