This book focuses on peri-urban development processes in Africa, with special emphasis on Zimbabwe. The debates included highlight a number of issues in the peri-urban context, such as access to water, appropriate technologies and land management, political economy in the peri-urban space, peri-urban agriculture, and place marketing in peri-urban development, among others. The debates raised by the authors in this book revolve around locating the peri-urban space within the context of sustainability, in which key issues are addressed.
The book essentially examines peri-urban...
This book focuses on peri-urban development processes in Africa, with special emphasis on Zimbabwe. The debates included highlight a number of issu...
Abraham R. Matamanda Innocent Chirisa Siphokazi Rammile
The housing and human settlement sector is fast changing, and technology is making it more complex than ever before. With reference to Zimbabwe, a developing country in Southern Africa, the essence of this book is to bring out housing as an issue within the technology debate and practice. The following themes emerge from the 6 chapters in the book:• The characterisation and conceptualisation of housing and technology and the nexus of both• The complexity of housing challenges and the problems governments face in providing adequate housing, especially for the poor• Diverse practices in...
The housing and human settlement sector is fast changing, and technology is making it more complex than ever before. With reference to Zimbabwe, a dev...
