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Title Transforming settlement in southern Africa / edited by Chris de Wet and Roddy Fox
Published Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 344 pages) : maps
Series International African seminars ; new ser., no. 6
International African seminars ; new ser., no. 6.
Contents Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- 1 Introduction: Transforming Settlement in Southern Africa -- 2 Angolan Refugee Displacement and Settlement in Zaire and Zambia -- 3 Southern Mozambique: Migrant Labour and Post-Independence Challenges -- 4 Structuring the Demise of a Refugee Identity: The UNHCR's Voluntary Repatriation Programme for Mozambican Refugees in South Africa -- 5 Making Resettlement a Community Development Project: A Case Study of Katse Dam Resettlement in Lesotho -- 6 Micro and Macro Factors in Rural Settlement: A Case Study of Chiweta in Northern Malawi -- 7 The Economic Role of Gardens in Peri-Urban and Urban Settlements of Lesotho -- 8 On Migration and the Country of the Mind: Conceptualising Urban-Rural Space in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa -- 9 Politics, Community Displacement and Planning: Cato Manor -- Past, Present, Future -- 10 'Duncan's Inferno': Fire Disaster, Social Dislocation and Settlement Patterns in a South African Township -- 11 The Impact of National Policy on Rural Settlement Patterns in Zimbabwe -- 12 The Impact of National Policy on Urban Settlement in Zimbabwe -- 13 The Influence of Government Policies on the Development of Rural Settlements in Botswana -- 14 Developing Settlement Policy Alternatives: The Role of Rural Service Centres in Africa -- 15 Urbanisation Strategy in the New South Africa: The Role of Secondary Cities and Small Towns -- 16 Some Issues in Developing Settlement Policy Alternatives in South Africa -- 17 Eight Main Risks: Preventing Impoverishment during Population Resettlement -- 18 Reconsidering Settlement Strategies for Southern Africa -- 19 Migration, Settlement and the Population Debate in South Africa -- 20 Equitable and Sustainable Urban Futures in Post-Apartheid Southern Africa -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary This volume examines the ways in which changing political and economic processes impact upon patterns of population movement and settlement, focussing on the southern African region
Notes Papers presented at an International African Institute seminar in 1996
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-337) and index
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Subject Refugees -- Africa, Southern
Land settlement -- Africa, Southern
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
Emigration and immigration
Land settlement
Refugees
SUBJECT Africa, Southern -- Emigration and immigration
Subject Southern Africa
Form Electronic book
Author De Wet, C. J
Fox, R. C
ISBN 0585443645
9780585443645