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Upgrading: A process by which traders improve their shop bit by bit. Urbanisation: A change in the pattern of settlement by population growth and expansion of the urban area. Urban voices: The means by which communities influence decision-making on issues that afect their lives, and draws heavily on social capital; the social networks based on norms, reprocity and trust among the members (Lindell, 2010). Vacant land: Non-occupied land in the city. Vendor = trader Volta River Project: A large scale developing project in Ghana, initiated during the late fifties. By building a dam in the Volta River at Akosombo, a large amount of electricity could be aroused to provide electricity for Ghana, some neighbourhood countries and a large aluminum smelter which should be built in Tema. Due to this smelter and the need for a second harbour to serve accra; the original fisher village in Tema had to move for a new, modern city. Wage worker: Someone who is working, commissioned by someone else; so as an independent trader. Wares = merchandise = goods Wheel barrow = pull cart Zoning codes: rules for the destination of specific areas. Zoomlion: Waste management company that keeps the city clean.