Urban Informality in South Africa and Zimbabwe: On Growth, Trajectory and Aftermath (The Urban Book Series)

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Contents
About the Authors
Abbeviations
1 Introduction on the Urban Economic Informality Context
	1.1 Introduction
	1.2 Structure of the Book
	References
Part IHistory of Urban Informality and Urban Planning Debates
2 Historicising Urban Economic Informality
	2.1 Introduction
	2.2 Urban Informality in Post-Independence Southern African Cities
	2.3 Reflections on the Historicity of Urban Informality
	2.4 Conclusion
	References
3 Modernity, Urban Planning and Informality
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 The Exclusionary Nature of South African and Zimbabwean Urban Planning Regimes
	3.3 Urban Planning and the Vulnerability of Urban Informality
	3.4 A Call to a New Turn in African Urban Planning
	3.5 Conclusion
	References
Part IIUrban Informality Experiences from Selected South African and Zimbabwean Cities
4 International Migrants and Urban Economic Informality in South African Cities
	4.1 Context: International Migrants and Urban Informality
	4.2 The Rise of Urban Informality in South African Cities
	4.3 Regarding Mixed Embeddedness and International Migrants in the Urban Informal Economy in Johannesburg
	4.4 Some Characteristics of Foreign Migrants’ Urban Economic Enterprises
	4.5 The Challenges and Struggles of Foreign Migrant Enterprises in Johannesburg Inner City
	4.6 Conclusion
	References
5 Spatial and Compositional Formality–Informality Interfaces in the City of Harare, Zimbabwe
	5.1 Introduction
	5.2 Characteristics of Informal Economic Activities and Growth Within Sub-sectors
	5.3 Spatial Configurations of Informal Economic Categories
	5.4 Spatial Spread of Informal Economic Enterprises in Harare During the 1980s
	5.5 The Spatial Spread of Informal Economic Enterprises During the 1990s
	5.6 Spatial Spread of Informal Economic Enterprises During the 2000s
	5.7 Compositional Formality–Informality Interfaces in Harare City
	5.8 Conclusion
	References
6 Rising Informality and Role in Shaping Economies in Johannesburg City
	6.1 Introduction
	6.2 Urban informality and the Johannesburg City Economy: Sectoral Dimensions of Informal Livelihood and Economic Activities
	6.3 On the Debate on Urban Informality and Employment Creation
	6.4 Rejuvenation or Degeneration of the Johannesburg City Economy?
	6.5 The Formality–Informality Interface in Johannesburg City
	6.6 Conclusion
	References
7 The Spatial Configuration and Reconfiguration in Bulawayo City: Regarding the Impact of Politico-Economic Ideologies
	7.1 Introduction
	7.2 Spatial Spread of Informal Economic Enterprises During the 1980s
	7.3 The Spatial Spread of Informal Economic Enterprises During the 1990s
	7.4 Spatial Spread of Informal Economic Enterprises During the 2000s
	7.5 Impact of Ideology Change on Location of Informal Economic Enterprises
	7.6 Informal–Formal Spatial and Functional Linkages
	7.7 Conclusion
	References
8 The Changing Shape of Economic Informality in Durban
	8.1 Introduction
	8.2 Compositional Characteristics of Urban Economic Informality in Durban
	8.3 Spatial/Locational Characteristics of Urban Economic Informality in Durban
	8.4 Urban Economic Informality and Employment Creation in Durban
	8.5 Rejuvenation or Degeneration of the Durban City Economy?
	8.6 The Formality–Informality Interface in Durban City
	8.7 Conclusion
	References
Part IIIUrban Informality Governance
9 Urban Informality Policies and Regulatory Frameworks in South African and Zimbabwean Cities
	9.1 Introduction
	9.2 The South African Policy Response to Urban Informality
	9.3 The Zimbabwean Policy Response to Urban Informality
	9.4 Some Reflections on Urban Informality Policies and Regulatory Frameworks in South African and Zimbabwean Cities
	9.5 Conclusion
	References
10 Political Dimensions of Urban Informality in South African and Zimbabwean Cities
	10.1 Introduction
	10.2 Regarding Power, Informality and the Right to the City
	10.3 Informality and Political Turn in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
	10.4 Regarding Street Politics in Johannesburg City
	10.5 Conclusion
	References
Part IVAftermath
11 The Aftermath
	11.1 Introduction of Capitalism, Formalisation of Economic Activities and the Construction of Urban Informality
	11.2 On Urban Planning and Urban Informality
	11.3 Urban Informality and the Compositional, Spatial and Structural Transformations: Regarding the Aftermath
	References
Index