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Assessing residential satisfaction among low income households in multi-habited dwellings in selected low income communities in Accra by Addo, Irene Appeaning

“…Multi-habitation is the predominant housing strategy adopted by low income households to address their housing needs in urban areas in Ghana. The recent…”
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Coastal erosion management in Accra : combining local knowledge and empirical research by Addo, Kwasi Appeaning, Addo, Irene Appeaning

“…Coastal erosion along the Accra coast has become a chronic phenomenon that threatens both life and property. The issue has assumed a centre stage of national…”
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"That Is Still our Tradition but in a Modern Form, but it Still Tells our Story": Transitions in Buildings in Northern Ghana by Appeaning Addo, Irene

“…Traditional building practices, which are typically regarded as repositories of heritage and material culture, are undergoing significant transitions in…”
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Evaluation of thermal comfort in library buildings in the tropical climate of Kumasi, Ghana by Mohammadpourkarbasi, Haniyeh, Jackson, Iain, Nukpezah, Daniel, Appeaning Addo, Irene, Assasie Oppong, Rexford

“…•At the mean temperature of 26.9 °C, 79% of the surveyed felt ‘cool’ or ‘slightly cool’•At the mean operative temperature of 30.4 °C, 45.7% of the surveyed…”
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Dealing with COVID-19 in Ghanaian urban shared low-income housing: What it reveals and the planning implications by Appeaning Addo, Irene, Atobrah, Deborah, Frehiwot, Mjiba, Kwansa, Benjamin Kobina

“…Compound and shared low-income houses in Ghana have economic, social, cultural, and familial advantages. Yet, COVID-19 and its related lockdown and home…”
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“Kingsway leads the way to modern living”: British Profit-seeking and Modernism in Ghana and Nigeria 1920–1970 by Harrison, Ewan, Jackson, Iain, Appeaning Addo, Irene, Muraina, Oluwaseun

“…This article examines the operative uses of modernist design by the Kingsway Stores, an elite department store chain active across West Africa. Kingsway…”
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Genealogies of Ghana's housing crisis: the role of colonial interventions and neoliberal reforms by Appeaning Addo, Irene, Mba, Chika C.

“…The urgent need to develop and increase housing units has always featured prominently in electioneering campaigns in Ghana. Successive governments have…”
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Perceptions and Acceptability of Multihabitation as an Urban Low Income Housing Strategy in Greater Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana by Appeaning Addo, Irene

“…Urban low income households have often used multihabitation as a housing strategy to find affordable accommodation in the urban centres. Several factors have…”
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Bio-stabilising earthen houses with tannins from locally available resources by Bras, Ana, Yakubu, Ibrahim, Mohammed, Hazha, Idowu, Ibijoke, Jones, Rosalind, Gagnon, Alexandre S., Owusu-Nimo, Fred, Huang, Yuner, Beckett, Christopher T.S., Addo, Irene Appeaning

“…This study presents the first-ever comparative evaluation of traditional biostabilisation practices for housing employed in Northern Ghana. Such a comparative…”
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The Volta River Project: planning, housing and resettlement in Ghana, 1950-1965 by Jackson, Iain, Uduku, Ola, Appeaning Addo, Irene, Assasie Opong, Rexford

“…This paper investigates the housing schemes proposed in connection with the Volta River Project, Ghana, in the mid-1950s to early 1960s. The Volta River…”
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Accra Airport City I: A Global Space and An Exclusionary Enclave by Addo, Irene Appeaning

“…Airport cities are global spaces used by countries to improve non-aeronautical revenue and to attract foreign direct investment. The planning of such spaces is…”
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Blurring the boundaries: everyday urbanism in Accra Airport City by Addo, Irene Appeaning

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Negotiating Spaces, Exercising Agency and Managing Multiple Roles: The Lived Experiences of University of Ghana Women Academics under COVID-19 by Frehiwot, Mjiba, Atobrah, Deborah, Appeaning-Addo, Irene

“…This article interrogates the lived experiences of women academics at the University of Ghana (UG) between March 2020 and March 2021. It highlights their…”
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