Resilience and Sustainability in Urban Africa : Context, Facets and Alternatives in Zimbabwe /

Resilience has become a very topical issue transcending many spheres and sectors of sustainable urban development. This book presents a resilience framework for sustainable cities and towns in Africa. The rise in informal settlements is due to the urban planning practices in most African cities that...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Chirisa, Innocent (Editor), Chigudu, Andrew (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2021.
Edition:1st ed. 2021.
Series:Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements,
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Resilience and Sustainability in Urban Land Dynamics in Africa: A Review
  • The Many Faces to Resilience and the Practical Implications to Urban Development and Management in Zimbabwe
  • Disaster Management Capabilities in Zimbabwe: The Context of Africa Agenda 2063
  • Planning and Design as Defining Parameters for Urban Resilience: The Case of Zimbabwe
  • Climate-Resilient Infrastructure for Water and Energy in Greater Harare
  • Building Urban Resilience in the Post-2015 Development Agenda: A Case Study of the City of Harare, Zimbabwe
  • Urban Resilience under Austerity: A Case Study of Street Children Vending in the Harare Central Business District, Post-2018
  • Resilience-Based Interventions to Street Childhood among Street Children in Zimbabwe
  • Childcare and Familial Relations During the Migration Period
  • Resilience as a Governance Factor: The Case of Institutional Multiplicity in the Planning of Caledonia, Harare
  • 'Land Barons' as the Elephant in the Room: Planning and the Management of Urban Space in Chitungwiza and Harare
  • Climate Change and the Resilience Cause in Masvingo City Urban Landscape, Zimbabwe
  • Towards a Resilience Framework for Urban Zimbabwe. .