Hierarchy of market centres along the Volta Lake in Ghana: A regional development framework

rd order was located in the south whereas the two markets of the 4 th rank were in the midsection of the lake region. The study emphasized the importance of the market centres as service centres for the Volta Lake Region whose economy is essentially based on agriculture and fishing. The market centres were considered as ‘naturally’ occurring service centres capable of stimulating growth impulses in their catchment areas. The study recommended the adoption of the hierarchical order of the market centres as a workable framework for planning the development of the Volta Lake Region.