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The project-side in Ghana bears certain challenges which very often are beyond controllability by the project partners. Tropical climate conditions in combination with lack of national infrastructure may produce a shortage of water and/or power. On the other hand cloudbursts and excessive solar heat can stop or slow down construction works.

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Geller, G., Glücklich, D. (2012). Lessons Learned/Relevance. In: Geller, G., Glücklich, D. (eds) Sustainable Rural and Urban Ecosystems: Design, Implementation and Operation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28261-4_5

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