Due to the high profile of the political situation in South Africa, developments in other countries in the region tend to be overlooked. This book examines the spatial dimensions of contemporary change in the region and to explore the likely future directions of such change.

Figures, Tables, Contributors, Preface, Abbreviations, 1 RESTRUCTURING THE LOCAL STATE IN SOUTH AFRICA: REGIONAL SERVICES COUNCILS, REDISTRIBUTION AND LEGITIMACY, 2 REFORM IN SOUTH AFRICA AND MODERNIZATION OF THE APARTHEID CITY, 3 SOME ALTERNATIVE SCENARIOS FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN CITY IN THE ERA OF LATE APARTHEID, 4 URBANIZATION AND URBAN SOCIAL CHANGE IN ZIMBABWE, 5 SOME ISSUES IN URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING IN TANZANIA, ZAMBIA, AND ZIMBABWE, 6 RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY, REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING, AND DECENTRALIZATION IN BOTSWANA, 7 TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION AND POSTINDEPENDENCE TRANSFORMATION OF THE SMALL-SCALE FARMING SECTOR IN ZIMBABWE, Bibliography , Index