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Land Use and Values

Land use involves the management and modification of natural environment or wilderness into built environment such as settlements and semi-natural habitats such as arable fields, pastures, and managed woods. It also has been defined as "the total of arrangements, activities, and inputs that people undertake in a certain land cover type.

Land Culture and Report

Land and Culture supports traditional owners in traditional land management such as patch burning and encourages the handing down of traditional ecological knowledge to young people

Welcome, Department of Land Economy

Established in 1965, the Department of Land Economy (DoLE) is the foremost and leading centre for teaching and research in land economy in Ghana and the West African region. Land Economy, as a subject, considers the role and use of land, real estate and environment within an economy. It applies particularly the disciplines of economics, law and planning for the analysis of the governance of land use, urban areas and interactions with other environmental resources.

We offer a comprehensive range of undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses, all of which are accredited by the National Accreditation Board and the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS). We have two four-year undergraduate courses and two one-year postgraduate programmes that offers both instructional and research-based MSc, as well as a four-year PhD. Research within the Department falls into one of our three research groups, namely Real Estate and Housing, Estates and Facilities Management, and Land Use and Governance. Our programmes are held in high regard by leading employers.