HYBRID URBANISM: Water Delivery Configuration in Urban Ghana - The Case of Sunyani

The role of both ´formal´ and ´informal´ water vendors in the advancement of the supply of water to urban dwellers especially poor dwellers have been largely regarded in contemporary urban studies and planning literature. However, the complex and intertwined nature of the ´formal´ and ´informal´ that have, in contemporary literature, been considered useful in the deliberation of issues concerning water delivery. To propel a comprehensive argument in the discourses of water, this study examines delivery configurations from the perspective of experts and dwellersl in the delivery of water. Discussions in this study also unveils the systems (water policies, programs and institutions) facilitated by the formal sectors in cities in Ghana by using the concept `hybrid urbanism` as the analytical framework. By using the ´building and dwelling perspectives´ to unpack issues of water from both residents and experts respectively, the study unveiled that urban water system, local realities and institutional frameworks have the tendency to perpetuate inequality and social injustice in secondary cities. The results also suggest that existence of informal water vendors in the supply chain of water in urban areas is as result of complex multi-faceted developmental issues that are deeply hidden in economic, legal and institutional glitches that exist in society.

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