COVID-19 Lockdowns and the Urban Poor in Harare, Zimbabwe: Emerging Perspectives and the Morphing of a Sustainable Urban Future

Preface
Acknowledgments
Blurb About the Book
Contents
About the Authors
Acronyms
Chapter 1: Introduction
	Introduction
	Aim and Objective of the Book
	Structure of the Book
	References
Chapter 2: Urban Penalty and the Right to the City of the Urban Poor During the COVID-19 Pandemic
	Introduction
	Poverty and the Urban Health Penalty of the Poor During the COVID-19 Pandemic
	Right to the City Theory
		Conceptualizing the City Through the Spatial Triad
		The Right to the City
	Distributive Justice Theory and the COVID-19 Pandemic
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 3: Contextualizing Harare Urban Socioeconomic Profile and History of Pandemics in the City
	Introduction
	Background of Harare: Pre-independence Socioeconomic and Spatial Segregation
	Postindependence Urbanization Trends, Migration, and Population Displacements
	Postindependence Political and Economic Collapse
	Urban Politics and Distributive Injustices for the Urban Poor
	Rising Urban Informality and Urbanization of Poverty
	Pandemics and Epidemics in Harare, Zimbabwe
		HIV/AIDS Pandemic
		Cholera Outbreaks
		Typhoid Outbreaks
	Concluding Remarks: Troubled History and the Advent of Pandemics in Postcolonial Harare
	References
Chapter 4: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Urban Policy Interventions in Zimbabwe
	Introduction
	Policymaking in Cities Under Crisis
		Rational Comprehensive Policy
		Incremental Planning Policy
		Strategic Planning Policies
		Complexity
	Ideologies Behind Policies
		Socialist Policies
		Neoliberal Policies
		Capitalist Policies
		People-Centered Policies
		Bottom-Up/Top-Down Policies
		Interventionist Policies
	The Rationale for COVID-19 Policy Interventions
		World Health Organization’s Role in the Policy Terrain
		Southern African Development Community (SADC) Policy Contributions
		Zimbabwe National Government and COVID-19
	COVID-19 Statistics in Zimbabwe
	COVID-19 Urban Policy Interventions in Zimbabwe
		Zimbabwe: Covid-19 Response Project
		Discussion of Policy Interventions on the Urban Poor
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 5: The COVID-19 Lockdowns and Poor Urbanites in Harare, Zimbabwe: Exploring Socioeconomic Impacts with Remote Ethnography
	Introduction
	Digital Ethnography During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Urban Harare
		Selection of Participants
		Data Collection Procedures
		Ethical Considerations
		Data Analysis
	Rights to the City, Urban Penalty, and Continued Marginalization of the Urban Poor: Evidence from Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 Lockdowns
		Food Insecurity: “We Better Die of COVID-19 Than to Die of HUVID-20”
		Closure of the Informal Sector
		Induced Urban–Rural Migration
		Strengthening of Visible Urban Disparities Between Poor and the Rich
	Conclusion: Deepened Social and Spatial Inequality and Threats to the Right to the City of the Urban Poor
	References
Chapter 6: From Crisis to Action: Emerging Perspectives and the Morphing of a Sustainable Urban Future Post-COVID-19 Pandemic
	Introduction
	Key Issues and Emerging Perspectives from Harare
	Poor Urbanites and the COVID-19 Pandemic
	Implications for Theory and Urban Practice
	Morphing a Sustainable, Resilient, Inclusive, and Equitable Urban Future Post-COVID-19 Pandemic
	Conclusion
	References
Index