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The Political Economy of Land and Urban Development: The Case of Epworth, Zimbabwe, 1980-2012

The Political Economy of Land and Urban Development: The Case of Epworth, Zimbabwe, 1980-2012

Kudzanai Bvochora, Bernard Kusena
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781522541653|ISBN10: 1522541659|EISBN13: 9781522541660
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-4165-3.ch019
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Bvochora, Kudzanai, and Bernard Kusena. "The Political Economy of Land and Urban Development: The Case of Epworth, Zimbabwe, 1980-2012." Handbook of Research on Urban Governance and Management in the Developing World, edited by Joshua Mugambwa and Mesharch W. Katusiimeh, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 343-359. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4165-3.ch019

APA

Bvochora, K. & Kusena, B. (2018). The Political Economy of Land and Urban Development: The Case of Epworth, Zimbabwe, 1980-2012. In J. Mugambwa & M. Katusiimeh (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Urban Governance and Management in the Developing World (pp. 343-359). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4165-3.ch019

Chicago

Bvochora, Kudzanai, and Bernard Kusena. "The Political Economy of Land and Urban Development: The Case of Epworth, Zimbabwe, 1980-2012." In Handbook of Research on Urban Governance and Management in the Developing World, edited by Joshua Mugambwa and Mesharch W. Katusiimeh, 343-359. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4165-3.ch019

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Abstract

Many urban areas which have sprouted around the world owe their economic and social origins in growth points and market centers. Situated about 15 kilometers south-east of Harare, Epworth became one of Zimbabwe's largest peri-urban settlements due to the combined effect of demographic, political, and socioeconomic factors, among others. This chapter interrogates the various forces behind this unprecedented population growth. It demonstrates the relationship between Epworth's ballooning population and the various pull and push factors of urbanization. For example, immigration contributed immensely to this rise, although natural increase in births also contributed fairly significantly. This chapter examines the impact of population dynamics and other variables that were linked to the rapid expansion of Epworth on the overall development processes, arguing that economic and social infrastructure became conditioned by such dynamics.

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