(ACADEMIA) The Colonial Legacy of Town Planning in Zambia

The Colonial Legacy of Town Planning in Zambia
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THE COLONIAL LEGACY OF TOWN PLANNING IN ZAMBIA



Paper to the South African Planning Institution International Conference on ‘Planning Africa 2002’, 18 – 20 September 2002, Durban, South Africa

Chalo Mwimba
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Zambia is a highly urbanized country in sub-Saharan Africa, apart from South Africa. A year before independence in 1963, only 21 per cent of the Zambians were living in urban areas. The proportion had more than doubled to 43 per cent in 1980 (Rakodi 1990: 144) reducing to 39.4 per cent in 1990 (CSO, 1995: 64)
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. Being such an urbanized country, Zambia needs a town planning system that is responsive and can meet challenges of urbanization.