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Author Muchadenyika, Davison, author.

Title Seeking urban transformation : alternative urban futures in Zimbabwe / Davison Muchadenyika.

Publication Info. Harare, Zimbabwe : Weaver Press, 2020.
©2020

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Description 1 online resource (xxxi, 234 pages)
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Contents Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- About the Author -- List of Tables, Boxes and Figures -- Acronyms -- Chronology (1890-2018) -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: Transformation Drivers -- Transformation drivers -- Key arguments -- Structure of the book -- 2. Theoretical and Conceptual Perspectives -- Urban transformation defined -- Social movements -- Resource mobilization theory -- Political opportunity structures -- Radical planning -- The case for radical planning -- Transformative theory: A conceptual framework -- Social movements as agents of social transformation
Radical planning as means for social transformation -- Conclusion -- 3. Planning and Housing: A History -- Colonial planning and housing (1890-1979) -- Post-independence planning and housing (1980-2018) -- Housing policy developments -- Repeal of pass laws (1980) and rent control regulations (1982) -- Home-ownership policy -- Operation Murambatsvina/Restore Order -- National Housing Policy 2012 -- Housing delivery projects -- Housing and Guarantee Fund -- Housing Upgrading Programme -- Urban I and II -- Zimbabwe Private Sector Housing Programme -- LARP and Homelink Housing Development Scheme
National Housing Delivery Programme (2004-08) -- Housing projects (2009-13) -- Conclusion -- 4. Metropolitan Harare: Past, Present and Future -- Harare City -- Siting and early development (1890-1946) -- Colonial planning and housing crisis (1946-1980) -- Chitungwiza Town -- Post-independence urban expansion and housing (1980-2015) -- Epworth -- Squatter settlement upgrading programme (1980-2005) -- Rapid expansion and in situ upgrading (2005-2015) -- Conclusion -- 5. Urban Economies, Politics and Governance (1980-2018) -- Urban governance reforms and stable urban economies (1980-2000)
Contestation and informalized urban economies (2000-18) -- City of Harare governance (2000-2018) -- Housing: A growing challenge -- Co-operative and federation movement -- Conclusion -- 6. Harare: the Transformation of a City -- Infrastructure development from below -- Taking advantage of political opportunities -- Women in action -- Policy changes to support grassroots-driven approaches -- Learning and adopting inclusive strategies -- From demolitions to regularization -- Governing urban movements -- Land invasions and allocation -- Contestations over land access -- Conclusion
7. Chitungwiza: A Fractured City -- Housing development from below -- Taking advantage of political opportunities -- Intra-party struggles -- Governing housing co-operatives -- Co-operatives and town planning principles -- From demolitions to regularization -- Land delivery process and institutional arrangements -- Institutional capacity to govern -- Institutional capacity to plan -- Conclusion -- 8. Epworth: The Informal-Formal Transition -- Informal land markets and land access -- From 'squatters' to residents -- From 'squatters' to voters -- Struggles and contestations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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Subject City planning -- Zimbabwe.
City planning.
Zimbabwe.
Central business districts -- Zimbabwe.
Central business districts.
Cities and towns -- Zimbabwe -- Growth.
Cities and towns.
Growth.
Cities and towns -- Growth.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Muchadenyika, Davison. Seeking Urban Transformation : Alternative Urban Futures in Zimbabwe. Oxford : Weaver Press, ©2020
ISBN 1779223684 (electronic book)
9781779223685 (electronic book)
1779223676
9781779223678