From 'Sunshine City' to a landscape of disaster: The politics of water, sanitation and disease in Harare, Zimbabwe, 1980-2009

Journal of Developing Societies

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-206

  Musemwa, Muchaparara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cholera; Disease; Harare; Municipal governance; Sanitation; Urban history; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POPULATION GROWTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION; URBAN AREA; WATER SUPPLY;

HARARE [HARARE (PRV)]; HARARE [ZIMBABWE]; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 77954591234     PISSN: 0169796X     EISSN: 17452546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0169796X1002600202     Document Type: Article

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