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Building resilient infrastructure in the face of climate change in African cities: Scope, potentiality and challenges

Innocent ChirisaSenior Lecturer, Department of Rural & Urban Planning, University of Zimbabwe, Mt Pleasant, Harare, ZimbabweCorrespondence[email protected]
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Elmond BandaukoTeaching Assistant, Department of Rural & Urban Planning, University of Zimbabwe, Mt Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe
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Elias MazhinduLecturer, Department of Rural & Urban Planning, University of Zimbabwe, Mt Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe;PhD Student, UNISA, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Ndarova Audrey KwangwamaLecturer, Department of Rural & Urban Planning, University of Zimbabwe, Mt Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe
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Godfrey ChikoworeResearch Fellow and Senior Lecturer, Centre for Applied Social Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Pages 113-127 | Published online: 26 Jan 2016

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