Urban Alchemy

Clinton Ohis Aigbavboa is a Professor in the Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying, and Director of CIDB Centre of Excellence & Sustainable Human Settlement and Construction Research Centre, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Currently, he is the Chair of DSI/ NRF Research Chair in Sustainable Construction Management and Leadership in the Built Environment at, the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.John Edward Cobbina is a Lecturer at the Department of Building Technology, Koforidua Technical University (KTU), Koforidua, Ghana, and a post-doctoral research fellow with the Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.Simon Ofori Ametepey is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Building Technology, Koforidua Technical University (KTU), Koforidua, Ghana, and a post-doctoral research fellow with the Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.Wellington Didibhuku Thwala is a Distinguished Professor and currently the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information at the Walter Sisulu University East London, South Africa.

• Part One: Sustainable Urban Transformation in Developing Countries Chapter 1. General Introduction Chapter 2. Theoretical Overview of Sustainable Urban Governance and Planning Chapter 3. Concepts and Theories of Governance and Urban Governance Part Two: Models, Theories and Frameworks for Planning and Urban Planning Chapter 4. Concept and Theories of Urban Planning Chapter 5. An Overview of Frameworks for Sustainable Urban Governance and Planning Chapter 6. Gaps in Sustainable Urban Governance and Planning Research Part Three: Sustainable Urban Governance and Planning in Sustainable Urban Transformation Implementation in Ghana Chapter 7. Sustainable Urban Transformation in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Ghana Chapter 8. A Quantitative Study of Sustainable Urban Transformation in Developing Countries: Results from Ghana Chapter 9. Modelling Sustainable Urban Transformation in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Ghana Chapter 10. Sustainable Urban Transformation in Developing Countries: Discussions of a Study in Ghana Chapter 11. Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Urban Governance and Planning in Sustainable Urban Transformation Implementation in Developing Countries