Chiefs and floods: Hybrid governance and flood risk adaptation in Tamale, Ghana

TY - BOOK

T1 - Chiefs and floods

T2 - Hybrid governance and flood risk adaptation in Tamale, Ghana

AU - Agyei-Mensah, Samuel

AU - Owusu, George

AU - Berkhout, Frans

PY - 2024/11/28

Y1 - 2024/11/28

N2 - The conventional approach to managing changing flood risks in cities emphasises the strengthening of state institutional capacities to deliver technocratic solutions. Samuel Agyei-Mensah and colleagues argue that in many African cities this simply isn’t enough and has been ineffective in the past. They make the case for a greater involvement of traditional authorities in managing flood risks because of their ability to draw on local power networks, knowledge and resources. Here they discuss their research on the role traditional authorities can play in building resilience to climate-driven flood risks in the northern Ghanaian city of Tamale.

AB - The conventional approach to managing changing flood risks in cities emphasises the strengthening of state institutional capacities to deliver technocratic solutions. Samuel Agyei-Mensah and colleagues argue that in many African cities this simply isn’t enough and has been ineffective in the past. They make the case for a greater involvement of traditional authorities in managing flood risks because of their ability to draw on local power networks, knowledge and resources. Here they discuss their research on the role traditional authorities can play in building resilience to climate-driven flood risks in the northern Ghanaian city of Tamale.

KW - climate change

KW - flood resilience

KW - traditional authorities

KW - Ghana

M3 - Report

BT - Chiefs and floods

PB - Global Water Forum

CY - Australian National University, Canberra

ER -