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Ghana’s informal residents show how social innovation can solve urban challenges

Ghana’s informal residents show how social innovation can solve urban challenges

LOCAL governments across the world have turned to what is called “urban innovation” in a bid to manage urban problems. The term refers to the use of smart data collection, digital infrastructure facilities and services that meet intertwined urban challenges. These include housing, water, sanitation and electricity provision. But policy-making and research focus on innovations in the developed world. What’s not been explored are the practical ways people find to live in poor, marginalised, informal and crowded urban areas. For example, how they manage water and sanitation provision and maintenance. Authors SETH ASARE OKYERE, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Arizona…
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