Situational analysis of the peri-urban environment and the health impacts in Malawi
By: Adamson S. Muula, Angela Phiri
Contributors: Phiri, Angela
Publisher: Dept. of Community Health, University of Malawi College of Medicine
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Blantyre, Malawi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 13
Subjects: Urbanization; Public health; Social conditions
Description: The majority of Malawians live in the rural areas. The peri-urban areas of Blantyre and Lilongwe have witnessed enormous changes due to the political and social challenges faced immediately prior to and after Malawi's political transition in the early 1900s. Political and other social changes have been associated with the growth of urban zones, removal of some of the regulations and sanctions that governed the status of urban and peri-urban areas in the post-independence era to 1992/94. These changes have implications for health in both urban and peri-urban areas. The problems and opportunities raised by political change are discussed and possible research areas and solutions are suggested. There is need to regulate the growth of 'urban' and peri-urban areas if the poverty reduction aspirations of Malawi are to be realized.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 11-13).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Characteristics of urban areas in Malawi; title: The peri-urban environment; title: The political history of Malawi; title: The political transition; title: The growth in urban areas from 1992; title: The challenges being experienced in peri-urban zone; title: The role of the peri-urban environment; title: The health consequences; title: Unemployment; title: Why rural-urban migration; title: Possible solutions to the challenges to peri-urban areas; title: Conclusions.