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The ‘Concept Urban Resilience’: Contextualising to Zimbabwe
(University of Zimbabwe, 2019)
This paper is an attempt to systematically conceptualise urban resilience with an intent to decipher how the meaning(s) apply to the Zimbabwean context. The paper draws from a gap that exists in literature regarding urban ...
Distributive politics at play in Harare, Zimbabwe: case for housing cooperatives
(Springer Open, 2015-08-07)
This paper is a case in distributive politics (and hinges on land-based power dynamics)
arguing that in the absence of state capacity to provide for housing, housing
cooperatives have emerged and controlled largely by ...
A population growth and rapid urbanization in Africa: Implications for sustainability
(Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa:Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Clarion, Pennsylvania, 2008)
The realties of rapid urbanization and population growth in Africa are objectively patent
with the realities of diversity of challenges, constraints and threats to service delivery in
urban centres. Urban centres are ...
Distributive politics at play in Harare, Zimbabwe: Case for housing cooperatives
(Springer Open, 2015-08-07)
This paper is a case in distributive politics (and hinges on land-based power dynamics)
arguing that in the absence of state capacity to provide for housing, housing
cooperatives have emerged and controlled largely by ...
Building and urban planning in Zimbabwe with special reference to Harare: Putting needs, costs and sustainability in focus
(Columbia University, 2014)
This article examines construction and its relationship with urban
planning in Zimbabwe. Urban planning has been blamed for making the
building process cumbersome, thereby raising transaction costs. Such
transaction ...
Housing and Stewardship in Peri-urban Settlements in Zimbabwe: A case study of Ruwa and Epworth
(2014-01-10)
This thesis examines the housing-stewardship nexus in peri-urban areas based on the case of Ruwa and Epworth, satellite settlements of Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe. The study seeks to establish the factors that ...
Ecological planning as an inner-city revitalisation agenda for Harare, Zimbabwe
(Springer Open, 2014-12-10)
Background: This article examines approaches for integrating ecological thought in inner-city revitalisation with a
special focus on the inner-city of Harare. It is an exploration and possible (re-)framing of the garden ...
MAINSTREAMING GENDER INTO ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT: An Examination of the Strategies of Urban Women in the Informal Sector‟s Livelihoods: A Case Study of Harare.
(2013-06-04)
Despite that a number of central government ministries and local authorities and non-state sector agencies have adopted a number of policies and strategies to address urban poverty, women prevalently continue to dominate ...
Housing cooperatives and the politics of local organization and representation in peri-urban Harare, Zimbabwe
(University of Florida, Centre for African Studies, 2014-12)
Housing cooperatives have emerged in the context of housing challenges in the urban areas as a strategy for securing low-cost housing accommodation in peri-urban Harare. They constitute vehicles that allow people to pool ...
Building and urban planning in Zimbabwe with special reference to Harare: Putting needs, costs and sustainability in focus
(Columbia University, 2014)
This article examines construction and its relationship with urban
planning in Zimbabwe. Urban planning has been blamed for making the
building process cumbersome, thereby raising transaction costs. Such
transaction ...