The Spatial Configuration and Reconfiguration in Bulawayo City: Regarding the Impact of Politico-Economic Ideologies

Inocent Moyo, Trynos Gumbo

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Abstract

This chapter examines the spatial linkages of urban formal–informal economies in a post-colonial setting such as that of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe`s second largest city. The aim in this attempt is linking the temporal, spatial and structural linkages between the informal economic enterprises (IEEs) that have grown and spread in urban centres and their formal economic enterprises (FEEs) to political and economic ideological changes. In this context, it is argued that, the linkages between the IEEs and FEEs shows that, the ideological changes and/or shifts in Zimbabwe largely explain the spatial configuration and reconfiguration in Bulawayo city in terms of the relationship between the urban formal and informal economy.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationUrban Book Series
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages97-111
Number of pages15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

Publication series

NameUrban Book Series
ISSN (Print)2365-757X
ISSN (Electronic)2365-7588

Keywords

  • Bulawayo city
  • Ideology
  • Reconfiguration
  • Spatial configuration
  • Urban informality

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geography, Planning and Development
  • Urban Studies

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