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This document summarizes a presentation about rethinking planning for resource-driven urbanization and mining regions in Ghana. It discusses how mining regions follow a boom and bust cycle tied to the life of the mine. It provides historical context of mining-led urbanization and planning from pre-colonial times to the present. Recent trends since 2000 include new mining laws, influx of multinational companies, and emergence of previously unimportant mining regions. The presentation calls for a different planning approach, including shifting mindsets, maximizing development across regions in a bottom-up manner, and long-term planning strategies to account for population growth fueled by resource extraction.

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Re-thinking Planning for Resource-driven Urbanisation and Mining Regions: The Case of Ghana Planning Africa Conference:16-19 September 2012, Durban South Africa By Sarah Gyogluu 1
CONTENT OF PRESENTATION ? What is different about mining regions ? Mining Led urbanisation, Planning and growth of towns: ? Pre- colonial ? Colonial ? Present day &Recent trends ? Towards a Different Approach 2
WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT MINING RESOURCE REGIONS Exploration Exploration & & Development Development Mining Region is tied to Mining ¡°life¡± Exhaustion Exhaustion Epansion Epansion Mining region Mining region Maturity Maturity Decline Decline production production Boom and Burst 3
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THE MINING TOWNS OF GHANA:STICKING OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB? The mining towns of Obuasi, Tarkwa, Prestea, Konongo, Bibiani among others, provide a classic picture of the typical mining towns in Ghana. These towns are far from affluent, an aberration of what communities endowed with mineral resources, are or should look like. The towns are very much unlike other gold mining towns such as Johannesburg in South Africa, Noranda City in Ontario, Canada, Reno in the USA or Perth in Australia, where the scars of mining are sealed by the beauty and riches of these cities, built out of mining¡¯ (Akabzaa T. M., Seyire J. S. and Afriyie K. 2008:15). 5
JUNGLE BOOMS & MINERAL PRODUCTION 1925-1998 6
PERIODISING MINING DRIVEN URBANISATION & PLANNING Independence(1957) Pre colonial era Economic recovery(1984) colonialism ? ? ? ? Precipitated civilizations Growth of settlements Onset of Planning Economic recovery(1984) ? ? ? Centralized & rural planning approaching Plans were short lived, biased towards economic planning, Organic & uncoordinated growth of settlements. Mining was still spatially concentrated in Western, Ashanti and Eastern Regions Recent(2000) ? ? ? ? New Mining laws Influx of MNC¡¯s Decentralised form of planning Emergence of hitherto redundant mining regions. 7
RECENT TRENDS ¨C FROM 2000 District Administrative capitals Largest net receivers of migrant population Second largest receivers of net migrant population 8
Population Increase into Outlying Settlements Source: Derived from survey & Mapping Division and GSS 2000 Population and Housing Census 9
TOWARDS A DIFFERENT APPROACH 10
A SHIFT IN PLANNING MINDSETS 11
MAXIMISING AGGLOMERATIONS WITHIN AND ACROSS REGIONS 12
DEVELOPMENT CONTENT SHOULD BE BOTTOM-UP EPA GCM ASSEMBLY WACAM Other stakeholders in Mining NDPC 13
LONG TERM PLANNING & STRATEGY 1 Billion people will enter the global consuming class by 2025 14
Conclusion 15
Thank you 16

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Conference presentation sarah zineyele gyogluu

  • 1. Re-thinking Planning for Resource-driven Urbanisation and Mining Regions: The Case of Ghana Planning Africa Conference:16-19 September 2012, Durban South Africa By Sarah Gyogluu 1
  • 2. CONTENT OF PRESENTATION ? What is different about mining regions ? Mining Led urbanisation, Planning and growth of towns: ? Pre- colonial ? Colonial ? Present day &Recent trends ? Towards a Different Approach 2
  • 3. WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT MINING RESOURCE REGIONS Exploration Exploration & & Development Development Mining Region is tied to Mining ¡°life¡± Exhaustion Exhaustion Epansion Epansion Mining region Mining region Maturity Maturity Decline Decline production production Boom and Burst 3
  • 4. 4
  • 5. THE MINING TOWNS OF GHANA:STICKING OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB? The mining towns of Obuasi, Tarkwa, Prestea, Konongo, Bibiani among others, provide a classic picture of the typical mining towns in Ghana. These towns are far from affluent, an aberration of what communities endowed with mineral resources, are or should look like. The towns are very much unlike other gold mining towns such as Johannesburg in South Africa, Noranda City in Ontario, Canada, Reno in the USA or Perth in Australia, where the scars of mining are sealed by the beauty and riches of these cities, built out of mining¡¯ (Akabzaa T. M., Seyire J. S. and Afriyie K. 2008:15). 5
  • 6. JUNGLE BOOMS & MINERAL PRODUCTION 1925-1998 6
  • 7. PERIODISING MINING DRIVEN URBANISATION & PLANNING Independence(1957) Pre colonial era Economic recovery(1984) colonialism ? ? ? ? Precipitated civilizations Growth of settlements Onset of Planning Economic recovery(1984) ? ? ? Centralized & rural planning approaching Plans were short lived, biased towards economic planning, Organic & uncoordinated growth of settlements. Mining was still spatially concentrated in Western, Ashanti and Eastern Regions Recent(2000) ? ? ? ? New Mining laws Influx of MNC¡¯s Decentralised form of planning Emergence of hitherto redundant mining regions. 7
  • 8. RECENT TRENDS ¨C FROM 2000 District Administrative capitals Largest net receivers of migrant population Second largest receivers of net migrant population 8
  • 9. Population Increase into Outlying Settlements Source: Derived from survey & Mapping Division and GSS 2000 Population and Housing Census 9
  • 10. TOWARDS A DIFFERENT APPROACH 10
  • 11. A SHIFT IN PLANNING MINDSETS 11
  • 12. MAXIMISING AGGLOMERATIONS WITHIN AND ACROSS REGIONS 12
  • 13. DEVELOPMENT CONTENT SHOULD BE BOTTOM-UP EPA GCM ASSEMBLY WACAM Other stakeholders in Mining NDPC 13
  • 14. LONG TERM PLANNING & STRATEGY 1 Billion people will enter the global consuming class by 2025 14