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Water, history, and politics in Zimbabwe : Bulawayo's struggles with the environment, 1894-2008
- Title
- Water, history, and politics in Zimbabwe : Bulawayo's struggles with the environment, 1894-2008 / Muchaparara Musemwa.
- Author
- Musemwa, Muchaparara
- Publication
- Trenton, New Jersey : Africa World Press, [2014]
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- Description
- xxxv, 218 pages : illustrations, maps; 22 cm
- Subjects
- Water > Government policy > Zimbabwe > Bulawayo > History > 20th century
- Water > Zimbabwe > Bulawayo > History > 20th century
- Water rights > Political aspects > Zimbabwe > Bulawayo
- Water-supply > Zimbabwe > Bulawayo > History > 20th century
- Water-supply > Social aspects > Zimbabwe > Bulawayo
- Riparian rights > Zimbabwe > Bulawayo > History > 20th century
- Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) > History > 20th century
- Water-supply > Political aspects > Zimbabwe > Bulawayo
- Note
- "This book emanates from my doctoral dissertation, Struggles over Water: The History and Politics of Urban Water Supply Services in Makokoba Township, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, 1894-1992, presented to the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota--Twin Cities, USA, in 2003."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-209) and index.
- Contents
- Living with scarcity in Matabeleland : the socio-economic and cultural significance of water among the Ndebele-speaking people of Zimbabwe, 1840-1893 -- The evolution of the city of Bulawayo and the impetus for water development, 1894-1953 -- The rise of Makokoba African township : confronting the challenges of water scarcity, 1894-1980 -- Disciplining a 'dissident city' : hydro-politics in Bulawayo, 1980-1993 -- 'Water rationing killed Makokoba' : the socio-environmental impact of the 1982-1992 droughts on Makokoba Township -- Bulawayo's continuing struggles with water scarcity : seeking solutions to a perennial problem, 1993-2008.
- Call Number
- Sc D 15-523
- ISBN
- 9781592219728
- 1592219721
- 9781592219735
- 159221973X
- LCCN
- 2013041875
- OCLC
- 865574836
- Author
- Musemwa, Muchaparara, author.
- Title
- Water, history, and politics in Zimbabwe : Bulawayo's struggles with the environment, 1894-2008 / Muchaparara Musemwa.
- Publisher
- Trenton, New Jersey : Africa World Press, [2014]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-209) and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 15-523