Objective

To guide students to appraise contemporary land use law and policy in Ghana to improve land administration. 

Content 

The course deals with contemporary land use law and policy. Other areas to cover are use and abuse of the "police power" (the legal basis for land use control); zoning flexibility; vested property rights, development agreements and undertakings; redevelopment and growth control; and direct democracy. The course will demonstrate how land use laws and decisions affect environmental quality and how land use decision-making addresses environmental impacts. 

Mode of delivery

The course will be delivered through lectures, seminars, group discussion, fieldwork and applied problem solving approach.