TY - BOOK
T1 - HABITABLE Study Area Report
T2 - Akatsi North District, Ghana
AU - Keeton, Rachel
AU - Reckien, Diana
AU - Abu, Mumuni
PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - Akatsi North District, Ghana was selected as a study site for the HABITABLE project based on a number of selection criteria assembled by the project consortium. This report is intended to give project partners a brief overview of the most salient climate change and migration issues currently characterizing the wider context of Ghana, as well as the most urgent issues within Akatsi North District. Both Ghana and Akatsi North are facing a number of changing environmental dynamics and climate change-related threats. In Akatsi North District, those changes may contribute to increased migration rates. While employment, education and family reunions have been previously reported as the main drivers of migration throughout Ghana, one aim of HABITABLE and Work Package 2 in particular, is to further examine local perceptions of migration drivers and add to the body of knowledge in this area. This report aims to take a step in that direction by bringing together and summarizing a number of relevant issues as background information for project partners. The report concludes that due to its ongoing and observable environmental changes as well as increasing migration rates, Akatsi North is a relevant and appropriate study site for the HABITABLE project.
AB - Akatsi North District, Ghana was selected as a study site for the HABITABLE project based on a number of selection criteria assembled by the project consortium. This report is intended to give project partners a brief overview of the most salient climate change and migration issues currently characterizing the wider context of Ghana, as well as the most urgent issues within Akatsi North District. Both Ghana and Akatsi North are facing a number of changing environmental dynamics and climate change-related threats. In Akatsi North District, those changes may contribute to increased migration rates. While employment, education and family reunions have been previously reported as the main drivers of migration throughout Ghana, one aim of HABITABLE and Work Package 2 in particular, is to further examine local perceptions of migration drivers and add to the body of knowledge in this area. This report aims to take a step in that direction by bringing together and summarizing a number of relevant issues as background information for project partners. The report concludes that due to its ongoing and observable environmental changes as well as increasing migration rates, Akatsi North is a relevant and appropriate study site for the HABITABLE project.
KW - ITC-GOLD
UR - https://ezproxy2.utwente.nl/login?url=https://library.itc.utwente.nl/login/2022/chap/keeton_hab.pdf
U2 - 10.3990/1.9789036553537
DO - 10.3990/1.9789036553537
M3 - Report
SN - 978-90-365-5353-7
BT - HABITABLE Study Area Report
PB - University of Twente
CY - Enschede
ER -