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标题：THE STRUGGLE FOR SUSTAINABLE HOUSING IN ZIMBABWEAN GROWTH POINTS: A CASE STUDY OF ZAKA-JERERA GROWTH POINT IN SOUTHEASTERN ZIMBABWE
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作者：Munyaradzi Mawere ; Annastacia Mbindi Mawere ; Zacharia Chirevo 等
期刊名称：The Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa (JSDA)
电子版ISSN：1520-5509
出版年度：2012
卷号：14
期号：7
出版社：Institute of Sustainable Development in Africa
摘要：Decent and sustainable housing has always been a priority for most if not all national governments especially in the urban and peri-urban areas such as cities, towns and Growth Points where population density is high. Yet, in Zimbabwe as in many other developing countries, housing crisis remains one of the most pressing problems and rising challenges facing urban, peri-urban and rural residents. While the problem affects all residents in general, the most affected members of society are the disadvantaged and less privileged or the so-called ‘vulnerable groups’ such as women and children. In view of this observation, this paper critically examines the housing problem in Zimbabwean Growth Points and adopts Zaka-Jerera Growth Point as a case study. The choice of Zaka-Jerera is not accidental, but based on the fact that the problems that affect residents of Zaka-Jerera are more or less similar to those that affect other Growth Points, urban and peri-urban areas alike. To examine the housing problem and ascertain the perceptions of Zaka-Jerera residents, a study was conducted. Forty persons (10 men, 20 women and 10 minors) from Zaka-Jerera Growth Point (JGP) participated in the study. Data obtained was summarized by means of frequency tables and analyzed qualitatively using evaluative descriptions. From the research results, it was concluded that although housing shortage in urban and peri-urban areas is a universal problem, women and children are the most affected groups. In view of this conclusion, the paper recommended that allocation of residential stands in urban and peri-urban areas, and Growth Points in particular, should be reconsidered and done in a manner that promotes sustainable development and enhances formerly disadvantaged or ‘vulnerable’ groups who still neither own residential stands nor live in ‘good’, standard and sanitary residential environs.
关键词：Sustainable development; vulnerable groups; urban area; Growth Point; Jerera; Zimbabwe