The Ghana Model for Resilience Enhancement in Semiarid Ghana: Conceptualization and Social Implementation
Many government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and academic and research institutions have over the past two decades conducted studies and implemented actions aimed at developing frameworks, models, and tools to assess the resilience to climate
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The Ghana Model for Resilience Enhancement in Semiarid Ghana: Conceptualization and Social Implementation Osamu Saito, Yaw Agyeman Boafo, Godfred Seidu Jasaw, Effah Kwabena Antwi, Shoyama Kikuko, Gordana Kranjac-Berisavljevic, Richard Wilfred Nartey Yeboah, Francis Obeng, Edwin A. Gyasi, and Kazuhiko Takeuchi Abstract Many government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and academic and research institutions have over the past two decades conducted studies and implemented actions aimed at developing frameworks, models, and tools to assess the resilience to climate and ecosystem changes of vulnerable communities. However, O. Saito (*) • S. Kikuko United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), Tokyo, Japan e-mail: [email protected] Y.A. Boafo The University of Tokyo, Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science, Tokyo, Japan e-mail: [email protected] G.S. Jasaw Faculty of Planning and Land Management, University for Development Studies, Wa, Ghana E.K. Antwi (*) Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science (IR3S), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study (UTIAS), Tokyo, Japan e-mail: [email protected] G. Kranjac-Berisavljevic University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana R.W.N. Yeboah Department of Agribusiness Management and Finance, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana F. Obeng University for Development Studies, Nyankpala Campus, Nyankpala, Ghana E.A. Gyasi Department of Geography and Resource Development, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018 O. Saito et al. (eds.), Strategies for Building Resilience against Climate and Ecosystem Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa, Science for Sustainable Societies, DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-4796-1_2
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actions and studies encompassing empirical field tests of the assessment instruments are relatively few. This chapter reports the outcomes of an empirically applied resilience assessment framework, hereafter referred to as the “Ghana Model,” which was initiated as part of the “Enhancing Resilience to Climate and Ecosystem Changes in Semi-Arid Africa: An Integrated Approach (CECAR-Africa)” project, implemented in Ghana’s semiarid ecosystem. The chapter provides a concise description of the “Ghana Model” as an integrated resilience assessment framework as underpinned by seven principles while highlighting the concrete actions and steps taken in operationalizing it. As a clinically valid approach for resilience assessment, the Ghana Model provides valuable evidence to aid decision and policymakers in Ghana in designing and implementing adaptation strategies for climate change in vulnerable communities and households. As a resilience assessment template, it can be applied in other ecosystems within other sub-Saharan African countries as well as other developing economies. The Ghana Model can enrich ongoing discourse on global sustainability as well as provide relevant output toward the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals. Keywo
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