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Title: | Urban governance and the effective delivery and management of infrastructure services in urban areas in Zimbabwe: an appraisal of water and sewerage services delivered in Ruwa |
Author: | Davison, Celia A. |
Year: | 2001 |
Periodical: | Urban Forum |
Volume: | 12 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 139-170 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Zimbabwe |
Subjects: | water supply municipal government urban areas sanitation |
External link: | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12132-001-0014-6 |
Abstract: | The effective delivery and management of infrastructure services is a prerequisite for productive investment and economic growth in urban areas. Access to and the quality of urban services in most towns in Zimbabwe have been deteriorating, constraining productivity and the government's efforts to reduce poverty and improve urban living conditions. Infrastructure provision is influenced by a variety of factors internal and external to urban local authorities. The regulatory framework defines who should plan and decide, and the degree of freedom to execute duties and raise resources for the plans or the projects. Whilst local authorities are responsible for providing sewerage within their areas of jurisdiction, the shared responsibility for water provision between ministries gives rise to serious operational problems. This is illustrated by a case study appraising the water and sewerage services provided in the town of Ruwa, a fast-growing satellite town located c. 30 km east of Harare within the Goromonzi Rural District Council area (Mashonaland East Province). Bibliogr. |