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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.
Figure 2.3
Harare’s Central Business District and some of its neighbourhoods (2011)
© Cordelia Persen,
UN-Habitat
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Percentage on total population
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
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.
Urban Population in Zambezi River Basin states
Angola
Zimbabwe
Zambia
Tanzania
Namibia
Mozambique
Malawi
Botswana
1990
2000
2010
2050 (projected)