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Exploring Social Resilience Among Young Migrants in Old Fadama, an Accra Slum

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Multi-faceted and complex factors resulting from the continual changes in our societies are, arguably, negatively impacting the people of the Global South, especially the young ones. These changes, which are characteristically multi-scalar, include ethnic conflicts, decentralization of government structures, poor agricultural yields and food insecurities, and unfavorable environmental issues (Blum 2007). Although these factors, which are felt both on the global and local scales, may lead to genius novelty, they usually bring about social disruption typified by population displacements, refugee situation, urbanization, and general population movements.

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Editors’ Note

For a detailed map of Old Fadama, see: Gregory M. Verutes, Magdalena Benza Fiocco, John R. Weeks & Lloyd L. Coulter (2012): “Health, poverty, and place in Accra, Ghana: mapping neighborhoods,” Journal of Maps, 8(4):369–373.

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  1. Department of History, Political Science, and Philosophy, Delaware State University, 1200 North DuPont Highway, 19901, Dover, DE, USA

    Raymond Asare Tutu

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    John R. Weeks

  2. , Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of Southampton, Murray Building, Highfield 58, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom

    Allan G. Hill

  3. , Dept of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Miami, Memorial Drive 1000, Coral Gables, 33124-2221, Florida, USA

    Justin Stoler

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Tutu, R.A. (2013). Exploring Social Resilience Among Young Migrants in Old Fadama, an Accra Slum. In: Weeks, J., Hill, A., Stoler, J. (eds) Spatial Inequalities. GeoJournal Library, vol 110. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6732-4_6

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