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Metropolitan region centered in Ghana's capital Accra
- The Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) is a metropolitan region centered in Ghana's capital Accra. With around five million inhabitants, the metropolitan area is one of the 90 largest agglomerations in the world. [ 1] The GAMA is largely continuous, but not identical with the Greater Accra Region.
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The Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) is a metropolitan region centered in Ghana's capital Accra. With around five million inhabitants, the metropolitan area is one of the 90 largest agglomerations in the world. [1] The GAMA is largely continuous, but not identical with the Greater Accra Region.
The GAMA Project has four components: provision of environmental sanitation and water supply services to priority low-income areas; improvement and expansion of the water distribution network; planning, improvement, and expansion of GAMA-wide environmental sanitation services; institutional strengthening of municipal, metropolitan, and national ...
Accra, or Accra Metropolis, is the nucleus of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA), which comprises Tema Metropolis and ten (10) municipalities (see Figure 2). Before the capital of the...
This study analyzed and assessed spatio-temporal dynamics of land-use change (LUC) and urban expansion (UE) within the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) of Ghana.
Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) Country Population: 26,658,823. Population growth rate: 2.4% Urban population: 53% Urbanisation rate: 3.6% Population GAMA: 4.3 million – expected to double in 20 years. GNI per capita (PPP): USD 3,910. GDP growth rate: 4.2% – GAMA supports about 62% of national GDP.
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Jul 13, 2023 · Their usefulness is illustrated by a qualitative analysis of the growth of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA), Ghana, as well as in a preliminary neural network modeling of the urbanization process of this same area.
Accra forms part of the Greater Accra Metropolian Area (GAMA) which connects Accra to fringe and peri-urban areas. It is characterised by significant (low density) urban sprawl, with many people residing outside the city centre and commuting daily to the Central Business District (CBD).