Abbreviations used:

STMA= Secondi Takoradi Metropolitan Area

EPA= Environmental Protection Agency

TCPD= Town and Country Planning Department

Questions asked (but not comprehensive to all interviewees):

1.What is your understanding of land use planning (Definition)?

2.What is your understanding of sustainable land use planning (Definition)?

And could you name a project in the region (district or regional level – depends on the specific respondent) which can be declared as being based on sustainable land use planning (further elaboration)?

3.How would you define the concept: urban and peri-urban area? What are the key characteristics which guide the spatial delineation of urban and peri-urban areas in your district?

4.What are the processes of land use planning at the district level (land acquisition, consultation with local institutions, etc.)?

What are the major land use priorities for your districts?

How does this priority take centre stage in the land use planning process?

Is there an environmental impact analysis or feasibility study conducted as input into land use planning?

5.How does land use planning at the local level differ from structural and regional land use planning?

What major processes are followed to integrate new land use plans alongside existing spatial development?

6.How does land acquisition challenge the land use planning process in your area?

Has the Land Administration Project been a good approach for acceleration of land acquisition and improvement of Ghana’s land use planning?

7.With the current focus on land use planning in the urban area, do you anticipate that in the future, land use planning will be extended to all areas (not only urban) in Ghana?

8.What are the key spatial explicit determinants of spatial growth patterns in your district? (E.g. do roads, economic centers, schools, and water bodies influence spatial growth?)

How do spatial planning strategies factor into natural environment/entities in the planning process?

Do they consider environmentally sensitive areas in their planning process?

If yes: how is it integrated into the planning process?

/If not: how could it be integrated into the planning process?

9.Identify the key traditional planning approaches integrated in the modern practice.

How does the current land use planning deviate from traditional planning approaches in its current context?

How does the current land use planning system integrate traditional planning approaches in its current context?

10.Who are the main stakeholders in the land use planning process? Do you think local authorities and communities are involved in the development of land use plans?

11.What are the main obstacles that hinder effective land use planning?

Identify some land use planning bylaws currently in operation in your district. What could be the reason for the high or low adoption rate of land use planning bylaws (=regulations)?

12.What feasible measures (under the current conditions) could improve land use planning in Ghana?