For or against sustainable development? A geospatial analysis of the state of green space ecosystems in West Gonja, Ghana

IF 5.9 1区社会学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Land Use Policy Pub Date : 2025-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-01-22 DOI:10.1016/j.landusepol.2025.107480

Stephen Biliyitorb Liwur , Abdul Rashid Adam , Jacob Nchagmado Tagnan , Sadisu Sadique , Michael Osei Asibey , Stephen Appiah Takyi , Owusu Amponsah

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The impacts of urban growth on green space ecosystems have consistently remained in the dailies of sustainability on numerous platforms. Despite the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aiming to ensure urban sustainability, many regions struggle to achieve these targets. In light of this, this study investigated the state of green space ecosystems in Ghana's Guinea Savannah (West Gonja) and clinched the findings to the quest for global sustainability, whether it is against or for the agenda. Methodologically, geospatial and remote sensing techniques were employed to analyse the state of green spaces, revealing a dire situation: few green spaces exist (8.70 % in 2000 to 8.51 % in 2021), and they are rapidly depleting due to rising land surface temperatures (48.93°C in 2000–93.65°C in 2021), leading to intense urban heat islands (12.95 °F in 2000–52.38 °F in 2021). Anchored on this, the researchers concluded from this study’s discussions that the state of green space ecosystems in Ghana’s Guinea Savannah is against the pursuit of a global sustainable development agenda, particularly SDG 15. The researchers, therefore, recommend that countries like Ghana fully adopt the SDG targets, incorporating the services of ecosystems and the values of biodiversity into urban planning and policy-making.

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支持还是反对可持续发展？加纳西Gonja绿地生态系统状态的地理空间分析

城市发展对绿色空间生态系统的影响一直存在于许多平台的可持续性日常中。尽管联合国的可持续发展目标（sdg）旨在确保城市的可持续性，但许多地区难以实现这些目标。鉴于此，本研究调查了加纳几内亚大草原（西Gonja）的绿色空间生态系统状况，并将研究结果与全球可持续性的追求联系起来，无论它是反对还是支持议程。在方法上，利用地理空间和遥感技术分析了绿地的状况，揭示了一个可怕的情况：绿地很少（2000年为8.70 %，到2021年为8.51 %），由于地表温度上升（2000年为48.93°C，到2021年为93.65°C），绿地正在迅速消耗，导致强烈的城市热岛（2000年为12.95 °F，到2021年为52.38 °F）。基于此，研究人员从本研究的讨论中得出结论，加纳几内亚大草原的绿色空间生态系统状况与追求全球可持续发展议程，特别是可持续发展目标15背道而驰。因此，研究人员建议像加纳这样的国家充分采纳可持续发展目标的目标，将生态系统的服务和生物多样性的价值纳入城市规划和政策制定。

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Land Use Policy ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES-

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13.70

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553

期刊介绍： Land Use Policy is an international and interdisciplinary journal concerned with the social, economic, political, legal, physical and planning aspects of urban and rural land use. Land Use Policy examines issues in geography, agriculture, forestry, irrigation, environmental conservation, housing, urban development and transport in both developed and developing countries through major refereed articles and shorter viewpoint pieces.