• Forward
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Christina Nomado
• Part 1: Understanding urban vulnerability
• Chapter 1: Urban vulnerability: A conceptual framework, Erika Coetzee
• Chapter 2: Dimensions of urban environmental risk
• Part 2: The Southern African context
• Chapter 3: Urban challenges in southern Africa
• Urban poverty and governance in southern Africa:
• Local governments and urban poverty reduction in eastern and southern Africa, George Motovu
• Challenges facing local governments in the SADC region with regard to their role in sustainable development, David Kithakye
• Urban challenges in five southern African countries:-
• Zambia, Darren Hedley, Malekiado Phiri and Liseli Bull-Kamanga
• Mozambique, Vicento Vasco
• Zimbabwe, Marck Chikanza
• Malawi, Ruth Butao Ayoade
• South Africa, South Africa's Urban Development Framework (1997)
• Part 3: Case studies from southern Africa: Strategies for addressing urban vulnerability
• Chapter 4: Increasing access to services, assets and opportunities
• Case study 1: The Ntwanano Project: Urban vulnerability and youth - Maputo, Mozambique, Vincent Vasco
• Case Study 2: The CSC-GTZ Urban Poverty Alleviation Project
• Urban vulnerability and service delivery - Lilongwe and Mzuzu City, Malawi, Ruth Batao Ayoade
• Case study 3: Partnership for adolescent Sexual and Reproductive health Project (PALS): Urban vulnerability and health - Ndola, Lusaka and Livingstone, Zambia, Francis K. Chanda
• Chapter 5: Increasing security in the urban enviroment
• Case study 4: Food security and nutrition: A comparison of rural and urban situations - Mozambique, Carina Ismael and Stephan Meershoek
• Case study 5: MANDISA: Monitoring, Mapping and Analysis of Disaster Incidents in South Africa: Urban vulnerability and disaster mitigation, Christina Nomdo/Disaster Mitigation for Sustainable Livelihoods Programme
• Case study 6: Incineration of obsolete pesticides: Urban vulnerability and waste management - Motola, Mozambique, Manuela D, Rassel and Jorge Guzman
• Chapter 6: Increasing participation in urban development
• Case study 7: PROSPECT (Programme of support for poverty Elimination and Community Transformation): Urban vulnerability and governance - Lusaka, Zambia
• Darren Hedley, Malekiado Phiri and Liseli Bull-Kamanga
• Case study 8: Local Government & Gender Project: Urban vulnerability and women in governance - South Africa Gender Advocasy Programme
• Case study 9: Integrated Urban Development Project: Urban vulnerability and integrated planning - Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe, Marck Chikanza
• Conclusion
• Christina Nomdo.

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