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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muchadenyika, Davison, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Growth.

Cities and towns.

City planning.

Urbanization.

Zimbabwe.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxi, 234 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Harare : Weaver Press, [2020]

Summary:

Seeking Urban Transformation. Alternative Urban Futures in Zimbabwe tells the stories of ordinary people's struggles to remake urban centres. It interrogates and highlights the principle conditions in which urban transformation takes place. The main catalysts of the transformation are social movements and planning institutions. Social movements pool resources and skills, acquire land, install infrastructure and build houses. Planning institutions change policies, regulations and traditions to embrace and support a new form of urban development driven by grassroots movements. Besides providing a comprehensive analysis of planning and housing in Zimbabwe, there is a specific focus on three urban centres of Harare, Chitungwiza and Epworth. In metropolitan Harare, the books examines new housing and infrastructure series to the predominantly urban poor population; vital roles played by the urban poor in urban development and the adoption by planning institutions of grassroots-centered, urban-planning approaches. The book draws from three case studies and in-depth interviews from diverse urban shapers i.e. representatives and members of social movements, urban planners, engineers, surveyors, policy makers, politicians, civil society workers and students to generate a varied selection of insights and experiences. Based on the Zimbabwean experience, the book illustrates how actions and power of ordinary people contributes to the transformation of African cities.

Contents:

Introduction : transformation drivers

Theoretical and conceptual perspectives

Planning and housing : a history

Metropolitan Harare : past, present and future

Urban economies, politics and governance (1980-2018)

Harare : the transformation of a city

Chitungwiza : a fractured city

Epworth : the informal-formal transition

Redefining a new urban future.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-234).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781779223685

1779223684

OCLC:

1155064695