Page 1. Strangers in Our Home: Spatiality and Locale of Monomatapa Township, Gwelo, Rhodesia (195... more Page 1. Strangers in Our Home: Spatiality and Locale of Monomatapa Township, Gwelo, Rhodesia (1953-1979) Miriam Grant Resumen Les abris pour les familles africaines vivant dans les villes rhodesiennes de 1945 a 1979 ...
Page 1. Strangers in Our Home: Spatiality and Locale of Monomatapa Township, Gwelo, Rhodesia (195... more Page 1. Strangers in Our Home: Spatiality and Locale of Monomatapa Township, Gwelo, Rhodesia (1953-1979) Miriam Grant Resumen Les abris pour les familles africaines vivant dans les villes rhodesiennes de 1945 a 1979 ...
Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines, 2003
ABSTRACT Cet article explore les liens entre l’éducation, la vulnérabilité sur les plans économiq... more ABSTRACT Cet article explore les liens entre l’éducation, la vulnérabilité sur les plans économique et du logement, et les relations sociales pour la jeunesse des villes à la suite des crises économiques et sociales / épidémiologiques de plus en plus graves qui ont résulté de l’ajustement structurel et du VIH/SIDA au Zimbabwe. Se fondant sur une étude longitudinale de 120 entrevues de ménages auxquelles participaient des jeunes et leurs parents / tuteurs en 1998 et 1999 à Bulawayo au Zimbabwe, l’article examine la manière dont les jeunes prennent la responsabilité de leurs identités sociales et économiques et le rôle qu’y jouent les membres du ménage et de la communauté. L’article conclut par une brève exploration de l’idée selon laquelle le développement et l’éducation de la jeunesse représentent un aspect important du capital social.
Tin in antiquity was a scarce and valuable metal. Few tin artefacts have survived world-wide, but... more Tin in antiquity was a scarce and valuable metal. Few tin artefacts have survived world-wide, but there are tin ingots housed in universities and museums in South Africa. This study attempts to source these artefacts using trace element signatures from ore, slag and cassiterite. The presence of arsenic in all the artefacts, and of tungsten in all but two of them, together with the La/Eu and Ta/Sc ratios indicate that they were all smelted from Rooiberg cassiterite. The development of a tin smelting industry at Rooiberg probably depended on the Indian ocean trade with the Zimbabwe culture. The ultimate destination of the tin is unknown, but there are indications that it may have been India.
Water-supply programs consist of three essential components: technology, people, and institutions... more Water-supply programs consist of three essential components: technology, people, and institutions. The interface of these facets determines whether a particular scheme is sustainable. This article highlights the differences in maintaining and operating water-supply systems in rural villages and rural market centers in Nepal. The analysis considers disparities between users’ willingness to pay based on data collected through surveys of 205 households and representatives of 12 water-user committees. Due to varying geographical locations and socioeconomic conditions among rural villages and rural market centers, core operation and maintenance problems for drinking water sustainability are immensely different. Weak institutional capacity is the prime obstacle in the provision of drinking water in the rural villages while technicalities such as insufficient water quality and inconvenient water-point locations are the major issues in the rural market centers. Moreover, levels of user sati...
Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 0002018032000148768, Jun 3, 2010
ABSTRACT Health is a development issue in that loss of productivity, income and human potential a... more ABSTRACT Health is a development issue in that loss of productivity, income and human potential all compromise the rate at which any country, developing or industrialised, can progress. However, the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS differs from most health issues in that it strikes people in the prime of life, who otherwise should have decades left in which to build the economic and social capital of their families and communities. While HIV/AIDS crosses all socio-economic groups, its impacts are greater on the poor, powerless and marginalised. During the last two decades, HIV/AIDS has become an increasingly global phenomenon, with recent warnings about high prevalence in both India and China. However, with twenty-eight million Africans living with HIV/AIDS, Africa has been hardest hit by the pandemic, with more than 70 per cent of all HIV/AIDS sufferers globally. Further evidence is just as devastating: Africa now has thirteen million orphans, 40 per cent of all children eligible for elementary school are not in school because they are providing care for sick relatives, and last year more than one million children lost their teachers to AIDS (CBC TV, “Canada and AIDS”, interview with Stephen Lewis, June 18 2002).
This paper summarises the general literature on patterns and theories of migration within Africa ... more This paper summarises the general literature on patterns and theories of migration within Africa and identifies key questions which remain concerning movement up and down the urban hierarchy, changes in the strength of rural linkages, and the influence of residential densities and shelter types on intra-urban movement. These issues are examined from the focal point of a medium-sized city in Zimbabwe, with data abstracted from a larger survey on rental shelter. The findings reinforce the significance of rural links and continuing emphasis on economic motives for migration. The nature of migrant streams into Gweru are examined, along with patterns of intra-urban movement between rental shelter types and density areas. The role of medium-sized cities as pivotal safety valves within the urban hierarchy, and the centrality of rental shelter for the individual within the city, emerge as dominant themes within the context of migration and urbanisation.
This study analyzes the nexus between population dynamics and land-use practices in the Mid-Hill ... more This study analyzes the nexus between population dynamics and land-use practices in the Mid-Hill region of Nepal. The paper focuses on spatial and temporal changes in land use between 1987 and 1999 in a typical watershed in the western mountains of Nepal where community forest projects were implemented by the government. The dynamics of population, land use, and land cover within the Kalikhola watershed are investigated by performing spatial analysis of digital land-use maps in ArcGIS. There is a net increase in forest cover of 16% in the Kalikhola watershed with a corresponding decrease in agricultural land, shrubland, and grassland. The population of highland communities has been significantly reduced because of problems due to the implementation of community forest projects. In this watershed, a significant area under agriculture in 1987 was found abandoned in 1999, most likely because of increased out-migration of the labour force and frequent attacks of wild animals.
Water-supply programs consist of three essential components: technology, people, and institutions... more Water-supply programs consist of three essential components: technology, people, and institutions. The interface of these facets determines whether a particular scheme is sustainable. This article highlights the differences in main- taining and operating water-supply systems in rural villages and rural market centers in Nepal. The analysis considers disparities between users' willingness to pay based on data collected through surveys of
... of all orphans will be maternal orphans; approximately 50 per cent of all women age 20-25 ...... more ... of all orphans will be maternal orphans; approximately 50 per cent of all women age 20-25 ... Parents face an additional burden in the community perception that they are unable to control ... For example, in the three main Nigerian languages of Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba, the phrases ...
. The article sets the context of severe economic collapse and the raging AIDS epidemic in Zimbab... more . The article sets the context of severe economic collapse and the raging AIDS epidemic in Zimbabwe. Most female youth/ young adults either were forced to leave school due to lack of money or were unsuccessful in their O level exams. Further, they leave school as highly dependent individuals who lack essential skills. The mainly gender role ambitions of these young women are not realised and in most cases, they end up engaged in low-end, low-skill gender specific activities. While immediate or extended family mentors are present or close-by, their assistance is quite limited given increased struggles for basic daily survival. Marriage as a rite of passage to adulthood is also severely compromised. The generational bargain has unraveled for these young women, with consequences which will impact future generations.
Page 1. Strangers in Our Home: Spatiality and Locale of Monomatapa Township, Gwelo, Rhodesia (195... more Page 1. Strangers in Our Home: Spatiality and Locale of Monomatapa Township, Gwelo, Rhodesia (1953-1979) Miriam Grant Resumen Les abris pour les familles africaines vivant dans les villes rhodesiennes de 1945 a 1979 ...
Page 1. Strangers in Our Home: Spatiality and Locale of Monomatapa Township, Gwelo, Rhodesia (195... more Page 1. Strangers in Our Home: Spatiality and Locale of Monomatapa Township, Gwelo, Rhodesia (1953-1979) Miriam Grant Resumen Les abris pour les familles africaines vivant dans les villes rhodesiennes de 1945 a 1979 ...
Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines, 2003
ABSTRACT Cet article explore les liens entre l’éducation, la vulnérabilité sur les plans économiq... more ABSTRACT Cet article explore les liens entre l’éducation, la vulnérabilité sur les plans économique et du logement, et les relations sociales pour la jeunesse des villes à la suite des crises économiques et sociales / épidémiologiques de plus en plus graves qui ont résulté de l’ajustement structurel et du VIH/SIDA au Zimbabwe. Se fondant sur une étude longitudinale de 120 entrevues de ménages auxquelles participaient des jeunes et leurs parents / tuteurs en 1998 et 1999 à Bulawayo au Zimbabwe, l’article examine la manière dont les jeunes prennent la responsabilité de leurs identités sociales et économiques et le rôle qu’y jouent les membres du ménage et de la communauté. L’article conclut par une brève exploration de l’idée selon laquelle le développement et l’éducation de la jeunesse représentent un aspect important du capital social.
Tin in antiquity was a scarce and valuable metal. Few tin artefacts have survived world-wide, but... more Tin in antiquity was a scarce and valuable metal. Few tin artefacts have survived world-wide, but there are tin ingots housed in universities and museums in South Africa. This study attempts to source these artefacts using trace element signatures from ore, slag and cassiterite. The presence of arsenic in all the artefacts, and of tungsten in all but two of them, together with the La/Eu and Ta/Sc ratios indicate that they were all smelted from Rooiberg cassiterite. The development of a tin smelting industry at Rooiberg probably depended on the Indian ocean trade with the Zimbabwe culture. The ultimate destination of the tin is unknown, but there are indications that it may have been India.
Water-supply programs consist of three essential components: technology, people, and institutions... more Water-supply programs consist of three essential components: technology, people, and institutions. The interface of these facets determines whether a particular scheme is sustainable. This article highlights the differences in maintaining and operating water-supply systems in rural villages and rural market centers in Nepal. The analysis considers disparities between users’ willingness to pay based on data collected through surveys of 205 households and representatives of 12 water-user committees. Due to varying geographical locations and socioeconomic conditions among rural villages and rural market centers, core operation and maintenance problems for drinking water sustainability are immensely different. Weak institutional capacity is the prime obstacle in the provision of drinking water in the rural villages while technicalities such as insufficient water quality and inconvenient water-point locations are the major issues in the rural market centers. Moreover, levels of user sati...
Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 0002018032000148768, Jun 3, 2010
ABSTRACT Health is a development issue in that loss of productivity, income and human potential a... more ABSTRACT Health is a development issue in that loss of productivity, income and human potential all compromise the rate at which any country, developing or industrialised, can progress. However, the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS differs from most health issues in that it strikes people in the prime of life, who otherwise should have decades left in which to build the economic and social capital of their families and communities. While HIV/AIDS crosses all socio-economic groups, its impacts are greater on the poor, powerless and marginalised. During the last two decades, HIV/AIDS has become an increasingly global phenomenon, with recent warnings about high prevalence in both India and China. However, with twenty-eight million Africans living with HIV/AIDS, Africa has been hardest hit by the pandemic, with more than 70 per cent of all HIV/AIDS sufferers globally. Further evidence is just as devastating: Africa now has thirteen million orphans, 40 per cent of all children eligible for elementary school are not in school because they are providing care for sick relatives, and last year more than one million children lost their teachers to AIDS (CBC TV, “Canada and AIDS”, interview with Stephen Lewis, June 18 2002).
This paper summarises the general literature on patterns and theories of migration within Africa ... more This paper summarises the general literature on patterns and theories of migration within Africa and identifies key questions which remain concerning movement up and down the urban hierarchy, changes in the strength of rural linkages, and the influence of residential densities and shelter types on intra-urban movement. These issues are examined from the focal point of a medium-sized city in Zimbabwe, with data abstracted from a larger survey on rental shelter. The findings reinforce the significance of rural links and continuing emphasis on economic motives for migration. The nature of migrant streams into Gweru are examined, along with patterns of intra-urban movement between rental shelter types and density areas. The role of medium-sized cities as pivotal safety valves within the urban hierarchy, and the centrality of rental shelter for the individual within the city, emerge as dominant themes within the context of migration and urbanisation.
This study analyzes the nexus between population dynamics and land-use practices in the Mid-Hill ... more This study analyzes the nexus between population dynamics and land-use practices in the Mid-Hill region of Nepal. The paper focuses on spatial and temporal changes in land use between 1987 and 1999 in a typical watershed in the western mountains of Nepal where community forest projects were implemented by the government. The dynamics of population, land use, and land cover within the Kalikhola watershed are investigated by performing spatial analysis of digital land-use maps in ArcGIS. There is a net increase in forest cover of 16% in the Kalikhola watershed with a corresponding decrease in agricultural land, shrubland, and grassland. The population of highland communities has been significantly reduced because of problems due to the implementation of community forest projects. In this watershed, a significant area under agriculture in 1987 was found abandoned in 1999, most likely because of increased out-migration of the labour force and frequent attacks of wild animals.
Water-supply programs consist of three essential components: technology, people, and institutions... more Water-supply programs consist of three essential components: technology, people, and institutions. The interface of these facets determines whether a particular scheme is sustainable. This article highlights the differences in main- taining and operating water-supply systems in rural villages and rural market centers in Nepal. The analysis considers disparities between users' willingness to pay based on data collected through surveys of
... of all orphans will be maternal orphans; approximately 50 per cent of all women age 20-25 ...... more ... of all orphans will be maternal orphans; approximately 50 per cent of all women age 20-25 ... Parents face an additional burden in the community perception that they are unable to control ... For example, in the three main Nigerian languages of Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba, the phrases ...
. The article sets the context of severe economic collapse and the raging AIDS epidemic in Zimbab... more . The article sets the context of severe economic collapse and the raging AIDS epidemic in Zimbabwe. Most female youth/ young adults either were forced to leave school due to lack of money or were unsuccessful in their O level exams. Further, they leave school as highly dependent individuals who lack essential skills. The mainly gender role ambitions of these young women are not realised and in most cases, they end up engaged in low-end, low-skill gender specific activities. While immediate or extended family mentors are present or close-by, their assistance is quite limited given increased struggles for basic daily survival. Marriage as a rite of passage to adulthood is also severely compromised. The generational bargain has unraveled for these young women, with consequences which will impact future generations.
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