8-689: Ablekuma is a peri-urban town located in the Ga Central District of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana . Ablekuma is located along the Awoshie - Pokuase highway. Its distance by road from the Kotoka International Airport is approximately 13.4 kilometres (8.3 mi). The coordinates of the town are 05°31'12"N, 00°28'48"W. Ablekuma's estimated elevation above sea level is 45 meters. Ablekuma
16-606: Is in the Anyaa-Sowutuom constituency headed by Hon Dr. Dickson Adomako Kissi, a member of the New Patriotic Party . The traditional Chief of Ablekuma is Nii Larbi Mensah IV. Ablekuma was noted for the murder of two policemen, Owusu Sekyere (alias Kweku Ninja) and Jerry Wornu (alias Taller). on November 24, 1998 This Greater Accra location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Peri-urban Peri-urbanisation relates to
24-571: The United States urban areas are defined as contiguous territory having a density of at least 1,000 persons per square mile, though in some areas the density may be as low as 500 per square mile. Urban areas also include outlying territory of less density if it is connected to the core of the contiguous area by road and within 2.5 road miles of that core, or within 5 road miles but separated by water or other undevelopable territory. Territory with population density below 1,000 people per square mile
32-456: The hinterland ) are defined by the structure resulting from the process of peri-urbanisation. It can be described as the landscape interface or ecotone between town and countryside, or also as the rural—urban transition zone where urban and rural uses and functions mix and often clash. It can thus be viewed as a new landscape type in its own right, one forged from an interaction of urban and rural land use . Its definition shifts depending on
40-474: The city and the countryside—that are shaped by the fragmented urbanisation of former rural areas in the urban fringe, both in a qualitative (e.g. diffusion of urban lifestyle) and in a quantitative (e.g. new residential zones) sense. It is frequently seen as a result of post-modernity . In science, the term was used initially in France and Switzerland . Peri-urban areas (also called urban space , outskirts or
48-449: The countryside around urban areas tends to be low with severance between areas of open land and poorly maintained woodlands and hedgerows with the scattered urban facilities. "Peri-urbanisation" is also sometimes used to fill the gap between suburbanisation and exurbanisation , and thus relates moreover to the movement of people in space. In this case, it implies the expansion of functional rural-urban linkages such as by commuting . In
56-529: The global location, but typically in Europe where suburban areas are intensively managed to prevent urban sprawl and protect agricultural land, the urban fringe will be characterised by certain land uses which have either purposely moved from the urban area or require much larger tracts of land. As examples: Despite these urban uses, the fringe remains largely open with the majority of the land for agricultural, woodland or other rural uses. The quality of living of
64-605: The processes of scattered and dispersive urban growth that create hybrid landscapes of fragmented and mixed urban and rural characteristics. Such areas may be referred to as the rural–urban fringe , the outskirts or the urban hinterland . The expression originates from the French word périurbanisation ("peri-urban" meaning "around urban"), which is used by the INSEE (the French statistics agency) to describe spaces—between
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