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Kumasi was called the garden city, but green spaces are vanishing in a clash of land use regulations

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Urban parks in Kumasi , the capital city of Ghana 's Ashanti region, are fast disappearing or in decline.

Kumasi was designed 60 years ago as a "garden city", with green belts, parks and urban green spaces.

The World Health Organization recommends there should be 9 m of green space per city dweller.

For example, they can fine residents whose activities threaten the environment, and use the money to fund parks and green spaces. A percentage of property tax can be dedicated to the protection and development of green spaces in the city. Provided by The Conversation.