Sustainability, Resilience, and Infrastructure
in the Global South
Almost evidently, the fastest-growing areas will emerge in the Global South, where the status of urban theory is still developing. Poverty, as a root of many urban issues, limits the approach to illustrating acceptable resolutions among the challenging environments that could present. I learn from cities in the Global South by exploring the meaning of sustainability, resilience, and infrastructural interventions among ordinary communities, hoping to further new generational governance and planning practices from within.
Related Publication
Wang, H.C. (2025) “Seeing Self-help Urban Design as a Social Movement in the Global South: A Case in Accra, Ghana.” Geoforum. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2025.104260.
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Wang, H.C. (2024) “Resilient Development Impacts Could be Assessed: A Case in Accra, Ghana.” Cities. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104762.
Wang, H.C. (2022) “Unbalanced Investments: The Impact of Municipal Finance and Governance on Accra’s Informal Settlements.” IMFG Perspectives. https://hdl.handle.net/1807/124854.
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Wang, H.C. (2022) “Exploring Perspectives on Sustainability and Planning from National and Local Planners for Effective Practice: The Experience of Ghana.” Local Environment, 28(4), 397-411.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2022.2145602.
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Wang, H.C. (2022) “Examining the Impact of In-situ Infrastructural Upgrading on Sustainability in Informal Settlements: The Case of Accra, Ghana.” Journal of Urban Affairs, 45(3), 665-684.
https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2022.2090371.
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Wang, H.C. (2022) “Consolidating Informal Settlements Through Upgrading? The Temporary Implications of In-Situ Electrification from Thembelihle in Johannesburg, South Africa.” Journal of Asian and African Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096221113586.
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Ofori, B. D., O. Pabi, D. Nukpezah, J. Annan, and H.C. Wang (2022). “Food System Flows and Distribution for the Accra Metropolis: Unfolding the Policy Dimensions.” Legon Journal of the Humanities, 32(2), 145-169. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ljh/article/view/224917.