Politics and the practice of planning: the case of Zimbabwean cities

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dc.contributor.authorMuchadenyika, Davison
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, John J.
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-18T12:13:43Z
dc.date.available2018-06-18T12:13:43Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractPlanning is intrinsically a political process. This paper explores how the practice and profession of planning has been affected by politics. Available evidence in Zimbabwe shows that planning is problematized by unsettled national and local politics. However, contested politics can distort the intentions of a sound planning system through advancing political interests of politicians, the ruling elite. Interviews with political actors and planners allow an understanding of how politics has virtually eroded, if not eliminated, a sound planning system. This paper illustrates three dimensions of the relationship between politics and planning. First, the political contestation between the ruling and opposition party has severely undermined planning and its contribution towards co- ordinated development in cities. Second, planners often succumb to the politics of patronage at the expense of urban residents and town planning principles. Third, the integrity and credibility of planning is seemingly under constant threat from political actors.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMuchadenyika, D. & Williams, J.J. (2016). Politics and the practice of planning: the case of Zimbabwean cities. Cities, 63: 33 – 40.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0264-2751
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2016.12.022
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/3817
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.rightsThis is the author-version of the article published online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2016.12.022
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectPlanningen_US
dc.subjectPlanning systemen_US
dc.subjectPlannersen_US
dc.subjectPoliticsen_US
dc.subjectPoliticiansen_US
dc.subjectProfessionen_US
dc.titlePolitics and the practice of planning: the case of Zimbabwean citiesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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