Peri-Urban Developments and Processes in Africa with Special Reference to Zimbabwe

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-319-34230-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 142 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 2685 g

Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Geography

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 development processes from various angles in an effort to understand how peri-urban areas develop, function, and how their residents survive. Per-urban dwellers currently face numerous challenges, including land tenure insecurity, poor infrastructure and services, land use conflicts, stringent planning law and land use planning regulations.



This work seeks to address the “knowledgegap” on peri-urban development processes in Africa, and is also intended to inform urban policy practice in the African Cities and beyond. Offering policy makers valuable insights on the peri-urban space, it provides guidance for decision-making in the contexts of service delivery, land management, housing, new town development and place marketing, among others.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chirisa, Innocent

Bandauko, Elmond

Mazhindu, Elias

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Wirtschaftsgeographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Conceptualising and Contextualising Peri-urban and Peri-urbanisation: Scope, Dimentions and Limits.- 2 Peri-Urban Agriculture in Southern Africa: Miracle or Mirage?.- 3 Prospects and Problems of Applying Earth Observation in the Management of Peri-urban Harare.