ABSTRACT

African urban areas and cities are primarily seen as vulnerable to climate change. Apparent attempts to get required policies have led to the widespread proliferation of overlapping and duplications of policies. Using a policy coherence framework, this study aims to synthesise the coherency of climate adaptation and urban policies in Ghana. The study used content analysis of existing policy documents to understand if specific variables are explicit, implicit or not mentioned in four urban and climate change policies in Ghana. It was found that there is a minimal degree of coherence only in the adaptation measures, but there is a general lack of coherence in the motivation and implementation. This can be attributed to radically different current institutional arrangements for urban planning and climate change, inconsistent use of data and terminologies, and lack of embracement of innovations in urban planning in African cities. The findings suggest that attention must be given to integrated collaborative adaptation planning to address these impediments in urban planning context of African cities.

摘要

非洲城市地区和城市主要被视为易受气候变化的影响。获得所需政策的明显尝试导致政策重叠和重复的广泛扩散。本研究使用政策一致性框架，旨在综合加纳气候适应和城市政策的一致性。该研究对现有政策文件进行了内容分析，以了解加纳的四项城市和气候变化政策中具体变量是明确的、隐含的还是未提及的。结果发现，仅在适应措施方面存在最小程度的连贯性，但在动机和实施方面普遍缺乏连贯性。这可以归因于当前城市规划和气候变化的体制安排截然不同，数据和术语的使用不一致，非洲城市缺乏对城市规划创新的接受。研究结果表明，必须关注综合协作适应规划，以解决非洲城市城市规划环境中的这些障碍。