Perpetual ‘Outcasts’? Squatters in peri-urban Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
After independence in 1980 Zimbabwe’s cities experienced a proliferation in the number of squatter camps. This was because of the failure of the urban economy to offer adequate housing and jobs, leaving peri-urban space as the only sanctuary for the urban poor to live in and eke out a living informa...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Gents Afrika Platform, Afrika Brug
2012-09-01
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Series: | Afrika Focus |
Online Access: | https://ojs.ugent.be/AF/article/view/4946 |