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Author Chirisa, Innocent

Title Community Resilience under the Impact of Urbanisation and Climate Change : Cases and Experiences from Zimbabwe
Published Oxford : Langaa RPCIG, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (253 pages)
Contents Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Note on Contributors; Contents; Chapter 1 -- Community Resilience under Urbanisation and Climate Change -- An Overview; Introduction; The Good Currency of Community Resilience; Key Contentions of this Book; Chapter Synopses; References; Chapter 2 -- Consilience as the basis for Community Resilience: Lessons for Zimbabwe; Introduction; Literature Review; Results and Discussion; Conclusion and Way Forward; References; Chapter 3 -- Vulnerability to Climate Change and Resilience of Child-Headed Households in Buhera District; Introduction; Conceptualising Resilience
Theoretical FrameworkLiterature Review; Social work and climate change; Methodology; Results and Discussion; Conclusion and Recommendations; References; Chapter 4 -- Urban Resilience in Cities of the Developing World with Reference to Harare, Zimbabwe; Introduction; Literature Review; Urbanity and Urban Resilience; Key Pillars of Urban Resilience; Urban Economy and Society; Resilient Infrastructure and Basic Services; Urban Planning and Environment; Urban Disaster Risk Management; Urban Governance; Building Blocks of a Resilient Urban System; Methodology; Urban Resilience in Harare, Zimbabwe
Urban Economy and SocietyUrban Planning, Growth and Development; Infrastructure Capacity and Basic Services; Urban Governance; Urban Disaster Risk Management; Discussion; Conclusion Policy Options and Practical Recommendations; References; Chapter 5 -- Resilience: An Account of the Survival and Lifestyles of Street Children in Harare; Introduction; Purpose of the Study; Operational Definitions and Terms; Theoretical Framework; Literature Review; Methodology; Results; Discussion; Conclusion and Recommendations; References
Chapter 6 -- Community Resilience and the Sustainable Development Goals in ZimbabweIntroduction; The Conceptual Framework; Understanding the Resilience Context in Zimbabwe; The Bottlenecks; Case Studies in Resilience Programming; Discussion; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7 -- Everyday Local Level Sources of Weather Forecasting in Rural Zimbabwe in the Face of Climate Change; Introduction; Theoretical Framework; Literature Review; Methodology; Results and Discussion; Conclusion; References
Chapter 8 -- Thwarting the Sword of Damocles: Community Resilience Challenges in the Age of the AnthropoceneIntroduction; Theoretical Framework; Methodology; Results and Discussion; Conclusion, Policy Options and Practical Recommendations; References; Chapter 9 -- The Politics of Community Resilience: A Closer Look into the Settlement Hierarchy of Zimbabwe; Introduction; Human Settlements Development in Zimbabwe; The Concept of Community Resilience; Framework of Analysis; Findings and Discussion; Urban Settlements, Resilience at the Centre; Conclusions; References
Chapter 10 -- Externally-Fostered Sorghum and Millets Production in Semi-Arid Regions of Zimbabwe
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Subject Community development -- Zimbabwe
Climatic changes -- Social aspects -- Zimbabwe
Urbanization -- Environmental aspects -- Zimbabwe
Climatic changes -- Social aspects
Community development
Urbanization -- Environmental aspects
Zimbabwe
Form Electronic book
Author Mabeza, Christopher
ISBN 9789956550074
9956550078