The second city of Ghana is located in the Ashanti region with strong tribal identities and social structures.
Peri-urban areas are growing mainly by middle class encroachment, under a dual ‘customary’ legal system, displacing the land and livelihoods of many indigenes.
In this tropical rainforest location, climate-environment risks include flooding, water scarcity, extreme heat and wildfire.
SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT
Population city-region - 3.2m
Land area city-region - 254 km2
Density city-region - 12600 pp/km2
Population city-region change
Kumasi region
CLIMATE HAZARD
(World Bank data - https://thinkhazard.org – data for Ashanti province)
Extreme heat - medium
Wildfire - HIGH
Water scarcity - medium
River flood - HIGH
Urban flood - HIGH
Coastal flood - (no data)
Cyclone - (no data)
Tsunami - (no data)
Landslide - low
Earthquake - medium
Volcano - (no data)
VULNERABILITY
Economic type - lower middle-income
GDP /pp city-region - $2266 USD / $7360 PPP
HDI (national 2017) - 0.592
GOVERNANCE
(national level data)
Welfare regime (BTI) - 5.0
Control of corruption (SPI) - 4.5
Access to justice (WGI) - 9.1