Search Results - "Gough, Katherine V."

Diverging pathways: young female employment and entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa by LANGEVANG, THILDE, GOUGH, KATHERINE V

“…Shrinking public sectors and limited opportunities for gaining formal wage employment in the private sector have resulted in entrepreneurship being promoted as…”
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From smallholders to transnationals: The impact of changing consumer preferences in the EU on Ghana’s pineapple sector by Fold, Niels, Gough, Katherine V.

“…This paper explores the impact that a new type of pineapple, and subsequent changing consumer preferences in the Global North, has had on the livelihoods of…”
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Basket weaving and social weaving: Young Ghanaian artisans’ mobilization of resources through mobility in times of climate change by Olwig, Mette F., Gough, Katherine V.

“…► We counter the perception of climate-related mobility as failed adaptation. ► We show how young Ghanaian artisans’ mobility and non-mobility are active…”
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Everyday contours and politics of infrastructure: Informal governance of electricity access in urban Ghana by Amankwaa, Ebenezer F, Gough, Katherine V

“…This article contributes to shaping the discourse on unequal geographies of infrastructure and governance in the global South, opening up new ways of thinking…”
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Bricolage and informal businesses: Young entrepreneurs in the mobile telephony sector in Accra, Ghana by Afutu-Kotey, Robert Lawrence, Gough, Katherine V.

“…•Most young people who establish a mobile telephony related business chose to enter and stay within the sector.•Engaging in bricolage is necessary to run and…”
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Navigating old age and the urban terrain: Geographies of ageing from Africa by McQuaid, Katie, Esson, James, Gough, Katherine V., Wignall, Ross

“…This paper extends research on geographies of ageing in relation to urban academic and policy debates. We illustrate how older people in urban African contexts…”
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Introduction: Young People’s Im/Mobile Urban Geographies by Skelton, Tracey, Gough, Katherine V.

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Disrupted becomings: The role of smartphones in Syrian refugees’ physical and existential journeys by Gough, Hannah A., Gough, Katherine V.

“…This paper explores the role of smartphones in facilitating the journeys of predominantly young, male Syrians following the onset of the civil war. Drawing on…”
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Young Entrepreneurs in the Mobile Telephony Sector in Ghana: From Necessities to Aspirations by Afutu-Kotey, Robert Lawrence, Gough, Katherine V., Owusu, George

“…Despite increasing research interest in the mobile telephony sector, only a few studies have devoted attention to informal businesses in the sector. Using…”
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Expanding the scales and domains of (in)security: Youth employment in urban Zambia by Gough, Katherine V, Chigunta, Francis, Langevang, Thilde

“…Most research on issues of (in)security has tended to have a military/safety angle and focus on global/national scales linked to spectacular events. This paper…”
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‘We are at the mercy of the floods!’ : Extreme weather events, disrupted mobilities, and everyday navigation in urban Ghana by Amankwaa, Ebenezer F., Gough, Katherine V.

“…This paper examines how extreme weather events affect the mobility of low‐income urban residents in Ghana. Bringing together scholarship on extreme weather and…”
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Geographies of youth, mobile phones, and the urban hustle by Amankwaa, Ebenezer Forkuo, Esson, James, Gough, Katherine V.

“…Geographers have shown how mobile phones are transforming urban economies in Africa by altering the temporal and spatial nature of commercial transactions…”
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Bounded Entrepreneurial Vitality: The Mixed Embeddedness of Female Entrepreneurship by Langevang, Thilde, Gough, Katherine V., Yankson, Paul W. K., Owusu, George, Osei, Robert

“…Despite the recent increased interest in female entrepreneurs, attention has tended to focus on dynamic individuals and generic incentives without considering…”
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Surviving through movement: the mobility of urban youth in Ghana by Langevang, Thilde, Gough, Katherine V.

“…In Africa, young people are engaging with a globalised world of flows and movements but are coming of age in environments characterised by uncertainty,…”
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‘We built this city’: Mobilities, urban livelihoods and social infrastructure in the lives of elderly Ghanaians by Wignall, Ross, McQuaid, Katie, Gough, Katherine V., Esson, James

“…•Older people living in the urban Global South need more consideration.•Explores how mobility shapes the life experiences of older urban…”
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Migration, housing and attachment in urban gold mining settlements by Gough, Katherine V, Yankson, Paul WK, Esson, James

“…Mining settlements are typically portrayed as either consisting of purpose-built housing constructed by mining companies to house their workers, or as…”
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Shaping Geographies of Informal Education: A Global South Perspective by Gough, Katherine V, Langevang, Thilde, Yankson, Paul W K, Owusu, George

“…This article aims to shape understandings of the geographies of informal education by exploring an aspect of education that has been broadly overlooked by…”
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Impact of extreme weather conditions on healthcare provision in urban Ghana by Codjoe, Samuel N.A., Gough, Katherine V., Wilby, Robert L., Kasei, Raymond, Yankson, Paul W.K., Amankwaa, Ebenezer F., Abarike, Mercy A., Atiglo, D. Yaw, Kayaga, Sam, Mensah, Peter, Nabilse, Cuthbert K., Griffiths, Paula L.

“…Extreme weather events pose significant threats to urban health in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa where there are…”
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A Neglected Aspect of the Housing Market: The Caretakers of Peri-urban Accra, Ghana by Gough, Katherine V., Yankson, Paul

“…In housing markets in sub-Saharan Africa, construction is predominantly undertaken by individuals rather than by the state or private companies. Due to lack of…”
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'moving around': the social and spatial mobility of youth in lusaka by Gough, Katherine V.

“…Claims have recently been made for a 'mobilities paradigm' which is challenging the relative 'a-mobile' focus of much of the social sciences. The agenda drawn…”
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