Adjei-Cudjoe, Benolia, B (2022) The Potentials, Risks, and Insights gained from Indigenous Planning on Degrowth in Ghana. Master thesis.
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Abstract
As of right now, Ghana is experiencing unsustainable economic growth characterized by environmental challenges and biodiversity loss. Degrowth offers an imposed conformity to biodiversity conservation when growth becomes incompatible with environmental protection. According to earlier studies, Ghana's traditional planning system, which regards nature as a holy place and involves a number of taboos and adherences, prevents resource overexploitation for the sake of economic growth (degrowth) as a result the purpose of the study was to assess the potentials, the risks and lessons derive from the role of indigenous planning on degrowth in Ghana. The findings from the three traditional areas used as research cases showed that practices and taboos that protect the ecosystem from overexploitation for economic purposes, which was conceptualized as degrowth, were influenced by the belief that plants, animals, and water bodies have spirits and cultural significance. The study also uncovered commonalities and discrepancies between the native planning systems in the study locations. The discrepancies between the systems were founded on history, belief systems, and the characteristics of the geography in which the locations were situated. However, all systems share a common goal of protecting valuable resources. The study also showed that, despite being a beneficial method, indigenous planning cannot address all conservation issues that local communities are facing because of disparities in belief systems, which makes it impossible to guarantee the protection of all endangered species. Through the lens of indigenous planning, this work adds to the understanding of degrowth within socio-spatial planning.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Degree programme: | Society, Sustainability and Planning (MSc Socio-spatial Planning) |
| Supervisor: | Roo, G. de |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Sep 2022 12:13 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Sep 2022 12:13 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4062 |
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