Economic Incentives in Sub-Saharan African Urban Planning: A Ghanaian Case Study

Kwasi Gyau Baffour Awuah, BSc (Hons), MA, PGCAP, PhD, MGhIS, MGHACMA, MRICS, FHEA, is an interdisciplinary academic and a practitioner with over 22 years of experience in international real estate/urban development projects and sustainability/sustainable development issues. Kwasi is currently an academic and the lead for the real estate research and consultancy cluster at the University of Salford, Manchester. He has previously occupied several positions both in academia and practice and was a founding member of the International Land Measurement Standard Coalition and part of its Standard Setting Committee. Kwasi has published widely. He has been an EPSRC panel member and some of his works have benefitted from funding from institutions, such as RICS, DFID, EU, AHRC, Academy of Medical Sciences, and Royal Academy of Engineering.