Zambezi River Basin

Urban Population in Zambezi River Basin states

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Angola

Botswana

Malawi

Mozambique

Namibia

Tanzania

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Source: SADC and SARDC 2008. Southern Africa Environment Outlook. SADC/SARDC/IUCN/UNEP, Gaborone/Harare; UN Habitat 2010. State of African Cities 2010: Governance, inequalities and urban land markets. UN Habitat, Nairobi;Figures for 2010 and projections for 2020, 2030, 2040 and 2050 are fromWUP 2009 inThe State of African Cities 2010.

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Figure 2.3

© Cordelia Persen, UN-Habitat

There is an increasing demand for goods and services in the basin’s urban areas. Some of such goods and services are supplied by informal traders.

Harare’s Central Business District and some of its neighbourhoods (2011)

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